Serious Games

The author explores the ways in which games can be used to instruct and inform as well as provide pleasure. He uses innovative approaches to problem solving through individualized game techniques. Topics include: improving education with games educa tional games for the physical and social sciences games for the learning disadvantaged games for occupational choice and training games for planning and problem solving in government and industry and the future of serious games. This book was ori gin ally published in 1970 by Viking Press.