The Devil's Advocate: Identifying Persistent Problems in Serious Game Design

The devil's advocate: identifying persistent problems in serious 1 Open University Netherlands, The Netherlands, [email protected] After a long period of steady growth, games for learning and training (serious games) have become well accepted as productive teaching tools. This article argues, however, that a number of persistent weaknesses in current serious game design practice pose a barrier to harnessing the games´ full educational potential.