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Are too many serious games overproduced?

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Tom Grant

In the blooming, buzzing confusion of all things called serious games or gamification, there are a lot of games built from software. For example, Darfur Is Dying is a browser-based game designed to raise awareness, and no small amount of … Continue reading →

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You can’t prioritize what you don’t see

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Tom Grant

Some time ago, I included a couple of serious games in a requirements exercise. The participants included people from both the IT organization, who were getting the requirements, and the business people, who were giving them the requirements. The result … Continue reading →

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At long last, launch

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Tom Grant

This site, a labor of love on my part, is finally, finally, FINALLY ready to launch. A lot of work went into this first version, including… Developing a way of organizing the content to make it easy for someone to … Continue reading →

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Language Quality Game

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Tom Grant

The Language Quality Game is one of several gameification projects at Microsoft. When a software company like Microsoft ships software worldwide, it must translate the text in the software into many languages. Shipping on time to international markets depends on … Continue reading →

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US Department Of Defense

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Tom Grant

Business problems: Education Ideation Insights Serious games used: Many, including examples like Millennium Challenge 2002. The US Department Of Defense has used serious games for decades to answer a variety of needs, such as… Assessing possible outcomes of future conflicts. … Continue reading →

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We all play by the rules of work.  Who gets to speak first in the meeting? How do you communicate with your customers or constituents?  How do we prioritize tasks?  What makes a new idea worth pursuing? The answers to these … Continue reading →

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