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14 Feb 2017

OtherWordly Makes Splash at Takoma Park Play Day

Community Embraces New Word Game at Mid-Year Play Day This past Sunday, families at Takoma Park’s Seventh Annual Mid-Year Play Day had the opportunity to experience OtherWordly for the first time. Our educational language game drew curious children and parents to our table throughout the afternoon. Words in Space Several children gathered around our iPads […]

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9 Feb 2017

Play OtherWordly at Takoma Park Play Day This Sunday!

Play with the meanings of words, in space! Come by 7500 Maple Ave on Sunday afternoon, at the Takoma Park Community Center (next to the library) for the Seventh Annual Mid-Year Play Day. We’re excited to introduce OtherWordly to our local community! What to Expect As part of IDEA’s commitment to childhood literacy, OtherWordly helps […]

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5 Mar 2014

Gender role literacy: Girls in science?

There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when […]

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A way with words IDEA creates games where meaning becomes play.

OtherWordly is a space-adventure word game where players dodge debris while matching words by meaning despite missing letters.
In Other Words is a daily word game where players find paths between seemingly unrelated words by following chains of meaning.
Linguabase is our semantic network of 1.5 million words built over a decade to power both games.

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