PART 2 Health Managing Illness 2 SNE games 1995 Asthma Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus 45 reduction in crises Diabetes Packy and Marlon 70 reduction in crises Pain Management Free Dive ID: 797701
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OVERVIEW OF SERIOUS Games(PART 2)
Slide2Health
Slide3Managing Illness2 SNE games 1995
Asthma
Bronkie
the
Bronchiasaurus
45% reduction in crises
DiabetesPacky and Marlon70% reduction in crises
Slide4Pain Management
Free Dive
SnowWorld
Slide5Rehabilitation: PTSD
Tailor environments to traumatic experience
Relive as much as can tolerate
Significant results
Full Spectrum Warrior
Slide6Physical Therapy
Injury
Surgery
Stroke
Alzheimer
Parkinson’s
Burns More fun = more time
Slide7New Healthier Behaviors
DDR
Treatment for obesity in West Virginia
Workout mode tracks calories burned
Phys
Ed classes in u
niversities (Brandeis, Mt Holyoke, Caltech) and high school (NY)
More recently: iDance2
Slide8Exergaming
Started with Wii
Wii Fit
EA Active
Now on
Kinect (Microsoft, Nike)
Playstation MoveAnd smartphonesZombies Run!
Better than videos?Are these games?Does it matter?
Slide9Games With A Purpose
Slide10Jane McGonigal
Gaming can make a better world
TED talk
Slide11The Big Idea
There are things that people can do better than machines
There are lots of people with a bit of time
The more people, the more diversity, the more different approaches
Crowdsourcing
!
Slide12Two Examples
FoldIt
GWAP
Folding Proteins
Goal: to fold a protein according to constraints at the lowest energy level
Recent:
Misfolding and Alzheimer’sEteRNA: for RNA
Knowledge GatheringVarious GamesHuman associationImage tagging
Slide13Social Impact Games
Slide14Social Change: Opinions
Letters to the editor
Articles
Books
Television shows
Documentaries
MoviesWeb Sites
BlogsRadio showsMusicPaintingsSculpturesPhotographs
Signs
Slide15Social Change
PeaceMaker
Garbage Glut
3
rd
World Farmer
Darfur is Dying
Waco Resurrection
Transform
Awareness
Commentary
Slide16Art Games
Slide17Art Games
Artists, sculptors, writers, musicians, photographers
… and game developers
What if the purpose of the game is to
delight?
make you think?
Example:
Winterbells
Slide18Business
Slide19Advergames
Casual games
Viral advertising
Draw to
get people to web sites
Increase brand recognition
Slide20Facebook Games
Why?
Earn money
Market research
Promote other games
EA significant presenceMaddenSpore IslandPet Society (acquired
Playfish in November)
Slide21Resources
Slide22Some Interesting Web Sites
The Educational Game Database
Games for Change
Marc
Prensky