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Geohacker is a game that makes learning geography fun! In this episode, the creator, Michael McCrickard, talks about his experience building the game as well as why he built it (hint: it has to do with geographic and cultural literacy). Listen in to this episode as we gain a unique perspective of turning geography into a game.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Geohacker game
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Washington, D.C.
• Bell Telephone Laboratories
• Frank Capra
• Our Friend the Sun
• The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
• Hemo the Magnificent
• Steven Spielberg
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Geography Now!
• Seeker Daily
• Victoria Flamel
• Mark Wiens
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Mexico
• Episode 9 - Smart Budget Traveling
• Episode 10 - Travel the Right Way
• Cuba
• Russia Today
• Russia
• AlJazeera English
• FOX News
• CNN
• Kirkuk, Iraq
• Mosul, Iraq
• BuzzFeed (Please don't click this link if you want actual news)
• Rosetta Stone
• Duolingo
• Five Reasons to Learn and Master a Foreign Language
• Seoul Food