Friday, August 31, 2007

Serious Games: Can we practice what we know works?

This comment from Clark Alrich discusses an all too common problem with the gross mismatch between message and delivery.

"In other words, the single people who should be the greatest advocates are a microcosm of the problem. They are crippling the future, rather than enabling it.

If I were running a conference on games and simulations, I would rather hire Thiagi to role model interactivity and audience empowerment, than hire another talking head discussing how important it is. I would rather see a dissertation or article be an interesting mini game or comic book than 120 pages of text saying how powerful they could be.

It is one thing to encourage courage in others. It is quite another to role-model it yourself."


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