an overview of serious games
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Gaming en Serious Gaming: een overzicht
Serious Games SeminarSerious Games Seminar
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"OneBigGame helps children in need through the creative & collective power of the videogames industry“power of the videogames industry
"It is a charitable organization that seeks to raise money to solveIt is a charitable organization that seeks to raise money to solve problems afflicting children everywhere, by creating videogames
through a collaborative industry‐wide effort. By doing so, it connects b h d i h h h i bl d hboth gamers and games creators with the charitable cause and shows how the videogames industry as a whole can have a positive effect on
the lives of children throughout the world.g
"Play, so others can"
‘ h f d h l l f h h• ‘US scientists have found that regular players of shoot‐em‐ups, such as Half‐Life and Medal of Honour, have much better visual skills than most of the population. Although video game playing may seem to be rather mindless, it is capable of radically altering visual attentional processing.’
• Researchers at London's Brunel University recently published the results of a 3‐year study focused on the massive multiplayer online gameof a 3‐year study focused on the massive multiplayer online game Runescape which found that gaming may help young people learn important life lessons.
• Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high‐speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. Forgun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast‐changing visual information more efficiently.
• Serious games: Computer and video gamesSerious games: Computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology They can be similar totechnology. They can be similar to educational games, but are often intended f ffor an audience outside of primary or secondary education.
• Serious Games: Games used for training, advertising, simulation, or educationg
S i G h li i f• Serious Games: the application of games concepts, technologies and ideas to non‐entertainment applications.
• Serious Game: A product that is not specifically entertainment, but uses game p y gentertainment or the techniques and processes of the game entertainmentprocesses of the game entertainment business to achieve a purpose.
PersuasionPersuasion
Education
Coca Cola Webgame
Moorhuhn
Burger King Games
America’s Army
Food Force
PersuasionPersuasion
Education
TempoTypen & Topografie Europa
Carmen Sandiego
Brain Academy
America’s Army
Pulse
Ship Simulator
‘ h f d h l l f h h• ‘US scientists have found that regular players of shoot‐em‐ups, such as Half‐Life and Medal of Honour, have much better visual skills than most of the population. Although video game playing may seem to be rather mindless, it is capable of radically altering visual attentional processing.’
• Researchers at London's Brunel University recently published the results of a 3‐year study focused on the massive multiplayer online gameof a 3‐year study focused on the massive multiplayer online game Runescape which found that gaming may help young people learn important life lessons.
• Researchers at the University of Rochester found that young adults who regularly played video games full of high‐speed car chases and blazing gun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. Forgun battles showed better visual skills than those who did not. For example, they kept better track of objects appearing simultaneously and processed fast‐changing visual information more efficiently.
Sim City 4000
Neverwinter Nights
Counterstrike
Game Maker 7.0
"Perhaps the most fatal flaw in the education ofPerhaps the most fatal flaw in the education of young people is that we apprentice youngsters into 19th century science rather than lettinginto 19th century science rather than letting them play scientist.“
Donald Thompson, educator
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The Marriageg
Gaming en Serious Gaming: een overzicht
Serious Games SeminarSerious Games Seminar
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