Thursday, July 10, 2008

Serious Games Applied

Wednesday and Thursday of this week saw the annual Apply Serious Games conference in London, organised by Martine Parry of the Apply group and held at the RIBA headquarters in Portland Place in London. The event is a mixture of academic, business and research led presentations over the course of the two days. Its an interesting mix of content that can be stimulating if not a little dry in places. For some of the talks you really need to like your tech. The keynote speaker this year was Lord David Puttnam, renowned film maker and now eco warrior, he spoke on the connections between serious gaming and climate change, not as big a leap as you might think. If serious gaming is your thing its a good event to attend.