Compilation of Serious Games Resources

Charles Rich

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Jan 17, 2011, 4:34:10 PM1/17/11

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Hi all,

As research for a course on serious games I just started teaching this
term, I have compiled a reasonably extensive sampling of related
resources, including:

* Books
* Playable Games
* Video Clips
* Companies
* Organizations/Web sites
* Conferences
* Courses

You can look at these by visiting the course website at
http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~rich/courses/imgd404x-c11 and looking under
"Other Resources".

Btw, I would like to publicly thank Carrie Heeter and Brian Winn at
SMU--I benefited a lot from looking at their course web sites (and
have adopted
Brian's framework for game analysis by students).

-Chuck

P.S. I have no particular intention to make it a job keeping these
resource lists up to date :-), but if you send me additions, I will be
happy to add them.
--
Dr. Charles Rich, Professor of Computer Science
Interactive Media and Game Development
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Fuller Laboratories B25b
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280

Email: ri...@wpi.edu Phone: 508-831-5945 Fax: 508-831-5776
Home: http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~rich

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Jan 17, 2011, 4:56:17 PM1/17/11

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The Federation of American Scientists has a few interesting games
http://www.fas.org/programs/ltp/games/index.html

"True Cost" T-Shirt: http://true-cost.re-configure.org/true_cost_shirt.htm

Free Books:
+ Intelligence for Earth: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, &
Sustainability = http://is.gd/b4519
+ Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace =
http://tinyurl.com/3lc8y4

Print Card: Top 10 Global Threats, 12 Policies, 8 Players, 8
Humanities = http://is.gd/d0FOj

NYC subway innovations: http://smart-city.re-configure.org

Global Brainstorm Forum to connect the "8 humanities": http://bit.ly/cQzAhB

Bio: http://bio.re-configure.org

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Yishay Mor

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Jan 17, 2011, 6:35:54 PM1/17/11

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I've compiled some resources for a course I taught this semester at:

http://wikieducator.org/Games_and_Learning

Would be happy to share the maintenance of this site with others.

- Yishay

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Charles Rich

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Jan 17, 2011, 6:10:54 PM1/17/11

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Thanks, added some games and the site.

-CR

Melanie Stegman

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Jan 18, 2011, 3:48:10 PM1/18/11

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Hey, thanks for linking to Federation of American Scientists Games! I
will link to your lists as well.

The direct links to our games are
www.fas.org/immuneattack
(PC only game, free, 3 hours long, takes place in the body and on the
surfaces of white blood cells.)

http://www.fas.org/babylon
(PC only, free, third person investigative game that takes you to
ancient cities to find ancient artifacts

Here is my compilation of video games that teach science:
http://www.fas.org/blog/learningtech/2010/01/websites_for_science_games.html

To play more games that teach science:
Get mygameIQ. It is a download manager, PC only, free.
SURGE, REMISSION, SCIENCE PIRATES are also available through mygameIQ.
mygameiq.com

Whenever you play a game through mygameIQ, we get data on how long you
played, which helps us immensely. I recommend mygameIQ to anyone who
is publishing a Learning Game. They can capture more data, like how
far players get in the game, when they quit, etc.

Melanie
--
Melanie Stegman, Ph.D.
Director, Learning Technologies Program
Federation of American Scientists
1725 DeSales Street, NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20036

Tel: 202 454-4681
mste...@fas.org
www.fas.org/immuneattack

http://www.fas.org
http://facebook.com/FAScientists
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FAS provides decision-makers and the public with analysis and research
in international security, learning technologies, and earth systems.

More than 70 Nobel Laureates serve on our board of sponsors. Become a
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