Podcast

Summary : In our inaugural episode, our guest is Phaedra Boinodiris of IBM, talking about her experience designing and playing serious games for everything from business processes to smart cities.

Summary : Tomas Rawlings is the founder of Game The News, which has produced "newsgames" like Endgame: Syria and Narcoguerra. In this episode, we talk with Tomas about what games can do to inform people about current events in ways that other sources of information cannot

Summary : Peter Perla of CNA discusses the distinguished heritage of wargaming as a tool for contingency planning and strategy development. Imagine using the same techniques in non-military situations, like company strategy, and you can see the larger applicability of wargaming beyond warfighters.

Summary : Matt Brown, Chief Gaming Officer at Conteneo (formerly Innovation Games), talks about the use of games in the innovation process. How does changing the rules for generating and assessing new ideas lead to better results?

Summary : McGill University's Rex Brynen describes his experience with simulations in the classroom and in the foreign policy world.