Edutainment Mashup
Imagine a lively conversation where a historian specializing in ancient Roman engineering and a game designer known for intricate city-builders are given a whiteboard and an hour. That’s the spontaneous, collaborative energy of Edutainment Mashup. Each episode, hosts Betty Robertson and Lexie Henning bring together one professional from the world of video games and one academic from a field like history, art, or science. The mission is simple yet wonderfully complex: improvise the blueprint for a perfect game that genuinely educates while it entertains. You’ll hear the initial spark of an idea, the negotiation between factual accuracy and playful mechanics, and the unexpected moments of brilliance that happen when two different expertise collide. It’s a celebration of process over product, highlighting the inherent humor and creativity in both scholarship and game design. This podcast operates on the belief that learning feels less like a lecture and more like an adventure when it’s built on a foundation of genuine curiosity and collaborative fun. Every concept dreamed up is a unique mashup, a testament to what happens when smart people from different corners of culture are given permission to play. Please note that all ideas and game concepts created on this podcast belong to their respective creators.
