Matt Haselton, Game Designer and Research Associate at Filament Games, teamed up with our Creative Director and Founding Partner, Dan Norton, to write a paper that concentrates on the strategy of integrating educational content into game mechanics. This paper takes readers through the design process while explaining how learning objectives remain as a focus. Click 'Read More' to view the paper in full view.

Justice O'Connor and the iCivics team were in Texas recently playing our games with students. Baylor University has worked closely with Waca ISD to bring iCivics to kids throughout the disctrict.

Andrew Miller is a consultant for the Buck Institute for Education (an organization that specializes in project-based curriculum), a thought leader in the field of education technology and a regular blogger for Edutopia. Read what Andrew thinks about game-based learning!

The Learning Games Network recently announced a $1.99 million grant they received from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand Xenos! Filament Games is excited to be working with the Learning Games Network on such a unique project. The program is tagged as LGN's "flagship integrated social learning environment gaming platform," and is targeted at Hispanic adults learning English. The goal is to provide self-directed ESL instructional resources.