I realised that I haven’t posted for a while, so thought I’d catch up. Part of the reason is because I’ve been working with Subversive Games for the last couple of months. I can’t discuss the project (so I won’t ), but obviously it’s a gaming project. Subversive Games make “serious” games for businesses, rather than “consumers”. The games Subversive makes are intended to be entertaining, whilst at the same time providing training, or promoting a brand or product.

I think the idea of using gaming technology to train people to do there jobs is awesome. I mean, given a choice between sitting in a classroom being talked at about the theory of how something works, versus interacting with a simulation, I know what I’d prefer!

As the entertainment focussed game market gets more crowded and competitive, I expect more game developers to look to training games as a way to survive and grow.