Last week, Susana Ruiz, creator of Darfur is Dying and co-founder of Take Action Games, attended Indiecade 2010.  Being an indie game designer and a new addition to the Games for Change advisory board, we wanted to get her opinion on the independent gaming scene, and The Cat and the Coup, winner of the… Read more »

  Last weekend was Indiecade 2010. It’s an annual and international festival that aims to promote and celebrate independently developed video games. The highlight of the event is their award ceremony where a group of finalists are chosen in multiple categories. This year’s winners were incredible as always, you can view the full list here…. Read more »

Games for Change has an opportunity that we want to share with you. It’s to develop a social game around the transmedia project Half the Sky, which is based on the non-fiction best-seller by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. G4C is producing the game component and we are seeking a world-class game… Read more »

Last week at the Clinton Global Initiative 2010, former President Bill Clinton announced that CGI will now make protecting and empowering women a top priority. Thanks to the continued efforts of people like Mallika Dutt, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, as well as dozens of NGOs around the globe, the difficult issues that women face… Read more »

Today we’re delighted to announce a new tool that will assist our community to discuss social impact games. We created a Meetup Everywhere page.   Meetup.com is a tool that allows like-minded individuals to gather and produce events about shared interests. We set up this tool because of the great demand from friends and colleagues… Read more »

The legend behind the greatest names in comic books, Stan Lee, recently sent out an open letter to everyone and the Video Game Voters Network. The VGVN is an American organization that aims to get more gamers to become registered voters so they can protect video games and their First Amendment rights. Stan Lee is… Read more »

Nearly a year after President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate” announcement, our President is back with another initiative that will change the world of gaming. The National STEM Video Game Challenge is Obama’s latest move to advance education and gaming. For over 25 years, video game developers have been fighting for legitimacy. Even the idea of… Read more »

On September 29, 2010, you may have heard a giant sigh of relief resonate from the East Coast of the United States. After four years, two funding cycles by the MacArthur Foundation, three organizations involved in the development (Gamelab, Institute of Play and E-Line Media), a revival of the project and immeasurable hard work and… Read more »