Serious Games Summit '06 Part II

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Serious Games Summit '06 Part II
Submitted by DrJ on Thu, 2006-11-09 18:34. Editor Dispatches | The Word

Is the Department of Defense Serious About Games?
Part II of Manifesto Games’ Serious Games Summit Coverage

by Johnny L. Wilson

In 1976, an officer on the USS McKean (DD-784) began running a series of games aboard ship built off a game called NAVTAG. NAVTAG was an official U.S. Navy game that used classified data. This was good because it provided “validated” data and algorithms so that participants did not receive “bad” information, but it was bad because there could only be one copy of the game per ship and that game had to be locked away with other classified data when not in use. This limited the possibilities for using the game for ongoing training. To remedy this, the officer began working on his own set of rules, using realistic but non-classified data. In 1980, that rules set became the Harpoon game of naval miniatures rules. That officer, Larry Bond, became a best-selling author.
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Serious Games Summit '06 Part II
Submitted by DrJ on Thu, 2006-11-09 18:34. Editor Dispatches | The Word
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Your name: bkd69

That's... weird. I'll have to get James to look at it.