Arena Net’s Guild Wars 2, meanwhile, was designed in a way different from many other online games to change how experience points and loot were distributed, rewarding players for random acts of collaboration rather than competition. The latter in particular is a true feat of programming, showing how to both innovate in game design and…

It is a mistake to assume that the conditions—political, economic, cultural—aspired to in cities or countries of the so-called “first-world” should be the same in other places with their own distinct developments and histories. The particularities of every context set their particular paces, which directly affect cultural practices. In our Latin American contexts, thinking about…

Most self-identified makers, to be blunt, are highly educated white men. “It’s something that we’re very concerned about and grappling with,” said Edward Clapp, a maker education researcher at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. “It’s important that maker-centered learning not be directed toward any one particular type of individual, which includes gender, social class, race,…