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A Primer on ‘Serious’ Games

The use of ‘serious games’ — games with a primary purpose other than entertainment — is well established in fields such as healthcare, education or the military. Some well-known examples of the use of games in a non-entertainment context include the popular educational history adventure game The Oregon Trail; and flight and military simulators such as X-Plane and America’s Army, which are used for training purposes. Recent and lesser-known examples include the use of serious games for training healthcare workers and teaching effective environmental management. Further, research from the fields of healthcare and the military highlight the importance of simulations for practitioners’ knowledge development through repeated practice in a safe environment. https://gnet-research.org/2021/04/19/bridging-the-gap-between-counterterrorism-research-and-practice-through-game-based-learning/