Serious games

Virtual reality simulations have moved beyond the realm of entertainment. Now they're being used to train soldiers, medical professionals, and students.

Kathleen Hansen: Professor of journalism and mass communication and director of the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota

Nora Paul: Director of the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota

Ben Sawyer: President of Digitalmill Inc. and the co-director of the Serious Games Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars