[games_access] UN CRPD - what are games?

[Richard (AudioGames.net)]

Hi,

For several years now I've been a team member of the Applied Game Design 
research group here at the Utrecht School of the Arts. I favor the term 
"applied games".

Greets,

Richard


On 9-3-2012 10:13, Thomas Westin wrote:
> The term "serious games" is bad and I prefer not to use it at all  The 
> same issue is with "casual games" etc. Any game can be used seriously, 
> casually, hard core etc. But the term "serious" is problematic in 
> itself; any game can be considered serious, and any type of playing a 
> game can also be used for non-entertainment purposes (the latter which 
> was intended by Ben Sawyer et al when they coined the term).
>
> So, how to say it in a better way? I prefer replace "games" with 
> "gaming". I.e. serious gaming or casual gaming. Then the focus is on 
> the use of the games, not the design of the games. E.g. in two 
> projects I've been involved in at a school between 2003-2012, we have 
> been using e.g. WoW and now SWToR for pedagogical purposes, without 
> modifying the games (which you can't with MMORPGs anyway).
>
> Of course you could also say "use of games in non-entertainment 
> contexts", to have a more academic description, but in daily talk, it 
> is just too awkward.
>
> Mvh / Best regards
> Thomas Westin
> Stockholm University :: dsv.su.se <http://dsv.su.se> :: +46 73-707 86 86
>
> On 8Mar 2012, at 6:31 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:
>
>> Games
>> * Hobby and Culture
>> * Service (online games)
>>
>> Serious Games
>> * Education (schools, work) and Information
>> * Using Game Technology for serious products
>
>
>
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