<![CDATA[Simulations miscellany, 11 October 2013]]>

If you missed the last NDU Roundtable on Innovations in Strategic Gaming, the video of the event is now available online via Livestream. The two powerpoint presentations are also available:

Kristan Wheaton of Mercyhurst University’s Intelligence Studies program on “5 Myths of Game-based Learning.”
Scott Martin of George Mason University on Mason’s academic initiatives in computer game design, as well as an overview of the Serious Games Institute.

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At Foreign Policy magazine, Michael Peck interviews Larry Bond on the late Tom Clancy, and his use of the popular naval wargame Harpoon to help plot his books. You’ll also find discussion of “Tom Clancy, Gamemaster” by Matthew Kirschenbaum here at PAXsims.

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Also by Michael Peck, have a look at his pieces on Arab-Israeli wargames both at Foreign Policy magazine (“The Guns of October“) and The Forward (“War Games Depict History of Israel and Challenge Players To Win Conflict“).

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The latest issue of Military Training & Simulation 5 (2013) is available via the Halldale Group.

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