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PHDs are never going to be learning through games but I think at lower levels of education there's a ton of room to inspire a desire to learn something more dee
by jobs_throwaway 4y ago
PHDs are never going to be learning through games but I think at lower levels of education there's a ton of room to inspire a desire to learn something more deeply through games.
- xdavidliu 4y agoI agree that games intended to teach academic subjects are very hard to get right. Interestingly, when you take the arrow in the other direction, ordinary video games have sometimes been the arena of some very advanced "doing science", e.g.: "Speedrunning as a gateway to scientific endeavours" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_1lQ2KH50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_1lQ2KH50 "The Complete History of the Super Mario 64 A Button Challenge" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94lfiY18_CgWGQzweD_aVjsFXiRi6kn5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL94lfiY18_CgWGQzweD_a...
- lukeschlather 4y agoKerbal Space Program seems like a game which both can both inspire newcomers and could also actually be used by PHDs to bounce around ideas. At the least it seems like some actual astrophysics PHDs rely on it for inspiration.