Category Archives: Barry Joseph Consulting

eSports Students Use Video Games for College Outreach

This past week I had the pleasure of producing an eSporting event led by City College of New York students for Harlem Week. Harlem Week is an annual celebration of “the best of Harlem.” CCNY, located in West Harlem, offered … Continue reading

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Curated List of Games for Civic Identity

This month I had the pleasure of working with Andy Robertson, who founded and runs the amazing Family Video Game Database, to highlight a collection of video games that can develop a deep sense of civic identity. If you are … Continue reading

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What happened when a museum asked itself What data is driving our decision making?

Madlyn Larson has worked at the Natural History Museum of Utah leading Research Quest for over a decade. Research Quest leverages the Museum’s collections and their research for science learning in middle school classrooms. I began working with Madlyn last … Continue reading

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The ONE Game to Play to Understand Your Teenage Gamer

Perhaps nothing creates more anxiety for adults than imagining what their teens are up to when no one is watching. That’s why my ears perked up when I read this quote in a New York Times interview with Richard Tyler … Continue reading

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Announcing the Informal Learning Game category within the GEE! Learning Games Award

In the past year have you done… anything? Given the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism, if you’re even just still here to read this I KNOW you deserve an award. But if you ALSO created a learning game … Continue reading

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When Worlds Collide: Is Digital Design Denigrating or Saving Museums?

Yesterday, I spent an hour with five African-American and Latinx boys from West Harlem. All gamers. Over Zoom, we chatted about the role games played in their lives, how it helps them to be who they want to be in … Continue reading

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I have $ and PD for museums interested in games-based learning

I am so thrilled to announce that my latest client for Barry Joseph Consulting is the amazing Games for Change. Why am I thrilled, why did I literally get chocked up when we finalized the deal? I’ll explain that in … Continue reading

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