games - lists

This note last modified October 22, 2024

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Within these lists, games marked with a * are games that I don’t know too much about.

Games I recommend

Games that teach

• Games that were built to teach philosophy
  • Games that can illustrate an interesting philosophical concept
• Games that teach civics, history, and politics
  • Games that talk about fake news and misinformation specifically
• Games that teach math, science, and other declarative learning
• Games that are otherwise transformational
• Erik Harpstead’s big list of edugames
• The Vault by Field Day research lab is launching soon as a repository of edugames.

Games that are interesting or uniquely built

• games with interesting design elements
• games that facilitate social discussion and icebreaking (beyond simple party games)
• games that use standard controls in interesting ways
• games that use nonstandard controls or are played in different ways
• abusive games
• games that gather data or understand something about their players