A Rice PhD showed that training a vision model on a game like Snake, while prompting it to see the game as a math problem (a Cartesian grid), improved its math abilities more than training on math data directly. This highlights how abstract, game-based training can foster more generalizable reasoning.

Creating rich, interactive 3D worlds is currently so expensive it's reserved for AAA games with mass appeal. Generative spatial AI dramatically reduces this cost, paving the way for hyper-personalized 3D media for niche applications—like education or training—that were previously economically unviable.

ASU's president argues that if an AI can answer an assignment, the assignment has failed. The educator's role must evolve to use AI to 'up the game,' forcing students to ask more sophisticated questions, making the quality of the query—not the synthesized answer—the hallmark of learning.

To replace a technical expert in a sales process, an AI's value isn't just its data. It should be prompted to explain concepts through storytelling, visualizations, and 'future scaping.' This shifts the AI from a mere information-dispenser to a persuasive communicator that resonates with a buyer's emotions.

People watched the movie 'Contagion' during the pandemic rather than reading scientific papers because the human brain is wired to learn through first-person stories, not lists of facts. Narratives provide a simulated, experiential perspective that taps into ancient brain mechanisms, making the information more memorable, understandable, and emotionally resonant.

The GSB enhances the traditional case study method by first having students analyze a case, like DoorDash. Then, the actual protagonist—the founder and key investors—are brought into the classroom. This allows students to directly challenge their assumptions and engage with the real-world complexities behind the decisions.

When COVID-19 shut down theaters, professional actor Sam Crane discovered an empty theater within Grand Theft Auto V and decided to stage Hamlet, casting other players he met in-game. This constraint-driven innovation led to an award-winning documentary filmed entirely within the game world, demonstrating how virtual spaces can become legitimate performance venues.

Game engines and procedural generation, built for entertainment, now create interactive, simulated models of cities and ecosystems. These "digital twins" allow urban planners and scientists to test scenarios like climate change impacts before implementing real-world solutions.

After a decade of dormancy, machinima is seeing a resurgence, not in fiction but in documentary. Award-winning films like *Grand Theft Hamlet* and *The Remarkable Life of Ebelin* use game engines to document real human interactions within virtual worlds or to recreate stories of people whose primary lives were online, proving the medium's power for authentic storytelling.