General Impressions:
The Zyda article below discusses serious games, games, and virtual reality. What is interesting is how these three separate domains have somewhat merged into one. Virtual reality was previously separate from gaming, but now embraces and borrows from the gaming field.
The Zyda article describes serious games (see picture) by outlining components of gaming, and then adding components of serious gaming. The picture in my summary was taken from there- the visualization helped me get a more clear understanding of serious games. Much of what I liked about the article was its discussion of affect, which I discussed in on my immersion page.
Zyda, M. (Sept. 2005). From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality to Games. IEEE Computer. Vol. 38 (9), pp. 25 - 32. http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu:2079/iel5/2/32339/01510565.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1510565&isnumber=32339
- My Summary (also under Immersion)