{"id":7080,"date":"2018-10-12T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2018-10-12T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:08:50","slug":"serious-games-and-the-role-of-gaming-beyond-entertainment-calgary-journal-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/12\/serious-games-and-the-role-of-gaming-beyond-entertainment-calgary-journal-online\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Serious&#8221; games and the role of gaming beyond entertainment &#8211; Calgary Journal Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VRHEADTHUMB.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\nBy Jasper McGregor | jmcgregor@cjournal.ca<br \/>\nOct 11, 2018<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Video games are changing as rapidly as our reliance on them, serving functions that go well beyond entertainment and escapism.<\/p>\n<p>Just ask Katrin Becker, a Calgary-based expert on &#8220;serious games,&#8221; or games created to serve a purpose larger than simple recreation.<\/p>\n<p>From education and training, to healthcare, simulations or social awareness, the term \u201cserious games\u201d cover any application designed without entertainment as a primary goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, and a lot of other people in the field, whether or not you can call a thing a game is less important than what we\u2019re doing with it,\u201d says Becker, a computer science educator at Mount Royal University and the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>more&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryjournal.ca\/arts-entertainment\/4281-serious-games-and-the-role-of-gaming-beyond-entertainment.html?fbclid=IwAR3kROn9btKNZCUQVSNc1fxJ1QEq6LSxFkoIW0DEJK7Gn9Y1qOa6Sl6gANE\">&#8220;Serious&#8221; games and the role of gaming beyond entertainment &#8211; Calgary Journal Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-7080'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7080);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7080);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(7080);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>By Jasper McGregor | jmcgregor@cjournal.ca Oct 11, 2018 Video games are changing as rapidly as our reliance on them, serving functions that go well beyond entertainment and escapism. Just ask Katrin Becker, a Calgary-based expert on &#8220;serious games,&#8221; or games &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/12\/serious-games-and-the-role-of-gaming-beyond-entertainment-calgary-journal-online\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,379,12,396],"tags":[389,342,13,76],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-game-design","category-games","category-serious-games","tag-educational-technology","tag-games-gaming","tag-games-in-society","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1Qc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5504,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/01\/my-interview-on-calgary-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":7080,"position":0},"title":"My Interview on Calgary Now","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year I was invited to do an interview for a local TV station. 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