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By: Robyn Jay

Robyn Jay — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:55:48 +0000

It’s old now of course but there has been some interesting research around genders and the types of engagement they enjoy. It was important at a time when shoot-em-up games were the primary genre and I remember the excitement when the SIM series first appeared. A lot of variables of course and I’m vary wary about gender-based assumptions, but it’d be interesting to know more current research findings.

By: KerryJ

KerryJ — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:29:06 +0000

Thank you for sharing that – I honestly thought @deangroom wrote it when I read it through the first time.

I think it’s lovely that you give up some of your play time to bond with your daughter and explore a new world with her.

Virtual worlds took a bit of time for me because I initially approached them as games – and I’d learned from the arcade games of the 80s that I wasn’t particularly adept at games.

That you are providing her with chances to apply RL knowledge from and to her in-world experiences and not pressuring her to do things she isn’t comfortable doing proves you are both a good teacher and a good dad.

By: Mike Bogle

Mike Bogle — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:21:35 +0000

@jokay: Yeah Maddie is a very social girl who wants everyone to get along with everyone else. As far as WoW goes, the only time she’ll really want to attack anyone is when another character is in danger and she wants to protect them. It’s a very endearing quality I must say.

I think Maddie would LOVE to explore RG. She really seems to take to virtual worlds – she just inherently “gets” them and what they’re for, whereas it took me quite a while. She seems far more of a hands-on visual-spacial and kinesthetic learner than I am.

We’ve had a play with SecondLife in the past and she seemed to really enjoy that as well – even helped build a little bit back when I had an island. She did find it concerning that there were no toilets though and wondered how people went to the bathroom

By: jokay

jokay — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:10:49 +0000

Great post Mike!.. a very example of how to use gaming with little ones in a really positive way. I think you make a great point – part of using gaming in learning is to seed those ideas and concepts and allow the learning to develop.

Is interesting that you note that Miss 5 is interested in exploring and communicating more than fighting, as I can kind of relate. As much as I enjoy the odd murloc slaughter with the best of em, just like Miss 5 I love exploring most… ooo and learning about how various guild communities operate ingame.

I’m also wondering how Miss5 would respond to virtual worlds spaces and being able to create content as well as interact with it. I hope you’ll both come join in on some of our ReactionGrid exploits over the summer so we can find out!

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