When: from 30th of August till 3rd of September in 2010.
Where: Tampere, Finland,

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Why: Educational games have always been low budget, low tech, poor cousins of the computer game industry. Up until recently, very few commercial companies provide good quality educational games. Historically, these games have [...]

The partners of the Engage Consortium convened a two-day project meeting in the picturesque city of Cork, Ireland. Day two of the meeting was concluded with a visit to the National Maritime College of Ireland. Within the College there are fully equipped state of the art simulators which are used for training Navigation and Engineering personnel. [...]

“Chances are that you may be one of the millions of people worldwide dealing with a chronic, or lifelong, even a temporary disability there is a chance you know a lot about videogame accessibility. This includes knowing that many games aren’t as accessible as they should be. With videogames becoming an even bigger part of [...]

Serious games usually have a message promoting education, science, health care or even the military. They’re meant to educate people by simulating real-world events and are often created with the best of intentions. The problem is, education, science and health care aren’t exactly the stuff of exciting entertainment, let alone video games.
So what to do about [...]