Serious Gaming - Revision history

Milan P: /* Peacemaker */

2021-01-24T18:31:38Z

‎Peacemaker

Milan P: /* A Force More Powerful */

2021-01-24T18:29:43Z

‎A Force More Powerful

Milan P: /* Darfur Is Dying */

2021-01-24T18:28:01Z

‎Darfur Is Dying

Milan P: /* Microsoft Flight Simulator */

2021-01-24T18:26:37Z

‎Microsoft Flight Simulator

Milan P: /* Microsoft Flight Simulator */

2021-01-24T18:26:19Z

‎Microsoft Flight Simulator

Milan P: /* Microsoft Flight Simulator */

2021-01-24T18:24:52Z

‎Microsoft Flight Simulator

Milan P: /* War games */

2021-01-24T18:21:17Z

‎War games

Milan P: /* Board games */

2021-01-24T18:21:00Z

‎Board games

Milan P at 18:16, 24 January 2021

2021-01-24T18:16:48Z

Milan P: /* Interesting things and curiosities */

2021-01-24T18:15:57Z

‎Interesting things and curiosities

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 Similarly, to Darfus is dying Peacemaker is another serios gaming aiming to spread awareness of Israeli-Palestine conflict and tries to promote peace among people. This game is based on making social, political and military decisions for the government. Each decision has an impact which is presented to explain the bigger picture of the conflict.
 '''Other games in the top 10 list:'''
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 *IBM City One
 *Amnesty The Game
 *SupperBetter <ref name="top10">Growth Engineering. (2016).<i>10 SERIOUS GAMES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD</i>. [online].Available at:https://www.growthengineering.co.uk/10-serious-games-that-changed-the-world/</ref>
 == Interesting things and curiosities ==

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 === A Force More Powerful ===
 Based on a documentary about non-resistent violence from 1999 A Force More Powerful is a serious game which aims to teach people how to deal and fight with real-world adversaries—dictators, military occupiers and corrupt rulers. A Force More Powerful is one of kind serious games that was designed to be used by activists and leaders of nonviolent resistance. <ref name="aforcemorepowerful"> International center on Nonviolent Conflict. <i> A Force More Powerful: The Game of Nonviolent Strategy</i>. [online].Available at:https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/a-force-more-powerful-the-game-of-nonviolent-strategy/</ref>
 === Darfur Is Dying ===

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 === Darfur Is Dying ===
 This serios game can be classified as newspaper serious games aimed to attract attention of people especially of students and reporters. The main topic is war in Sudan and tries to outline the experience of 2.5 million refugees escaping the area of war conflict. [Website www.growthengineering.co.uk] states that Darfur is dying attracted nearly million gamers. <ref name="darfurisdying"> Games for change. <i> Darfur is dying</i>. [online].Available at:http://www.gamesforchange.org/game/darfur-is-dying/</ref>
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 Considered to a grandfather of serious games and one of the most significant representatives in the field. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator] a comprehensive flight simulator used for civil non-fight aviation. First version of MSFS was created back in 1982 and interestingly it is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft. This serious game has been developing since 1982 until now and the latest version comes from 2020.
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 Considered to a grandfather of serious games and one of the most significant representatives in the field. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator] a comprehensive flight simulator used for civil non-fight aviation. First version of MSFS was created back in 1982 and interestingly it is the longest-running software product line for Microsoft. This serious game has been developing since 1982 until now and the latest version comes from 2020.
-  [[File: Microsoft_Serious_Gaming.jpg|thumb|centre|200px|Microsoft Flight Simulator]]
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 As a first military game can be considered Koenigspiel created by Christopher Weikhman in 1664. By playing this game Prussian army officers were taught battlefield tactics. In upcoming centuries, several new updated variations of Koenigspiel were created. More than century later another German gamewar was invented War Chess. Most of the military games created and played in history were basically board games with war aspect to them but that changed in 1948 when first computer games emerged (e.g., Air Defense Simulation and CARMONETTE).
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 Modern era of serious games can be dated back to the 1960s when video games started to emerge. In addition to the first video games, serious games were created. Their aim was, for example, to simulate defensive tactical strategies in a world other than the real world. <ref name="smith"> SMITH, Roger. (2009) <i>A history of Serious Games</i>.[online].Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/roger.smith/a-history-of-serious-games/</ref>

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 To begin with very first games that had somewhat educational aspect to them Dice must be mentioned. This game first appeared in India more than 40,000BC and younger version can be found in Iran around 3,000BC. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi Xiangqi], also known as Chinese chess, might be described as one of the first games with real educational purpose. It was used 200BC for military strategy. Another board games worth mentioning are Mansion of Happiness with aim to teach social principles and morals, Monopoly, Scrabble, or others.
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 === War games ===

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		+	== Introduction ==

	When it comes to term games, people imagine video game they played when growing up or desk game that they spend time playing with their friends. However, there is another not so popularly known side to this term. Serious games represent a field of games that can be defined as any kind of initiative that is based on a game. Primary purpose of serious games is to educate while playing whereas in normal games players tend to have fun in the first place. Different sources state that modern era of serious games began in 1960s and 1970s. With technology development new and more innovative types of serious games were created. Such games can be used for various educational purposes as they tend to be more attractive than classis linear form of learning.		When it comes to term games, people imagine video game they played when growing up or desk game that they spend time playing with their friends. However, there is another not so popularly known side to this term. Serious games represent a field of games that can be defined as any kind of initiative that is based on a game. Primary purpose of serious games is to educate while playing whereas in normal games players tend to have fun in the first place. Different sources state that modern era of serious games began in 1960s and 1970s. With technology development new and more innovative types of serious games were created. Such games can be used for various educational purposes as they tend to be more attractive than classis linear form of learning.

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 María López Hernández in her [http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1481046/FULLTEXT01.pdf thesis] is describing wheter serious games might be suitable tools for teaching young adults about prevention measures that could mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
-Interesting [TED talk video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X1m7tf9cRQ&ab_channel=TEDxTalks] from Andre Thomas on Effective use of game-based learning in education.
+Interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X1m7tf9cRQ&ab_channel=TEDxTalks TED talk video] from Andre Thomas on Effective use of game-based learning in education.
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