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Games for Health Conference
by Ian Bogost June 16, 2004
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Health & Medicine Games
The Games for Health 2004 Conference will be held September 16 - 17 in Madison, WI. It will be the First Ever Meeting of Developers, Researchers, and Health Professionals, hosted by the Academic ADL Co-Lab and organized in conjunction with the Serious Games Initiative and the Federation of American Scientists’ Learning Federation Project.
You can read the full announcement here, and the schedule here.
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10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
Royalty Rate Reset
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Adam on Gamification is Bullshit
Sot on Gamification is Bullshit
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