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This is the second part in our interview with Wizards of the Coast / Gleemax.
Missed the first one? Click here.
Gleemax talks with us about their efforts to create a more authentic Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Online experience. Players of the popular tabletop fantasy role playing game can look forward to new community features designed to satisfy everyone - from Newbie to Dungeon Master. (more…)
Ever wondered what it would be like to become a Pokemon? With the April 20 launch of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness for Nintendo DS™, hand-held gamers will soon find out. (more…)
NASA faces the prospect of having an insufficiency of trained professionals in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields to fulfill the Vision for Space Exploration. The shortage of a highly skilled technical workforce is not a NASA-unique problem, but one faced by the Nation as a whole.
The Space Agency has therefore decided to tap into the ongoing trend of virtual worlds and MMOG’s.
Virtual worlds with scientifically accurate simulations could permit learners to tinker with chemical reactions in living cells, practice operating and repairing expensive equipment, and experience microgravity, making it easier to grasp complex concepts and transfer this understanding quickly to practical problems. MMOs help players develop and exercise a skill set closely matching the thinking, planning, learning, and technical skills increasingly in demand by employers. These skills include strategic thinking, interpretative analysis, problem solving, plan formulation and execution, team-building and cooperation, and adaptation to rapid change.
The power of games as educational tools is rapidly gaining recognition. NASA is in a position to develop an online game that functions as a persistent, synthetic environment supporting education as a laboratory, a massive visualization tools and collaborative workspace while simultaneously drawing users into a challenging, game-play immersion.
Watch our interview with NASA’s Daniel D. Laughlin, NASA Learning Technologies and Project Manager for NASA’s MMO Project.
Wizard of the Coast Gleemax (Magic The Gathering) goes Web2.0
Centered around three pillars – Community, Editorial Content and Games – Gleemax plans to facilitate user-generated content through an online social network; Wizards of the Coast editorial content, game reviews, blogs, user profiles, and a gaming portal housing on-line Wizards of the Coast (WotC) games. Along with WotC games, the gaming portal will feature Indie games, each selected based on their innovative use of strategy and compelling gameplay.
According to Gleemax the new website will include the following (more…)
KidConfidence met with the producers of “Speed Racer The Video Game” for a hands-on first look of the upcoming hyper-realistic arcade racing videogame tie-in for the WB / Wachowski brothers (Matrix) movie Speed Racer.
The game will be available in May 2008 on the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems as the Speed Racer film hits theaters. It will be released on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system with the DVD launch.
Players will be able to compete against up to 19 other racers across 20+ fictional and stylized rollercoaster like tracks. Independently turning wheels will allow players to engage in close combat -“car-fu”- and jump, flip or outmaneuver their opponents.
Especially considering the hardware limitation of the Wii Console, Speed Racer does well capturing the action, look and feel of arena racing. (more…)
