Serious Games Help Business Decisions

Thanks to the Portland Press-Herald for their article discussing the Serious Games Initiative's attempts to get games used as big business tools. According to the piece, Serious Games have created Virtual U, a freely downloadable collaboration with developers Enlight that "...illustrates the complexities of running a university", 'Sim College'-style. Now, with a new grant, they're "...hoping to expand the idea to hospitals, high schools and even national parks." And, according to the project director for the Serious Games Initiative, it's all about getting tactics as a talking-point: "Video game players love to talk about their games. They love to share strategy, talk about whether it's fair or not. That's all pretty high level talk and it flows out of the activity naturally."

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Re:When this gets advanced to...

[The Clockwork Troll]

Been done - remember that PC game from the late 80's, Life and Death?