Nintendo Labo and Theories of Edutainment

Further readings: Architect Edwin Heathcote connects dots between the toys architects play with as children and the buildings they design as adults: https://www.ft.com/content/ab0f3f42-feb3-11e2-b9b0-00144feabdc0 NYT Freelancer Clive Thompson tracks down and interviews kids who have developed abstract skills and learned complicated software through Minecraft: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-minecraft-generation.html Boston pych prof Peter Gray provides a brief history of education, from the pre-agricultural hunter-gatherers to today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/200808/brief-history-education Thanks to Ace Waters, for the always-fantastic musical beats! The ending track can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7VaRAx7_I0&t=19m07s Other social media footage used can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHvZyAsv8z8 (Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYZXzhAoZW8 (Gift 2 in motion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s00OJ9YUWX0 (Froebel gift #2, episode 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Z4OH6sj1c (Uptown Funk You Up) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqi7ZkQguHA (Zelda) http://twitter.com/LynnSuzu/status/987691794015051776 (?????????) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=n2A4uh7-rX4 (Calamari Inkantation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m6N_uMfCsw (All Star) https://twitter.com/BSpowerx/status/988441078985408513 (Game & Watch Recreation) https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendolabo/comments/8es6cw/labo_garage_concept_arcade_roulette_w_motion/ (Roulette Wheel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeAJ7ilWTs0 (Vending machine) Support the channel on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop