Category Archives: Games

Mancala Games

By Jay | Published: 03/28/2013

Mancala is an ancient counting game based on the agricultural practice of sowing seeds. It is traditionally played with stones and wooden cups but here are a few digital versions: Awele/Oware- Mancala uses a photo-realistic background of a large wooden Mancala board. This iOS game allows one or two players to compete. Mancala FS5 is [...]

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Solving puzzles in “The Heist”

By Jay | Published: 01/21/2013
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The Heist is a beautifully designed collection of different puzzles for iOS . It contains four puzzle types, most consisting of sliding pieces. The structure of the puzzles will be familiar to many users because they borrow elements from other games, such as ThinkFun’s Rush Hour and square sliding tile toys. But the game is [...]

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EJ Keats: Kitten for a Day Dot to Dot

By Jay | Published: 12/28/2012
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I recently created an interactive dot to dot game for the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. It’s based on the book “Kitten for a Day” and there are 9 different connect the dots puzzles. A hidden drawing is revealed step by step and the player is rewarded with a short animation upon completion of each puzzle. [...]

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EJ Keats: Pet Show Shuffle

By Jay | Published: 10/15/2012
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Welcome to the Jungle

By Jay | Published: 03/01/2012

Here’s the trailer for Minecraft 1.2. There’s a new jungle biom, children and wolf cubs. Plus much more, I’m sure. I’ve been constructing a replica of the southwest edge of Hoboken in Minecraft creative mode to get a better idea of the spacial relationships, traffic patterns and building footprints of an area that is under [...]

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Minecraft in Education

By Jay | Published: 12/11/2011
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The education potential of the game Minecraft is immediately apparent when you first start dividing wood and constructing a crafting table in the game. MinecraftEDU.com has a mission to help educators bring the game into the classroom and to engage learners in what the game has to offer: The game is being used to teach [...]

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