This chapter considers the potential to scale up the use of simulations and games for science learning. The first section provides an overview of current market penetration of games in formal and ...

In 2020, a new minigame appeared in the video game Borderlands 3, located in the resident scientist’s laboratory on the spaceship Sanctuary III. Although the arcade game may seem like just another way ...

Last month, on April 7, Borderlands 3 got a new minigame called Borderlands Science, a "puzzle game that benefits the real-world scientific community as you play" by getting players involved in ...

Games have become increasingly ubiquitous, with the enormous potential to be effective at reaching and teaching audiences. There are a few notable examples of games that tackle some of the important ...

Back in April, Borderlands 3 – a big budget, role-playing first-person shooter videogame that sold over 8 million copies within six months of its release – received a free update that introduced a new ...

Terrence Smith has been writing since his early childhood, when he wrote his first fanfiction: Taz in the Temple of Cyber Power. He has grown up on Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft consoles in the ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have shown that players of the online citizen science game Foldit can successfully refine and improve ...

This story is a part of Science Friday’s end of year celebrations. Explore the science news that defined the decade, staff stories of the year, read the best science books of 2019, and join the ...