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Manifold Garden
Articles we love Places to imagineNovember 7, 2019October 24, 2019

Explore Impossible Architecture In New Game Manifold Garden

Imagination is about questioning, celebrating and engaging what we can see by using what we can’t. A great way to do this is through making the familiar unfamiliar. It allows us to make that connection to what might be. That’s why we love Manifold Garden as a game. It puts that essential twist on the…

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video games
Articles we love Learning and playOctober 18, 2019October 13, 2019

15 Video Games That Are Fun (And Secretly Educational) For Your Kids To Play

Learning and play is one of our central themes at IM, so for us the link between the two is a cause we always champion. However, one could still see one-player video games as the antithesis to positive personal and social development. What we really love about educational gaming is that it acknowledges that learning…

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hide-and-seek
Articles we love HumanOctober 15, 2019October 1, 2019

Scientists Have Created AI Bots That Can Use Tools And Play Hide-And-Seek

This one takes a moment to sink in. At first it looks like any other game of hide-and-seek, but once you realise the ‘bots’ have been let loose with no environmental knowledge and learned to play and strategise on their own, it’s truly extraordinary. Advances like this are like gaping into a world of infinite…

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digital literacy
Articles we love Learning and playApril 24, 2019April 22, 2019

Why Play Is Important For Digital Literacy

We know about the importance of play for children’s development, but it mustn’t stop there. We love this piece from intranet pioneer, Sam Marshall, which stresses the importance of continuous learning when it comes to digital literacy. There’s a reason why digital test sites are called sandpits; we just need to embrace what we know…

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video game
Articles we love EmpathyJanuary 16, 2019January 16, 2019

Can A Video Game Boost Empathy In Kids?

We’ve recently seen how AI can increase empathy, and now a video game might be able to do the same. With the prevalence and central role these games have in children’s lives, they could be an essential route into learning. In the first in a series of pieces on the outlook for AI, Greater Good Magazine…

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esports
Articles we love Future WorkOctober 14, 2018October 9, 2018

Esports Degree: ‘I Won’t Spend Three Years Playing Games’

Instead of fighting and fearing changes in how we work, we love following the stories of those preparing for the future. By tapping into global STEM trends and phenomena, esports courses such as those in this BBC News report are getting ahead of the game. What’s more, bringing the knowledge to young people in the…

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AI
Articles we love Rapid changeJune 26, 2018June 25, 2018

Ian Cheng’s Art Is Inspired By The Sims And Created With AI

Once you read about it, you can’t believe it’s taken this long, but you also can’t believe we had it any other way. Ian Cheng‘s works are essentially living art, or conversely, as he describes them, “computer games that play themselves”. Of course, there’s something inimitable about the joy of forming your opinion on a painting,…

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Technology
Articles we love FlourishingApril 9, 2018

Meet The Tech Evangelist Who Now Fears For Our Mental Health

Technology has fuelled some of our greatest advances as a society, and provides countless aids for learning and creativity. But what if we’re switching off when we switch on? Moya Sarner of The Guardian talks to digital advocate and campaigner, Belinda Parmar, about technology’s seemingly unstoppable hold, and why access isn’t necessarily progress. In Belinda…

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Video Game
Articles we love Learning and playFebruary 22, 2018January 18, 2019

I Was A Video Game Sceptic, But Now I’m A Fan

Puzzles and games are great tools for learning, but can that include the entertainment video game? We loved Jessica Furseth‘s journey from discovery to enjoyment. Science finds new ways to train the brain in this article from The Guardian. “Luke, how do I get this power moon? Luke!” I’m playing Super Mario Odyssey while my partner, Luke, is…

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