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Game Designers Are Made, Not Born

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Tom Grant

One of the major topics of this blog is game design. It’s an important concern for any game, serious or otherwise, but especially for serious games. Here are a few reasons why: The mechanics create the experience. Game design is … Continue reading →

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We’re back, we never left

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Tom Grant

Our goal for this site is, “Help people start using serious games to address their challenges quickly.” To accomplish that end, we added a lot of success stories, game descriptions, and other content. We had reached a level where I … Continue reading →

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Trip report: Serious Play 2014

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Tom Grant

Last week, I attended the Serious Play 2014 conference in Los Angeles. I measure the value of any conference by how energized I felt at the end, and boy howdy, was I fired up by the last session. Not only … Continue reading →

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Focus Active Learning

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Tom Grant

Business problems: Education Serious games used: Many medical-themed educational board and online games, such as The Nutrition Game, The Infection Control Game, and Hospital Life Today, the UK-based company Focus Active Learning provides a wide array of board games and … Continue reading →

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NCSA

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Tom Grant

Business problems: Ideation Insights Serious games used: Speed Boat Product Box Buy a Feature 20-20 Vision NCSA is a web-based service that helps high school athletes and their families make the transition to college-level athletics. They educate their customers about … Continue reading →

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Big news for Serious Games At Work

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Tom Grant

I have some big personal news that has a great big good side for this site. I’ve changed day jobs, from being a Forrester analyst to a Cutter Consortium senior consultant. Serious games are part of my practice area at … Continue reading →

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Do “newsgames” belong on the front page or the op-ed section?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tom Grant

Every new field of study or practice starts with a taxonomy. Serious games are no different. Accurate, meaningful classification is important: since there are a lot of different serious game options out there, it’s easy to pick the wrong tool … Continue reading →

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Serious games help Agile teams get even more nimble

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Tom Grant

Make smarter decisions faster, so that you can deliver high-value software. Continue reading →

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Biogen

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Tom Grant

Business problem: Insights Serious games used: Custom-designed business wargame In the fall of 1985, the biotechnology company Biogen faced a formidable challenge: launching its first product, a drug to treat relapsing multiple scleroris, into a market already dominated by several … Continue reading →

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Computer Sciences Corporation

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Tom Grant

Business problem: Alignment Productivity Games used: Speedboat Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) faced an interesting and formidable challenge: deliver Development/Test-as-a-service) as part of a billion-dollar contract to a major government organization on an accelerated time-to-market schedule,. CSC wanted an innovative approach … Continue reading →

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