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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

The Latest Findings on AI and Learning – October 2025

The latest research and educator reports on AI implementation show that the real breakthroughs are coming from thoughtful integration, as opposed to the typical drivers of attention on AI solutions; i.e., novelty and spectacle. Across new studies and opinion pieces, educators describe AI as a collaborator that enhances feedback, a design partner that expands access,…

// 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
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