In this episode I unpack El-Nasr and Smith’s (2006) publication titled “Learning through game modding,” which describes two case studies on modifying video games to learn software development and design, as well as programming, artistic, and video game concepts.

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Abstract

02:22 Paper introduction

08:24 Case study 1: Game design workshop

10:51 Case study 2: Game design class

14:49 Discussion

18:42 Lingering questions and thoughts

18:46 Why do some coding platforms encourage modding or remix practices while others do not afford such possibilities?

19:24 If modding practices are so great, why not do them all the time?

20:56 Outro