Welcome to the Game-Based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning. Each week, we publish articles and videos that examine how educational games are designed, evaluated, and deployed in real learning contexts. With a special focus on the games we create with our esteemed clients, the Game-based Learning Review draws on work across K12, higher education, workforce training, and informal learning environments.
Welcome back to the Game Based Learning Review! This week we dive back into RoboCo to tackle the tricky, multi-phased "Byte of the Living Dead" level. Dan's engineering skills get put to the test as he builds a zombie-thwarting rescue robot equipped with telescoping pistons, oscillating saws, and eventually, a highly effective stabbing sword.
Soft skills become measurable when they are designed into the mechanics. See how corporate training games produce evidence of behavioral change on the job.
corporate
adultlearning
gamedesign
gamedev
simulation
2026
How do you measure learning without stopping the game to administer a test? See how evidence-centered design embeds assessment directly into your mechanics.
gamedesign
gamebasedlearning
edtech
2026
Why do so many teacher dashboards go unopened? See what the research says about actionable insight, teacher co-design, and reporting that fits the school day.
edtech
gamebasedlearning
k12
highered
2026
This month: middle schoolers coding their own games, a depression-prevention game backed by a clinical trial, and a new law holding edtech accountable for student data.
gamebasedlearning
edtech
gamedev
2026
Are you ready to game your way into the school year? Check out our August recap to see what it takes to get game-based learning into classrooms, from LMS integration and data privacy to accessibility and readiness.
back to school
gamebasedlearning
gamedesign
k12
2026
See why an educational game can pass an accessibility scan and still exclude students, what the 2027 ADA deadline requires, and how Filament closes the gap.
gamebasedlearning
gamedev
staffinsights
2026
See how a new 50-state study ranks game-based learning readiness, why digital infrastructure decides the map, and what that means for reaching every classroo
gamebasedlearning
edtech
back to school
2026
See how privacy by design, from data minimization to district data agreements, keeps student information safe and gets games through procurement.
edtech
gamebasedlearning
gamedesign
2026
See how LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage let educational games deploy into the LMS platforms districts already run, plus insights on integration.
gamedev
gamedesign
gamebasedlearning
edtech
2026
See how August 2026's AI and learning research points to tools that keep students engaged in real cognitive work.
gamebasedlearning
artificialintelligence
2026
In the latest issue of what's new in game-based learning, we cover a public health board game in Nigeria, teacher-built AI games, and a 20-year dementia study.
back to school
edtech
gamedesign
gamebasedlearning
2026
See how game-based learning builds sustainability, ESG training, disaster readiness, and climate literacy across six recent Filament posts and studies.
gamebasedlearning
sustainability
2026
See how educational games can advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, exploring what three recent studies reveal about climate motivation and engagement.
ESG
sustainability
gamedesign
gamebasedlearning
2026
See how serious games and VR build disaster preparedness across classrooms, nursing programs, and accessible learning, plus what six recent studies found.
gamedesign
sustainability
2026
See how sustainable game development cuts server costs and emissions, plus what four recent reports on carbon, cloud, and compliance mean for your projects.
sustainability
gamebasedlearning
edtech
gamedev
2026
See how four recent studies show game-based learning easing student burnout, lifting knowledge retention by 33%, and turning heavy topics into engagement.
sustainability
gamebasedlearning
edtech
research
2026
See how climate simulation games build negotiation, literacy, and systems-thinking skills, plus what three recent studies reveal for educational game design.
adultlearning
gamebasedlearning
2026
gamebasedlearning
gamedesign
2026
Welcome back to the stream! This week on the Game Based Learning Review, we return to Zoombinis, the classic puzzle game we started last episode.
gamedesign
gamedev
gamebasedlearning
2026
Welcome back to the Game Based Learning Review! In this week's episode, we take a nostalgic trip back to the 90s to play the iconic educational title, Logical Journey of the Zoombinis.
filamentgames
gamebasedlearning
2026
See how learning games evolved over 20 years in Filament CEO Dan White's Games for Change 2026 retrospective, plus his take on where the field goes next.
engineering
gamebasedlearning
gamedev
2026
Join Dan and Brandon for a livestream! We crossed the gap but the goo is still flowing. So today? We turn valves.
gamebasedlearning
filamentgames
2026
In this episode of the Game-based Learning Review, hosts Brandon and Dan dive into Do I Have a Right? to commemorate iCivics.org's GEE! Award for Best Formal Learning!
gamebasedlearning
filamentgames
STEM
2026
Join hosts Brandon and Dan for another attempt at the Silicon Sonata level in RoboCo!
gamebasedlearning
filamentgames
2026
We’re still live! Every Monday at 1230pm CST, the Game-based Learning Review airs on the Filament Games YouTube channel, featuring educational game playthroughs and developer insights. Catch up on the most recent episodes!
edtech
gamebasedlearning
gamedesign
k12
2026
Hello friends of Filament and a Happy Monday to you all! If you’re like me, Mondays are an exciting time, because every Monday we drop a fresh episode of The Game-based Learning Review.
edtech
gamebasedlearning
2026
Another day, another chance to think about financial literacy! As you may have heard earlier this week, Filament just launched a game with our friends at Intuit called Credit Climber
edtech
gamebasedlearning
staffinsights
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
edtech
gamebasedlearning
staffinsights
2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
edtech
gamebasedlearning
2026
As part of our yearlong retrospective celebrating 20 years of educational game development, we’re introducing...
adultlearning
edtech
gamebasedlearning
gamedev
gamedesign
2026
Best practices for preventing motion sickness while maximizing learning outcomes.
