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Serious Games

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As of 01/01/2009, this list includes only those games played and rated by the fall Foundations of Serious Games graduate class. We will be expanding the list to incompass all of the serious games we know about (with and without ratings). What are we missing? Please email Carrie Heeter (heeter@msu.edu) to help us expand the list.

Persuasive Games

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
McDonald's Game http://www.mcvideogame.com/ .70 Class Rating
Hush http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jantonisse .63 *
Democs http://www.scienceinschool.org/2007...
democsFile1 democsFile2 democsFile3 democsFile4 		.75 Class Rating
Play the News http://playthenews.com/ .77 *
Ports of Entry http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=nyt_immigration .36 *
Gospel Champions http://www.thirddaygames.com/... .50 *
Crossroads Village http://gel.msu.edu/crossroadsvillage/ .82 *

Games for Health

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
Ben's Game - understanding chemotherapy http://www.makewish.org... .90 *
Wii Fit- fitness http://www.nintendo.com/wiifit/launch/?ref=http://www.google.com/search... .78 *
Amazing Food Detective - nutrition http://members.kaiserpermanente.org/ redirects/landingpages/afd/ .50 *
Life and Death in the Age of Malaria - Malaria prevention for travelers https://atwiki.doit.wisc.edu/confluence/display/
MALSIM/Life+and+Death+in...		 N/A
MindHabits - positive attitude/mental health http://mindhabits.com/description.php .82 *
Akrasia -- combating addiction http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/akrasia .72 *
Replay -- youth demanding healthy relationships http://www.metrac.org/ .55 *

Corporate Games

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
The Challenge http://www.games2train.com/games/challenge /challenge.html .00 *
Stone City http://persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=coldstone 1.0 *
Skill Smart Retail Game http://www.pixelearning.net/(S(4dsip0at4 blfgy45j01n1and))/skillsmartgame/home.aspx .22 *
The ESP Game http://espgame.org .75 *
Project Management Snakes and Ladders http://www.kinematic.com.au/component/
option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,152/		 N/A

Games for Learning

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
WolfQuest http://www.wolfquest.org/ .50 *
DragonflyTV http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/games/index.html .44 *
Climate Challenge http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/ climatechange/climate_challenge/ .78 *
PowerUp http://www.powerupthegame.org/ .17 *
VirtualU http://www.virtual-u.org/ .75 *
LunarQuest http://www.lunar-quest.com .38 *
Quest Atlantis http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/ .89 *
Chinese School (Second Life) http://confucius.msu.edu/news.htm N/A

Military Games

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
America's Army http://www.americasarmy.com/ .91 *
Flight Simulator http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/ flash/default.htm .85 *
Iraqi Tactical Trainer http://www.tacticallanguage.com/ .38 *

Government - NGO Games

Game Title URL Effectiveness Rating
Serious Policy http://www.playgen.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=blog section&id=5&Itemid=96 .40 *
Food Force http://www.food-force.com N/A
AYITI: The cost of life http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/ explore_3143.html .78 *
ReDistricting Game http://www.redistrictinggame.org/index.php?pg=game .72 *

* Effectiveness Rating is based on vote taken by students in the Foundations of Serious Game Design class after a presentation about each game (1=VERY EFFECTIVE, .5 = SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE, 0=NOT EFFECTIVE)