ESA announces Serious Games component to E3
Posted by Peter Smith on 06-10-13As you probably already know E3 has been transformed into a smaller more intimate, by invitation only, conference to foster one on one contact between the press and the games industry. This year's event will take place in July in Santa Monica, California. 1UP.com and most game news industry ran the story of Doug Lowenstien's announcement of more details on the event. We were excited to see that during the event there will be daily luncheons with top executives, and special events like a “Serious Games Showcase”. We here at the Serious Games Initiative think it is a great that opportunity that the ESA is providing for a broad array of media and game industry people to get a chance to learn more about the emerging area of Serious Games.
Games in Education Video
Posted by Peter Smith on 06-10-04
This video is pretty interesting. It includes interviews with Jim Gee, Clark Aldrich, and Henry Jenkins the Keynote for the SGS DC 2006. It is 20 minutes so sit back and enjoy.
Last Chance for Early Registration for SGS DC 2006
Posted by Peter Smith on 06-10-01It’s that time again; time to get registered for the Serious Games Summit. Early registration ends on the 2nd of October. So, stop reading this and get over to www.seriousgamessummit.com and register now, before it is too late. Remember there is always a discount for IGDA members as well so you have the potential of saving $250 dollars off of the regular price. There will be some really interesting new topics explored this year including a talk on melding games with real-world games, the serious side of esports, Jim Gee will be talking about the work he is doing with the MacArthur Foundation, Mia Consalvo will talk about cheating in games, and there is a talk about how EA's content from The Sims will be used to help improve ALICE a programming teaching environment.
You can view all the sessions happening so far at:
https://www.cmpevents.com/GDsg06/a.asp?option=C&V=1