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Talk: Video Games and the Future of Education

Jonathan Blow · talk · Watch on YouTube

Game designEducation & learning

What it is

Jonathan Blow gives a roughly 90-minute talk, followed by Q&A, on how video games could actually improve education, in contrast to what is currently being tried.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters find his insights good, especially the idea that games work for learning by doing and for teaching problem-solving, in contrast to gamification.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “argues that games really shine as away to trick people into 'learning by doing'.”

    Games as learning by doing; critique of gamification.

    vansul, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Why books don't work (2019)”

  2. “they're not explicitly educational games about specific topics, but they teach problem-solving skills in an engaging way”

    Blow argues non-educational puzzle games teach problem-solving well

    the__alchemist, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “To Supercharge Learning, Look to Play”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jonathan blow, education, game design, learning by doing, gamification

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