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Virtual Reality in Corporate Training

September 9, 2020 // James LaPierre

Filament Games | Educational Game Developer

Join us for a closer look at some of the most impressive applications of VR in corporate training we’ve seen to date.

Bucky on Parade Recap: bucky.exe

May 7, 2018 // James LaPierre

A summerlong public art event hosted by the Madison Area Sports Commission, Bucky on Parade is a citywide exhibition of 85 life-sized Bucky Badger statues designed and created by talented local artists. On display from May 7 – September 12, 2018, you can find where all of the statues are located using this handy interactive map…including our…

Educational Board Games for All Subjects [8 Games!]

August 8, 2018 // James LaPierre

On the hunt for offline game-based learning fun? We’re switching gears a bit today – instead of talking about video games like we usually do, we’re going to take a look at another equally valuable facet of the game-based learning world: educational board games. The fact is making a game of any sort is an…

Reminiscing on the Learning Games That Defined My Childhood

October 24, 2018 // James LaPierre

As a child of the late 1990s/early 2000s with access to a PC both at home and in-school, educational video games have been a part of my DNA for as long as I can remember. From iconic learning game franchises like Reader Rabbit to education-focused spin-offs of famed television shows like Little Bear, countless hours of…

Game Spotlight: Junior Achievement’s RoboSellers

January 16, 2019 // James LaPierre

Today we’re highlighting the release of an all-new game created for our longtime partner Junior Achievement: RoboSellers, an economics and entrepreneurship learning game that teaches about the role of money in everyday life. In the game, players take on the role of a space-faring entrepreneur tasked with traveling between alien worlds, buying and selling robot…

5 Awesome Environmental Science Learning Games

April 22, 2019 // James LaPierre

Greetings fellow earthlings! 🌎 If there’s one thing that our planet is, it’s awesome. It’s beautiful. It’s spacious. It’s inhabited by more than 8.7 million species of plants and animals. And it makes for a great home to humankind! In conjunction with worldwide Earth Day celebrations, our team is dedicating today’s blog to highlight some…

Free-to-Play Learning Games Roundup 2019

July 15, 2019 // James LaPierre

Seeking free learning games to share with your students? You’ve come to the right place! 👋 Real talk: the Filament Games Blog is ripe with educational gaming content designed with real-world classrooms in mind, from our free How to Teach with Games eBook, to our routine roundups of high-quality learning games across subjects like computer…

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