She’s Serious About Gaming

She’s Serious About Gaming

Jennifer McNamara’s broad background combining research and application in cognitive psychology, adult education and advanced training systems design and development, gave her the perfect foundation to build a lifetime career in serious gaming. As Vice President of Serious Games and Strategic Partnerships at BreakAway, Ltd., she leads a team that creates game-based solutions to meet…

Finalists Selected for Prestigious SGS&C Honors

Serious Games Showcase & Challenge, the premiere venue for recognition of excellence in the field of Serious Games development, announced its 2014 finalists, narrowing down the field of submissions to only 19 games. An esteemed panel of evaluators will now review the finalists and determine the winners in the Business, Government and Student categories. Some…

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A.C.T. by Engineering & Computer Simulations

With 19 Serious Games to highlight prior to I/ITSEC, we’ll start by kicking off the 2014 Serious Games Showcase & Challenge list with A.C.T., Awareness Combats Trafficking.   A.C. T. was designed for “digital natives,” teenagers between 14- 17, who are estimated to spend an average of 53 hours a week on their mobile devices. The game…

Combat Medic Promo

Combat Medic by Virtual Heroes

Combat Medic is an engaging and immersive application with the goal of instructing combat medics on optimal treatment techniques of the top three causes of preventable death on the modern battlefield and supplements the 68W combat medic training courses. Within a realistic 3D outdoor environment, users work collaboratively to evaluate the casualty’s condition and perform…

Games For Change Festival 2020

Games For Change Festival

The Games for Change Festival was held in a virtual environment due to COVID-19 this year.  The lineup was well represented by the industry in both entertainment and serious games — giants in the industry like Facebook, thatgamecompany, Microsoft, Verizon with industry representation by IGDA and the ESA, and the academic sector represented by speakers from over 10 university-affiliated game labs.  Industry vets in the…