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What’s New in Game-based Learning – February 2026

Much like game-based learning itself, we’re expanding our focus across multiple sectors this month. Across highly various delivery formats, we’re seeing games used to support early literacy, university learning, executive decision-making, and long-horizon policy planning. This month’s examples focus less on novelty and more on function, highlighting how well-designed games make thinking visible, practice repeatable,…

// Brandon Pittser

The Latest Findings in AI and Learning – December 2025

The cold chill of winter is here, and I just looked outside through frosted windowpanes, and it appears that the AI bubble (?) remains unpopped, and indeed, bubbling. Google has upended the competitive landscape with the release of Gemini 3, precipitating some strategic reorientations from the incumbent leader. Meanwhile, DeepSeek is quietly dropping competitive models…

// Brandon Pittser

What’s New in Game-Based Learning – December 2025

Game-based learning showed its range this month. Several stories focused on how interactive systems support people during moments of strain, whether that strain comes from workplace pressure, academic uncertainty, or the slow work of physical recovery. Other developments are looking to celebrate and foster the creative momentum that emerges when young designers have the right…

// Brandon Pittser

Games That Teach Focus in a Distracted World

In an age of constant notifications and phone chimes and group chats and Slack notifications and Discord pings and emails and spam texts, many assume that digital games shorten attention spans along with the rest of the neverending digital melee. The reality is more nuanced! When designed correctly, certain types of games can actually strengthen…

// Brandon Pittser

Digital Business Simulation Games: Trends and Classroom Use Cases

Studies show that learners who engage with business simulations retain knowledge longer and make better strategic decisions than peers in traditional lecture formats. Instructors have known for years that giving students a sandbox for experimentation beats static theory, and digital business simulation games take that principle to scale. These tools create miniature economies where every…

// Brandon Pittser

What’s New in Game-based Learning – October 2025

If you’ve been scanning education headlines this fall, you’ll know that game-based learning is surfacing in some surprising places. University labs are using Nintendo titles to reach neurodivergent students. Dutch researchers are turning chip design into a public game. VR sports are being studied for their mental health benefits. And even the BBC is weighing…

// Brandon Pittser

Resource Roundup: Game-Based Learning for Classrooms in 2025

Teachers keep telling us the same thing: game-based learning works when it plugs into real lessons with clear outcomes and classroom-ready scaffolds. Below is our roundup of games that do just that, helping you plan multi-week projects, kick off the school year with engaging tools, build social and emotional competencies with intention, and teach media…

// Brandon Pittser

Classroom Games to Teach Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills in 2025

Schools are placing a stronger emphasis on social and emotional learning as they help students manage stress, build empathy, and collaborate effectively. Research continues to show that SEL skills – self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making – are linked to improved academic outcomes and healthier classroom climates. Yet traditional SEL lessons can…

// Brandon Pittser

Classroom Games to Teach Media Literacy in 2025

Students encounter AI-generated headlines, deepfake videos, and algorithm-driven feeds every day. Teaching them to spot misinformation requires both careful guidance and immersive practice. You might see where we’re going with this – as it turns out, interactive games offer that practice, allowing learners to evaluate evidence, question motives, and see the impact of their choices…

// Brandon Pittser

The Best Learning Games for Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning works best when students can experiment, collaborate, and share their results inside rich digital worlds. The games below give teachers a versatile set of tools to design projects that combine inquiry, creativity, and critical thinking. Each title supports sustained, multi-week learning goals while letting students build, test, and refine ideas in a way…

// Brandon Pittser
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