Steve Prentice

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Can Games Ever be Serious?

by Steve Prentice  |  December 8, 2009  |  2 Comments

It has been a busy year and I kind of got out of the habit of blogging, so I have resolved (in advance of the holiday season!) to try harder! I have passionate discussions with the virtual environments community about the use of the term “Serious Games”. I have lost count of the number of [...]

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Don’t dismiss Gaming!

by Steve Prentice  |  January 12, 2009  |  Comments Off

The average business IT view of computer gaming is pretty negative – “a waste of valuable resources”, “stopping people doing real work” or just “kids stuff”. Not a good move! In one of the industry sessions at CES MIke Griffith, CEO of leading game developer Activision Publishing claimed that online video games were poised to [...]

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