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Serious Games For Hospitality Training - Update
Serious Games assuming leadership positions in the workplace Via: Hotels Magazine – Guest Service Is Fun & Games And ESA - Video Games & the Workplace “As the generation that grew up with video games assumes leadership positions in the workplace, computer and video games are being increasingly used to conduct business. A growing number of major companies, from automobile manufacturers to beverage producers, employ video games to train employees and increase sales among their younger tech savvy [...]
Serious Games Taking The Pulse Of Augmented Reality
Best AR demos poised to revolutionize video games Via: G ames Alfresco - Top 10 Augmented Reality Demos That Will Revolutionize Serious Games Ori Inbar is the founder of Pookatak Games - a video game company; formerly senior vice president at SAP , and eternally passionate about interactive entertainment, he also shares my passion for Augmented Reality Games. In his Blog, Games Alfresco , he introduces his countdown of the top 10 best AR demos poised to revolutionize video games - the pursuit of the [...]
Bissell Pet Games Video Contest!
Does your pet play games, do amazing tricks or have a talent that the world should see? Maybe your dog plays tug of war or you have an acrobatic cat. If it makes onlookers laugh or just raise an eyebrow, grab a video camera and capture your funny and playful pet on tape. Bissell is looking for the funniest and most unique pet videos to post to their website during the Bissell Pet Games Video Contest. Your pet video may be voted a weekly winner or even win the Grand Prize! Submit your video today and once [...]
THQ Video Game Releases for the 2007 Holiday Season
This holiday season parents can finally feel good about giving the gift on every kid’s wish list: video games. Leading video game publisher, THQ, is releasing nine new games for children that will take the stress out of video game buying for parents. Far from the traditional violence often associated with holiday games, these selections are all E titles (rated E for everyone). They combine the adventure and visual stimulation of all THQ properties, with a creative and critical thinking twist. The engaging [...]
PC Video Games Thriving... But In Different Ways Than You Might Expect
Recently, we had a story about a lawyer who was suing a bunch of folks for uploading a pinball video game, with some questionable statements about how piracy was destroying the PC gaming industry. Of course, that's not actually true. An excellent post by Cord Blomquist explains how the PC gaming business is actually growing , but in different ways than most people expect. Sure, it may be harder to find certain types of video games that you see on consoles these days, but other games are thriving. But [...]
Play New Cooking Game for Wii Called Order Up!
I am a fan of cooking theme products. I do enjoy playing video games even though I dont play them as much as I used to. However, I have to be honest this game for sure interest me enough to want to play video games again with a smile. I think this is such a great idea for a video this is very interesting game. This sound so exciting to me I like games that can be creative with. I always wanted to own a restaurant this would be fun way to pretend that I do. Play New Cooking Game for Wii Called Order Up. [...]
Warner Music: Music Video Games Must Pay More
Warner Music Group said on Thursday that video game makers will need to pay more to license songs for music-based video games like "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band."
Serious Games To Learn Mechanical Engineering Principles - Update
Serious Games challenging us to play a better education Via: Northern Illinois University - Advanced Computing In Mechanical Engineering Education In my prior post Serious Games in Mechanical Engineering Education , I've embedded a superb video, where students learn by incorporating the techniques into a computer program that drives virtual cars in the video game. Burden versus Fun: watch the video and have a taste of it However, I 've missed to provide a cross reference to the project - my fault, guys! [...]
Forging Connections Between Serious Games and Health Fields
Serious Games enhancing healthy lifestyle choices Via: Educational Games Research – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funds Wii-Hab Research Florida Today – Video Games Used As Therapy On November 12, 2007 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) launched Health Games Research, a new national program to support research to enhance the quality and effectiveness of Serious Games that are used to improve health, which was object of my posting Advancing The Effectiveness Of Serious Games For Health . The [...]
Study: Serious Gaming Boosts Cognitive Skills
Video games can improve cognitive and perceptual skills Via: Richard Carey’s Digital Media Solutions Blog - APA: Videogames Improve Cognitive Skills Playing video games offers learning across life spam, leveraging skills that transfer to classroom, surgical procedures, scientific thinking…” according to research discussed Sunday at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, held in Boston. In a press release aggregating the results of several recent studies, the APA reports [...]