{"id":1518,"date":"2010-01-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingweb.trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/serious-games\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:21:12","slug":"serious-games","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/serious-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious Games"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1518","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"main_content":"<strong>Serious games<\/strong> are games that are designed for educational, learning or product promotion purposes. In other words, they are not developed solely for entertainment purposes. 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