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Argumentation in Guardian of Law

20 May 2009 by Dan Norton

One of our earliest challenges in designing Guardian of Law was the courtroom. We'd of course played Phoenix Wright, and seen Judge Judy, but trying to make a functional game that could teach something about legal argumentation seemed like something far, far away. Luckily, we had subject matter expe...

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Coaster Creator on the loose!

29 Jun 2009 by Dan Norton

Filament is happy to announce that Coaster Creator has a new, easy to access link from the JASON Project's Mission Center. Simply go here to start playing right away, or go here for more information. So, what are you waiting for? Go crash some coasters!

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Role and Identity in Games

21 May 2009 by Dan Norton

Gregory Weir (of The Majesty of Colors fame) wrote a great post on Game Set Watch about personality in Team Fortress 2. Go read it. I think Greg isn't just exploring a great topic for commercial games, but is saying something pretty important about educational games as well. If Greg is right (and I ...