From the Serious Game Design—best URL ever—program web site:
Serious Games are games with a purpose beyond entertainment, including but not limited to games for learning, games for health, and games for policy and social change.
Now me, I thought Shadow of the Colossus was a serious game. But what do I know?
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Dude, serious gaming is awesome! It's the small, still-diffuse movement to use the techniques of video games for useful ends -- education, public discourse, etc.
Most are still pretty low-budget and not very much fun, but the movement is picking up steam.
I enjoyed this game over at the BBC site -- again, it's no Halo 2 -- but still, it was fun and I learned something:
BBC Climate Challenge
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