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HEADLINE: Serious games players respond to brain training fiasco

Contribution deadline: Now to end

Confirmed readership for this story so far: 16,200

Abstract: Our media markets went into hyper-drive this week with the news that today's most popular brain training games fail the test and don't actually make any of us any smarter.

Now, as we enter phase two of the story, media players in business training and HR are digging deeper and serious games are under fresh scrutiny (Don't shoot us we're just the messenger).

Whether real or perceived, are claims that brain training games don't work causing difficulties for the serious games market now, or are they likely to soon? If so why and what can be done to ensure that serious games providers adequately distance themselves from unmerited criticism?
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