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# A Day In the Life of an Educational Game Designer | Podcast

Rob Alvarez Bucholska has interviewed over 200 gamification gurus, experts and practitioners of education on his <a href="https://professorgame.libsyn.com/mathew-georghiou-managing-time-for-games-and-learning-episode-251" target="_blank">**Professor Game Podcast**</a>.

I'm pleased to be the guest of episode 251, where I answer the questions listed below — timestamps included for your convenience.

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### **What a regular day with me looks like — 00:00:44**

Busy. And how I micro-read throughout the day.

### The story of my favorite failure — 00:04:55

Hint — it's about a board game.

### The biggest challenge I solved using game-based learning — 00:09:25

Hint — it's about farmers in Nigeria playing a board game to improve their lives.

### Process I follow to create a game-based solution — 00:16:04

I'll be sharing more about this in an upcoming issue of this newsletter (subscribe to be notified).

### Features that can improve most game-based learning experiences — 00:21:37

I identify 3 features (and they may not be what you expect).

### Games that I find nostalgic and interesting — 00:30:38

I list a few board games, card games, and video games.

### And more!

Rob and I talked about more topics, all of which you can hear in this short podcast.

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