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Gaming the museum
Martha Henson and Danny Birchall, Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/
Abstract
What makes a good museum game? Credible learning outcomes, compelling gameplay, or sympathy between the two? During 2010 and 2011, Wellcome Collection have been developing a series of games. In this paper and the workshop, we present four games of very different types as examples of our work so far and attempt to outline some of the underlying principles that have guided it. In the workshop itself, we will brainstorm the ways in which a variety of game platforms and formats might, or might not, work with the themes and content of museums and archives.
Keywords: games, strategy, education, archives, history, syndication
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