Leveraging insights from mainstream gameplay to inform STEM game design: great idea, but what comes next?

This response to Leah A. Bricker and Phillip Bell’s paper, GodMode is his video game name , examines their assertion that the social nexus of gaming practices is an important factor to consider for those looking to design STEM video games. I propose that we need to go beyond the investigation into which aspects of games play a role in learning, and move on to thinking about how these insights can actually inform game design practice.