A serious game may be a simulation which has the look and feel of a game, but corresponds to non-game events or processes, including business operations and military operations. The games are intended to provide an engaging, self-reinforcing context in which to motivate and educate the players. Other purposes for such games include marketing and advertisement. The largest users of SGs are the US government and medical professionals. Other commercial sectors are actively pursuing development of these types of tools as well. Serious games require you to use your skill and initiative and a strategy, unlike games of chance like playing the lottery or bingo games.

You can join the Serious Games Initiative's email discussion list here.

Our Serious Games Wiki Site is here. Our Serious Games Blog is here.
Our Serious Games Twine is here.
Our Serious Games Facebook Group is here.


Socialimpactgames.com has an excellent directory of serious games here.
As does SuperSmartGames.com here.

Simulation games are available for download at:
games.chocosnow.com
simulation.1up.com
pixelparadox.com
freedownloadscenter.com

devmaster.net has a database of 3D game engines here.

simulation games on compsimgames.about.com.

More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Serious Games
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Elearning
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Simulation Game
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Wargaming
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Advergaming
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Game Based Learning
More Info at Wikipedia Entry For Exergaming
More Info at The Mahalo Entry For Serious Games
More Info at The 'CALT Encyclopedia' Entry For Serious Games

Serious games search on google.com
Serious games search on blogsearch.google.com
Serious games links on del.icio.us
Serious games blogs on technorati.com/tag/serious+games
Serious games blogs on wordpress.com/tag/serious-games
Serious games photos on flickr.com
Serious games video on video.google.co.uk
Serious games academic papers search on scholar.google.com and on our forum.

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MSU Gel Lab and Serious Games Initiative:

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Michigan State offers graduate degree in "serious games":

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Are there educational benefits to be gained from participating in video game play? Stephen Berlin Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You, discusses how video games have changed significantly over the past three decades:

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As I slowly reach the conclusion of my NASAGA keynote, I begin to describe a simulation game, or what we are currently calling a “serious game.â€

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More Than Just A Game panelists discuss the value of games beyond traditional entertainment. A representative of the Department of Defense who holds the title of "Chief Gamer" explains how the Joint Futures Lab invests millions of dollars to develop complex simulations.:

http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1262.html

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The panel, entitled, "Do Videogames Help Kids Learn," is part of a five-year, $50 million dollar examination on how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life. The initiative is both marshaling what is already known about the field and seeding innovation for continued growth.:

http://cmpmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gdcradio-net/GAMA/Gama_020.mp3

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Prior to the Learning Technologies 2007 conference earlier this year Don Taylor, the Conference Chairman and WHLA's Vaughan Waller recorded this conversation about serious games. The session at the conference chaired by Vaughan, was one of the most popular sessions, showing the intense level of interest in this subject. (March 2007):

http://www.whla.co.uk/resources/Games.mp3

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