Category Archives: first person shooter

Guide to models in FPSC – First Person Shooter Creator

Posted on 27 October, 2008 by colsim

Well, after a fairly lengthy spell (hopefully) finishing off my Masters in Education (I.T in Education), I’m back. I submitted my final assignment on Friday and now I just have to sit on the edge of my seat for a … Continue reading →

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Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First Person Shooter game genre (Me, 2008)

Posted on 27 June, 2008 by colsim

Creating the First Person Learner: Educational Applications of the First Person Shooter game genre. Abstract Many students’ initial experiences of Vocational Education and Training (VET) involve spending large amounts of time methodically developing foundation skills and knowledge in their chosen … Continue reading →

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Why is it always a first person shooter?

Posted on 16 June, 2008 by colsim

One of the things that has come from the thought I have put into my project (full details to come shortly) into educational applications of FPS style games has been a real belief that first person perspective gaming is a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on: Beyond the Shooter Game: Examining Presence and Hostile Outcomes Among Male Game Players (Eastin and Griffiths)

Posted on 31 May, 2008 by colsim

Eastin, M. and Griffiths, R. (2006) Beyond the Shooter Game: Examining Presence and Hostile Outcomes Among Male Game Players. Communication Research 2006; 33; 448 Retrieved 31st May, 2008 from http://crx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/33/6/448 One of the questions I’ve asked in this project is … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on: Kearney, P. (2005) Cognitive Callisthenics: Do FPS computer games enhance the player’s cognitive abilities?

Posted on 31 May, 2008 by colsim

Kearney, P. (2005) Cognitive Callisthenics: Do FPS computer games enhance the player’s cognitive abilities? Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views – Worlds in Play . Vancouver, BC: DiGRA Kearney developed a highly quantified method for analysing the cognitive abiliities … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on: The things we learned on Liberty Island – Oliver and Pelletier.

Posted on 26 May, 2008 by colsim

Oliver, M. and Pelletier, C. (2005) The things we learned on Liberty Island: designing games to help people become competent game players. Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views – Worlds in Play . Vancouver, BC: DiGRA This paper discusses … Continue reading →

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Further thoughts on : Expositur project (Fuchs and Eckermann)

Posted on 25 May, 2008 by colsim

Fuchs, M. (2001) Expositur – A Virtual Knowledge Space (Theory). Retrieved May 25, 2008 from Syl.Eckermann website http://syl-eckermann.net/expositur/theory.html I came across some additional information written by Mathias Fuchs about this project that raised a few more ideas worth quickly sharing. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on: From “First Person Shooter” to Multi-User knowledge spaces – Mathias Fuchs and Syl Eckermann

Posted on 25 May, 2008 by colsim

Fuchs, M. & Eckermann, S. (2001) From “First Person Shooter” to Multi-User Knowledge Spaces. In F. Nack (Ed.) Proceedings COSIGN 2001 – 1st Conference on Computational Semiotics for Games and New Media (pp. 83-87). CWI, Amsterdam. In 2001, Fuchs and … Continue reading →

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Designing the First Person Learner: some general thoughts

Posted on 23 May, 2008 by colsim

The question of violence in FPS games and what this means in a learning (and wider) context often lurks at the fringes of any thinking I do about the First Person Learner genre. The software package that I’m using – … Continue reading →

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Investigating: Possible applications of First Person Perspective/Shooter games in education

Posted on 23 May, 2008 by colsim

Yep, it’s this old hobby-horse again but I still believe that FPP/FPS games can prove useful in education. Research into this field is still a little scant but I have found some useful stuff – not just about using these … Continue reading →

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