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.
Dan and Brandon take a trip down memory lane to play Crazy Plant Shop, a Filament Games classic!
We make games! You already knew that because you’re reading our blog, but what you may not know is that we’ve partnered with a variety of organizations to design elegant platforms to house their games, apps, and other digital content.
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2017
I’ve previously quoted Sid Meier who believes one way to think about game design is “a series of interesting decisions“.
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2017
Newton’s Laws got nothin’ on the laws of attraction! Watch as Game Art Team Lead Natasha Soglin paints a special Valentine’s Day portrait for these two Motion Force characters.
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2017
The following is a client guest blog post from Square Panda, for whom we recently developed Square Panda Bubbles, Square Panda Monster Rhymes and Square Panda Jiggity Jamble.
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iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources.
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2017
A common request when pitching a game idea is “walk me through the first 5 minutes (or sometimes 30 seconds) of your game.” It is a question designed to weed out who has really thought out their ideas.
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2017
As programmers, we can embed fail-safes into our code. In essence, we get decide what failure looks like.
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2017
What better way to start the new year than with a new Speed Sketch! Follow along as Game Art Team Lead Natasha Soglin creates this this enchanting landscape.
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2017
When I provide insight into game development, instead of talking about specific games, the conversation revolves around the building blocks of games we call features.
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2016
Whenever we start a project, it’s pretty common for us to not have a formal finished pitch.
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2016
McGraw-Hill Education is one of the most successful and innovative educational publishers, and we’re honored to partner with them on Inspire Science.
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2016
We’re thankful for the organizations, educators, and administrators that have partnered with us to bring game-based learning to millions of students around the world.
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2016
If you’re like me, you can’t put a VR headset on without dreaming about the possibilities for learning.
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2016
We’ve had a lot of amazing clients over the years here at Filament. When your day-to-day job is to design creative projects that help people, you wind up meeting a ton of incredible people.
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2016
It’s my favorite time of year! The leaves are turning, cinnamon and spices are a-brewin’, and I get to break out my infinity scarves and sweaters!
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2016
As an educational publisher, you are most likely keeping a close eye on the digital educational publishing landscape and see that game-based learning is an important component of it.
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2016
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to shadow a principal for Madison Metropolitan School District’s A Principal Experience Program.
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2016
Virtual Reality (VR) is an exciting new technology with a lot of potential, and we’ve spoken to a number of folks who are already exploring ways to augment their businesses with VR.
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2016
Research shows that teachers play a critical role in successful game-based learning programs.
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2016
EdTech purchasing is a complex process with many stakeholders. Administrators, educators, students and the surrounding community all have a vested interest in knowing that your next purchase will offer real value to your institution, whether you’re purchasing at the school or district level.
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2016
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2026
Dan and Brandon take a trip down memory lane to play Crazy Plant Shop, a Filament Games classic!
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2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! Dan and Brandon have a full episode of puzzle-solving, game design pitches, and robot dancing.
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2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! We're back at it in RoboCo, crossing that goo gap.
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2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review! This week we kick things off with two new homegrown widgets.
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2026
Welcome back to the Game Based Learning Review! This week we return to RoboCo and the zombie apocalypse level, where our goal (of our creation) is to capture a rogue undead manager in a trash can.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2026
Join Dan and Brandon for a livestream! We crossed the gap but the goo is still flowing. So today? We turn valves.
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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!
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2026
Join hosts Brandon and Dan for another attempt at the Silicon Sonata level in RoboCo!
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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!
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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.
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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
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2026
Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
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Welcome back to the Game-based Learning Review, your go-to destination for all things game-based learning.
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2026
As part of our yearlong retrospective celebrating 20 years of educational game development, we’re introducing...
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Best practices for preventing motion sickness while maximizing learning outcomes.
