http://www.denki.co.uk/2009/10/29/learning-through-play/ Denki's home on this vast series of tubes. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 http://www.denki.co.uk/2009/10/29/learning-through-play/comment-page-1/#comment-9551 Glenn Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:36 +0000 http://www.denki.co.uk/?p=995#comment-9551 Nice post, Brian. You've twisted something in my understanding of the teaching through play idea, which is the, "[play] the game but change the rules to help teach them specific skills.", bit. I am recognizing a 'one method to rule them all' mentality that could use a little shake up where I work. I'm also reminded of a successful game that immediately let you play and try things out (even while hints on what was going on in the complex control scheme were being revealed): the initials of said game being A.C. Complaints of 'bait and switch' when the character was stripped of these abilities aside, it had the intended effect of learning the system rapidly; and the bonus effect of enticing the player to re-acquire the skills more deliberately. Thanks. Nice post, Brian. You’ve twisted something in my understanding of the teaching through play idea, which is the, “[play] the game but change the rules to help teach them specific skills.”, bit. I am recognizing a ‘one method to rule them all’ mentality that could use a little shake up where I work. I’m also reminded of a successful game that immediately let you play and try things out (even while hints on what was going on in the complex control scheme were being revealed): the initials of said game being A.C. Complaints of ‘bait and switch’ when the character was stripped of these abilities aside, it had the intended effect of learning the system rapidly; and the bonus effect of enticing the player to re-acquire the skills more deliberately. Thanks.

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