Eventually, he started a video game contest: the Life.Love. Game Design Challenge, which is now in its sixth year, and just announced its 2013 winners. At the end, they get a sense of how bad the boyfriend is, rated as "Zombie," "Werewolf," or "Vampire." It carries more weight if they see the game through the eyes of the protagonist.
Read MoreTroy University history professor Dr. Scout Blum has merged game playing and academics with her newest creation, a board game called Rising Waters, which aims to give students a better understanding of one of the most destructive disasters in US history and the themes of racism and perseverance.
Read MoreRock Your Watershed, an online game from the Water Rocks! youth water quality and conservation outreach and education program at Iowa State University, is widely recognized for giving players a fun and educational opportunity to see how land use decisions that balance conservation and profitability directly affect downstream water quality.
Read MoreScientists who research soil by day and play board games at night designed a new activity they hope will make their jobs easier to explain to their family, and even more importantly, the world. Tanvi Taparia, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, studies how soil biology affects plant health and growth, which in turn affects how much food farmers can produce.
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