Comments on: When Game Devs Engineer the Real World – You Brushed Your Teeth, +5 points! http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/ Explore the Metaverse Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: melponeme_k http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 melponeme_k Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:52:51 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1578 Education was not broken. What it suffered from was overcrowding and falling funds. Because they rely on a functioning economy. The fall of our schools can probably be pinpointed to the around the time Nixon pulled the US off the gold standard. And then accelerated when Reagan began tax relief to the upper echelons of society. This is trickle down economics in action. The game devs don't care about helping our children. They see them as a monetary widgets to enrich themselves. They are offering to "game" a system that needs funding. And most of that funding will be flowing their way as they offer bogus "education as game" solutions. This is all the same old, same old junk as the dot coms and every other tech bubble. The devs will exploit holes until we revolt. And only then will they reconsider their ethical stances. They will never build ethical structures until we hold their feet to the fire. Education was not broken. What it suffered from was overcrowding and falling funds. Because they rely on a functioning economy. The fall of our schools can probably be pinpointed to the around the time Nixon pulled the US off the gold standard. And then accelerated when Reagan began tax relief to the upper echelons of society. This is trickle down economics in action.

The game devs don’t care about helping our children. They see them as a monetary widgets to enrich themselves. They are offering to “game” a system that needs funding. And most of that funding will be flowing their way as they offer bogus “education as game” solutions.

This is all the same old, same old junk as the dot coms and every other tech bubble. The devs will exploit holes until we revolt. And only then will they reconsider their ethical stances.

They will never build ethical structures until we hold their feet to the fire.

]]> By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Virtual Worlds, Hackers, Innovation and Enhancing the Human Condition http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Virtual Worlds, Hackers, Innovation and Enhancing the Human Condition Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:13:26 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1577 [...] of it. Or will become one. And we’ll be brushing our teeth and leveling up in….well, in the game of life, of course, or at least according to Jesse Schell who appeared on Metanomics this [...] [...] of it. Or will become one. And we’ll be brushing our teeth and leveling up in….well, in the game of life, of course, or at least according to Jesse Schell who appeared on Metanomics this [...]

]]> By: Daniel Livingstone http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Daniel Livingstone Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:24:27 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1510 Great post - and some excellent videos. Have to say that I don't share Jesse's casual acceptance of the vision of the future he presents. Social engineering + marketing in a cruel mix. I only hope that if it comes to pass that there'll be some serious culture jamming and meta-gaming going on. Great post – and some excellent videos.
Have to say that I don’t share Jesse’s casual acceptance of the vision of the future he presents. Social engineering + marketing in a cruel mix. I only hope that if it comes to pass that there’ll be some serious culture jamming and meta-gaming going on.

]]> By: Connectivism « Possibilities of Virtual Worlds http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Connectivism « Possibilities of Virtual Worlds Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:17:37 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1405 [...] another post that is about ludic life from Chris Collins which worths reading. Possibly related posts: [...] [...] another post that is about ludic life from Chris Collins which worths reading. Possibly related posts: [...]

]]> By: Graham Mills http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1377 Graham Mills Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:09:31 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1377 Excellent post, Fleep. Excellent post, Fleep.

]]> By: Barry Joseph http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2010/03/11/when-game-devs-engineer-the-real-world-you-brushed-your-teeth-5-points/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Barry Joseph Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:05:24 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/?p=897#comment-1312 Fleep, Nice post moving the ball forward and providing more examples from the world around us. Barry Fleep, Nice post moving the ball forward and providing more examples from the world around us.
Barry

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