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OVERVIEW OF SERIOUS GAMES
(PART 2)
Health
Managing Illness2 SNE games 1995
Asthma Bronkie the
Bronchiasaurus 45% reduction in
crises
Diabetes Packy and Marlon
70% reduction in crises
Pain Management
Free Dive
SnowWorld
Rehabilitation: PTSD
Tailor environments to traumatic experience
Relive as much as can tolerate
Significant results
Full Spectrum Warrior
Physical Therapy
Injury Surgery Stroke Alzheimer Parkinson’s Burns More fun = more
time
New Healthier Behaviors
DDR Treatment for
obesity in West Virginia
Workout mode tracks calories burned
Phys Ed classes in universities (Brandeis, Mt Holyoke, Caltech) and high school (NY)
More recently: iDance2
Exergaming
Started with Wii Wii Fit EA Active
Now on Kinect (Microsoft,
Nike) Playstation Move
And smartphones Zombies Run!
Better than videos? Are these games? Does it matter?
Games With A Purpose
Jane McGonigal
Gaming can make a better
worldTED talk
The Big Idea There are things that
people can do better than machines
There are lots of people with a bit of time
The more people, the more diversity, the more different approaches
Crowdsourcing!
Two Examples
FOLDIT GWAP
Folding Proteins Goal: to fold a
protein according to constraints at the lowest energy level
Recent: Misfolding and Alzheimer’s
EteRNA: for RNA
Knowledge Gathering Various Games Human association Image tagging
Social Impact Games
Social Change: Opinions
Letters to the editor Articles Books Television shows Documentaries Movies Web Sites
Blogs Radio shows Music Paintings Sculptures Photographs Signs
Social Change
PeaceMaker
Garbage Glut
3rd World Farmer
Darfur is Dying
Waco Resurrection
Transform Awareness Commentary
Art Games
Art Games
Artists, sculptors, writers, musicians, photographers
… and game developers What if the purpose of the game is to
delight? make you think?
Example: Winterbells
Business
Advergames
Casual games Viral advertising Draw to
get people to web sites Increase brand recognition
Facebook Games
Why? Earn money Market research Promote other games
EA significant presence Madden Spore Island Pet Society (acquired Playfish in November)
Resources
Some Interesting Web Sites
The Educational Game Database
Games for Change
Marc Prensky