Filament Games of Madison, WI made a great showing at the National STEM Video Game Challenge this week. Their game, You Make Me Sick!, won the developer grand prize. The game teaches children about infection by having them design a bacteria or virus to infect a host. Congratulations!
Only chronologically related, an announcement was recently made by DigiPen Institute of Technology that they will be hosting their first annual Serious Play Conference August 22-24, 2011 in Redmond Washington. Speaker submissions are being accepted at speaker@seriousgameconference.com. One of their tracks is devoted to healthcare/medical education. Check out the conference website for more information.