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Research Roundup: Proof That Games Work in Business Training

As it turns out, playful learning is serious business. Over the past year, researchers have released a wave of data showing how game-based learning boosts engagement, decision-making, and retention in professional settings. The following studies spanning sales, leadership, compliance, and workforce safety demonstrate that when games are designed with purpose, they deliver measurable business results.…

// Brandon Pittser

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

Play has always been a laboratory for learning, and this month’s stories showcase that beautifully – from RPG developers democratizing knowledge to scientists uncovering how fun literally fuels our brains. Across every study and headline, one thing stands out: game-based learning continues to prove that curiosity, joy, and cognitive growth are deeply intertwined. Brain Training…

// Brandon Pittser

🚨Game Launch🚨: Be Scam Ready with Google and Filament Games

There’s no question that scams are getting smarter, more sophisticated, and more prevalent. From seemingly innocuous text messages to full video calls with people that don’t even exist, there’s a whole new spectrum of flimflam, bamboozlement, and chicanery to contend with. These tactics are specifically designed to create intense emotional and time pressure, making it…

// Brandon Pittser

October Roundup: Games that Improve People’s Lives

This October, the Filament Games blog turned its attention to something simple but powerful: how good design makes life better. Across six stories, we explored how games help people slow down, focus longer, and think in systems. Whether you’re guiding students through a simulation, studying the science of attention, or booting up a mixed reality…

// 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

Systems Thinking in the Classroom: Four Games That Connect the Dots

When students learn to see the world as a web of interdependent systems, it’s like a superpower. Game-based learning makes those relationships between systems tangible by allowing players to run experiments, observe feedback, and see how one decision can shift a whole network in real time. These four classroom-ready titles bring systems thinking to life…

// 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

Simulation Games Building Career Readiness in 2026

Good simulations don’t just mimic jobs. They make you feel the rhythm of real work – the planning, the pressure, and the odd satisfaction of getting a complex system to behave. The five games below each capture a different kind of professional thinking, from hospital logistics to robot design. They’re fun, sometimes stressful, and always…

// Brandon Pittser
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