Serious games in the news

Serious Games in the News

Click on one of the options in this feed grazer to see what's new in the world of serious games.

Cyber-Budget - Become the French Finance Minister and balance the country's budget. (Designed to be played by those who were continually complaining  about their taxes!)

Playing reality in virtual games - BBC article July 28 2006 about Cyber-Budget, Kynogon, and America's Army

And here are other news resources:

Blogs

http://seriousgamesblog.blogspot.com/ - A good blog about the upcoming technologies and games in the serious games industry.

http://learninggames.wordpress.com/ - A blog about learning through games.

http://www.virtuallearningworlds.com/ - Interesting blog about teaching through virtual learning worlds.

http://gamepolitics.com/ - The political nature of serious games.

http://clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/ - For those interested in creating their own serious game.

http://ethicalgames.wordpress.com/ - The serious games industry in Canada.

http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/ - The business side of Second Life.

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9RKq7pzYXw – A series of pictures from a serious games exhibition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72CvvMuD6Q – New to the business aspects of Second Life? This video will help explain the world to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA – Ohio University Second Life Campus. How do you feel after watching this video?

News

http://www.seriousgameseurope.com/ - Current news on the serious games industry in Europe.

http://businessandgames.com/blog/ - Business news about serious games.

http://www.gameology.org/all/academic-gamers?from=0 – A news blog that writes about many different topics.

http://seriousgames.ning.com/ - A very large web portal that includes news, stories and current developments in the industry.

http://www.personalizemedia.com/ - Current news of Second Life.