Mithril is an MMORPG to teach Math. I just discovered it and it looks really promising. Check it out here:

Mithril – The Epic Math-MMORPG.

Welcome to College, a college visit rating site, and SCVNGR, an augmented reality game app, have partnered to create a much more engaging and interactive college visit experience. Staytuned for more. In the meantime, read more here:

Welcome to College and SCVNGR Announce Partnership.

At the Utopian Studies Conference this past weekend, I met some very awesome scholars who are working with the Greater Than Games Lab at Duke University.  The Lab aims “to build a game platform that brings together virtual and real world components … to intervene constructively in real world problems.”  In other words, imagine using augmented reality games to foster activism and progressive politics.  Wow, now that’s gamification I can endorse!  I wonder how this work might intersect with the hundreds of occupations happening nation-wide.  Definitely looking forward to new developments from the Greater Than Games Lab.  Read more here:

Greater Than Games Lab | Franklin Humanities Institute.