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Game-based Learning for Patient-Centered Care

In healthcare, it’s not enough to know the right answers – you have to understand the person behind the symptoms. That’s the central challenge of patient-centered care, and increasingly, one that game-based learning is helping to meet head-on. Simulations and interactive games are offering immersive ways for learners to develop empathy, improve judgment, and build…

// Brandon Pittser

Game-Based Learning in Healthcare 2025: Resource Round-up

There’s no sugarcoating it – healthcare is one of the most complex, high-stakes industries on the planet. So it’s no surprise that the field is also at the forefront of using game-based learning to support everything from skills training to empathy building. Throughout March, we explored how simulations, serious games, and immersive technologies are changing…

// Brandon Pittser

Game-based Learning for Professionals

Some of today’s most engaging professional training tools don’t look like training tools at all. They look like games. But beneath their lush graphics and captivating interfaces, they offer structured, skill-based challenges drawn straight from real-world roles. The best of these simulators recreate tasks and mindsets, whether that’s the precise rhythm of a rail dispatcher’s…

// Brandon Pittser

Game-based Learning for Future-Facing Skills

In today’s classrooms, the future is the curriculum. Whether students are solving logistics problems, collaborating across continents, or building simulations from scratch, the skills they need tomorrow are already in demand today. That’s where game-based learning comes in. Across industries and age groups, digital games are helping learners practice creativity, communication, critical thinking, and more,…

// Brandon Pittser

Resource Roundup: Game-based Learning for Professional Skills

This month’s posts explored how game-based learning is being used to support professional skill development across education, training, and the workplace. From simulation titles rooted in real-world workflows to research-driven insights on communication and flow, each article highlighted a different facet of how games are helping learners build meaningful, applicable skills. Here’s the full roundup.…

// Brandon Pittser

Universal Design for Learning: A Framework for Inclusive Game Development

In game development, accessibility is often seen as a layer to add. Universal Design for Learning flips that mindset. It starts with the assumption that learners are diverse – and builds flexibility into every part of the experience. Originally developed for classrooms, UDL has since become a powerful framework for designing anything that teaches. For…

// Brandon Pittser
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