by fshy94 | Apr 18, 2016 | Serious Games, The Sins of Gaming
Ok, wow. Usually I start by introducing the game, but in this case, let me start by prefacing this post with the fact that this is undeniably the *worst* serious game I have had to cover. Ever. To make this clear, I am not exaggerating when I say I actually popped a...
by fshy94 | Mar 27, 2016 | Serious Games, The Sins of Gaming, Uncategorized
Food Force 2 This is one of those cases, where quite frankly, I feel bad even naming this game, because its so bad, and I suspect the reasons its bad are not entirely the fault of its developer. This game was apparently commissioned by the United Nations as a...
by Matt Lee | May 2, 2015 | Serious Games
With Earth Day having just recently passed, to say nothing of the many natural disasters this week, we are once again reminded of the fragility of both human life and the planet we humans share. We often take our comfortable lives for granted, believing that the earth...
by fshy94 | Apr 17, 2015 | Serious Games
One of the other areas commonly addressed games is resource management, a staple of the Turn-based and Real Time Strategy genres. Popular games such as Starcraft, the Age of Empires series, Civilization and the Caesar franchise all require one to balance the needs of...
by fshy94 | Apr 2, 2015 | Serious Games
Given the increasingly widening range of games classified as “serious”, we have chosen to analyze serious games by the topics they cover, not the mechanics they use. In addition, in the course of this series, we will also discuss how serious issues are treated in...
by Matt Lee | Mar 12, 2015 | Serious Games, The Sins of Gaming
If you’re reading this and have little background with serious games, you’re probably wondering: what the hell is a “serious game?” In its simplest form, a serious game is a game meant to do more than simply entertain. The term sounds broad,...
