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"Serious Games" Industry Gains Traction

Posted by Soulskill on from the insert-serious-business-joke-here dept.

schliz writes "So-called 'serious games' are gaining traction in military, business, education, and medical applications as Gen X and Y come into power, iTnews reports. While game developers acknowledge the risk of trivializing real-world issues (as in the Six Days in Fallujah controversy), intelligently designed 'serious games' could allow complex situations to be presented in a simple way. Cisco, for example, has an amusing online games arcade that prepares networking professionals for a variety of certifications."

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  1. Intelligently designed? by ShadowRangerRIT · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you're saying a gradual process of game evolution would not allow you to present complex situations in a simple way? *ducks*

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