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Serious Play Awards

Corporate, Military, and Children's Educational Games

Los Angeles, CA (USA), September 2013 - The MIT Game Lab's Phantomation won Best of Show in the 2013 International Serious Play Awards competition. Seven other studios won gold medals. The awards, announced at the 2013 Serious Play Conference at DigiPen Institute of Technology, honor exceptional examples of corporate, military, children's education, and games for good.

Gold Medal winners included

  • Play Forward: Elm City Stories, Schell Games and Digital Mill (Healthcare/Medical)
  • Cornak, Succubus Interactive (Business)
  • DragonBox Algebra 12, WeWantToKnow AS (Education)
  • Game Over Gopher, New Mexico State University Learning Games Lab (Education)
  • Planting the Seed, Canadian Space Agency (Education)
  • Practice Operations, Muzzy Lane Operations (Education)
  • Ratio Rumble, New Mexico State University Learning Games Lab (Education)

Silver Medal Winners

  • Quandry, FableVision Studios (Education)
  • Thump The Ultimate Math Practice, Mathtoons Media Inc. (Education)
  • Tilt World, Nicole Lazzaro (Games for Good)
  • Tunnel Tail, BEST Foundation (Games for Good)
  • Cyber Awareness Challenge, Carney Inc and SAIC (Government/Military)
  • At Risk in Primary Care, Kognito Interactive (Healthcare/Medical)
  • Re-Mission 2, HopeLab (Healthcare/medical)

Bronze Medal Winners

  • Special Operation Halo Jump, Inhance Digital (Government/Military)
  • Project Moonwalk, Project Whitecard Studios (Education)
  • VRUM – Aprendendo sobre o transito, ThinkBox Games (Education)

"Every year the games entered in our awards program demonstrate tremendous progress in technology, gamification, and instructional value," said Sue Bohle, executive director, Serious Games Association. "The serious game industry is maturing, and with it the quality of titles."