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July 17, 2007

Serious Games: Second Chance Trees Reforestation Project

Via: Second Chance Trees and and The Click Heard Round the World

Second Chance Trees, conceived, designed and developed by Converseon in support of its project partner Plant-It 2020, utilizes the power of social media to support proper planting, maintaining and protecting as many indigenous trees as possible.  

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May 2, 2007

WWO: Serious Games For Lower-Consumption Practices
Via: Conta Costa Times.com

World Without Oil - Serious Games and online social networking

As anticipated on my previous post Playing Serious Games Into A New Way Of Acting, and sprung from the imagination of San Jose gamemaker Ken Eklund, the Internet game began April 30 at www.worldwithoutoil.org.

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April 11, 2007

Serious Games Review: Planet Green
Via: Water Cooler Games - Exerpts from Advertising and Ecology: Planet Green Game

April 10, 2007 - by Ian Bogost

Starbucks Coffee and Global Green USA have created Planet Green Game, a game about energy conservation and consumption.

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April 6, 2007

Serious Games From The Battlefield To The Board Room
Via: Serious Game Engine Shootout by Richard Carey and BreakAway Ltd.

Executives are using 3D online, multiplayer environments such as Second Life and World of WarCraft to teach team-building skills. Now, BreakAway, a leading maker of military and medical simulations used by the U.S. government and top med schools, has created mōsbē, a desktop tool that allows companies to make customized video games for corporate use. Booz Allen Hamilton and other companies have used it (think employee training and crisis control).

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April 1, 2007

Serious Games Rehearsing The Future
Via Open The Future and Responsible Open Nanotechnology

Jamais Cascio, CRN's Global Futures Strategist, has written another excellent article for his Open the Future blog, this one on "Rehearsing the Future" through serious game-playing:

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