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A Collaborative Classification of Games & Serious Games (Database) (Broacasting our studies)
Databases dedicated to: - Videogames : gameclassification.com- Serious Games : serious.gameclassification.com - Game Creation Tools : creatools.gameclassification.com These databases are collaborative and can be enriched by web users.Keywords : Database, Serious Games, Video games, Game creation tools
Serious Games: Games That Educate, Train, And Inform (Book reference)
One of the flagship book of the current wave of Serious Games, focused on videogames. This 350 pages book start with a definition of Serious Games, through a comparative analysis with entertainment videogames. It then features a lot of games examples for each of the main Serious Games application domains in 2005: defense, government, corporate, education, healthcare, politics, religion and art. This book also gives some Serious Games design advices related to each of these domains. This bo [...]Keywords : serious game, definition, examples
Smartbomb: The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution (Book reference)
This book gives a portrayal of several famous video game creators: Cliff Bleszinski (Unreal Tournament, Gears of War), Shigeru Miyamoto (Mario, Zelda...), Will Wright (Sim City, The Sims...), John Romero and John Carmack, alongside with three bonus chapters dedicated to the first video games, to military Serious Games (America's Army) and to MMORPG players (Anarchy Online, Star Wars Galaxies). Overall, the book is very pleasant to read and filled with interesting information. The portraits of c [...]Keywords : history, cliff bleszinski, will wright, america's army, star wars galaxies, anarchy online
Valoriser via le jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)
This article describes the innovative approach taken by the French Ministry of Education, which is using video gamesto convey a message to the 15-18 age group in order to promote its industrial sectors.Taking a scientific approach to communication and sociology, we begin by exploring the strategy putin place to develop games designed to convey the desired message, followed by a study of the very firstreceptions in the field. Read paper on Research Gate Read paper on HAL &n [...]Keywords : Pedagogy, Video Game, Serious Game, Education
Jouer / Apprendre (Book reference)
An essay written by Gilles Brougère, a researcher specialized about games, dealing with the relations between playing and learning. This book addresses play as a general activity, ranging from kids play in preschools to video games. The author stars with the definition of "game" and "play", before diving into the relationships between play and leisure, education and leisure, and, last but not least, play and education. Through the idea of "informal learning", [...]Keywords : essay, learning science, learning, game, play, education, leisure, school
Technocity (Our projects)
Technocity is a serious game released in March 2006, and freely distributed to the 600 high school and college located in the region around Toulouse City (South-West in France). The purpose of this edumarket game is to promote courses related to industrial and technical jobs towards a 15 to 18 years old audience. This title was created for the french ministry of education. This was a first experiment for the Toulouse section of french ministry of education, who wan [...]Keywords : serious game
Digital Game-Based Learning (Book reference)
This book is one of the most iconic texts on the use of video games for education. It aims to demonstrate stakeholders, teachers and other education professionals how video games can enhance learning. The book thus presents a lot of interesting examples coming from school education, adult education and defense. While the book tone is more evangelist than scientific, especially when read today, it remains a very rich and thought-provoking introduction to the "digital game-based learni [...]Keywords : game based learning, digital games, learning, examples
Serious Games: Art / Interaction / Technology (Book reference)
The catalogue from a British art exposition that took place in 1996. The art pieces and the artist' manifesto presented in the book openly aim to explore the expressive power of video games.Keywords : art, exposition, museum, interaction, expression
Minds in Play (Book reference)
This book describes a pioneering scientific experiment conducted by Yasmin Kafai in the Serious Games field. In 1994, for 6 months during 1 hour per day, she asked 4th grade students to design video games explaining the mathematical concept of "fraction" to 3rd graders. To create these games, the kids used the LOGO language they learned during the workshop. Through this experiment, the researcher observed that designing video games about "fractions" helped kids to master this [...]Keywords : serious game, constructionnisme, logo, scientific research
Serious Games (Book reference)
A new edition of the book that founded the "Serious Games" current. Clark Abt, an American researcher who studied computer simulation games for military training during the Cold War, highlights the potential of games for "serious" applications, such as education. Alongside with definition and studies, this book features a lot of games examples used for learning purposes (both inside or outside schools) on various supports: board games, card games, outside games, computer [...]Keywords : serious game, clark abt, definition, example, history