The US Department of Education has recently approved a significant $4 million funding allocation to promote digital literacy among middle school students—in a way utilizing a popular sandbox game.

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

This week, Mojang Studios and Microsoft announced a new, free DLC as part of their “CyberSafe” Minecraft educational content. This time, their “CyberSafe AI” DLC, available via the Minecraft ...

Few video games have become more popular than Minecraft over the past two decades. Since its release in 2011, it has captured the imagination of many who mine for resources and build villages that ...

The Minecraft trilogy by Max Brooks is about two humans – Guy and Summer – who get trapped in the world of the video game Minecraft and have to find their way out. In today's episode, Brooks speaks ...

Students don’t have to be video game fanatics to appreciate a gamified classroom lesson. When teachers turn a lesson or tough-to-teach concept into a motivational gamed or use a fun competition to ...