Sponsored Webcast: Serious Games & Real-World Problems

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In a streaming video webcast to be broadcast in association with Gamasutra on Tuesday, August 19th, HP and Intel are hosting a talk given by 'serious games' expert Peter Smith, discussing the state of games with social or educational messages, and profiling the educational MMOG Lunar Quest. Smith, who is a Research Associate at the University of Central Florida's Institute for Simulation and Training, is currently working on multiple proejcts, including Lunar Quest, which is described as "...a National Science Foundation-funded project that seeks to examine the effectiveness of a massively multiplayer game for teaching introductory physics." Also speaking on the webcast will be John Newman, who currently works with U.S. Military Simulation and Training accounts as a Workstation Specialist for HP. According to the information for this sponsored webcast: "In this live webinar, Peter Smith, a Serious Games researcher, will provide an overview of the Serious Games industry and the Taxonomy of Serious Games. He will then delve into a specific case study of a Serious Game, the educational MMOG Lunar Quest, and the underlying technology used to build it." The discussion will be followed by a live Q&A, allowing Gamasutra readers to quiz Smith on aspects of the educational MMO's development and the state of serious games. Full information and sign-up specifics for the streaming video session, which will take place on Tuesday, August 19th at 11am PDT, are available at the official webcast site. The session will be available for viewing on-demand following the live event.