The following is the first in a 3-part series of posts by Tiltfactor student interns describing the process of creating and testing new game prototypes for the lab's Metadata Games project. Metadata Games is a NEH-funded, open source project that uses games to help crowdsource...
Tiltfactor Laboratory at Dartmouth College is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research position in Learning Sciences and Assessment for the 2013-2014 academic year. The postdoctoral researcher will be affiliated with Tiltfactor Laboratory (https://tiltfactor.org), the leading group in values-conscious game design and research, which is led by Dr. Mary Flanagan,...
Dear Tiltfactor Fans, Thanks to all who attended our open house yesterday exploring the possibilities of Persuasive Games! You made the open house a success! The Tilt team had a great time catching up with long-time fans and new faces over buffalo, ZOMBIEPOX, Alum Tag and...
In honor of flu safety, we'd like to share with you an image from a doctor teaching his young young gamers about disease spread by playing POX: Save the People! ...
Tiltfactor pursues several main areas of research: games for health and wellness, games for addressing biases and stereotypes, and games for generating new knowledge. We've had an amazing year at Tiltfactor--we have many things to be thankful for as we think about our year in...
Tiltfactor will soon be announcing a post-doctoral position in Psychology and/or Learning Sciences. If you love what we do, have a PhD in hand, and want on-the-ground experience in studying and understanding games that make a difference, keep your eyes on this site and our...
Tiltfactor is showing off our POX in DC this week at mHealth! Our digital, non-digital, and sport games are at the show through Wednesday. ...
The world we live in is constantly changing, and there has been a shift toward looking for new solutions to old problems through creative thinking. I have a great interest in social change through social enterprise and the ways in which organizations can strategize to...
Whether or not you believe games (digital or analog) are a form of art, it is undeniable that there is a huge artistic culture around and in the gaming world. Without jumping into the games as art debate, I would like to state that I do...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contact [at] tiltfactor[.]org (603) 646-1007 November 3, 2012 (Hanover, NH) -- Meaningful Play 2012 has awarded Tiltfactor Best Digital Game for POX: Save the People™ for iPad, Best Non-Digital Game for the party card game Awkward Moment™, and runner-up for Best Non-Digital Game for another...