Serious games press

There has been recent interest in the new MSc Computing (Serious Games) course in the press links to ITV and The Independent websites are included below.

But to start with what are Serious Games - "A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment" (Djaouti et al., NA)

Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/university-of-northampton-offers-students-masters-degree-in-serious-gaming-10508086.html

ITV

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2015-09-15/northampton-university-launches-masters-degree-in-video-gaming/

Reference
Djaouti, Damien; Alvarez, Julian; Jessel, Jean-Pierre. (NA) "Classifying Serious Games: the G/P/S model" (Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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