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Pregnant, Again?
Developer: phoebe's mind
Non-Profit: planned parenthood & MS magazine
Release Date: 6/15/07
Project Lead: Phoebe Reed LEAD
Funding Sources: Someone very smart with a lot of money to make this very shiny and good and ACTION like you've never seen before.
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Trojan, Lifestyle, and all other NON-pill birth control companies
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What are you chances of having an unwanted pregnancy? What are the pressures on you? What country do you live in? Good luck! Navigate the landscape of your uterus
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Target Audience: smart people, girls, youth, educators, acaedmics, people struggling with reproductive rights' choices, peope who need to be supported or informed about reproductive rights.
Social Issues Addressed: environment, ,
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Make a HUGE statement. Publicity for these causes. HUGE statement about what "violence" means -- "violence" of childbirth vs. some dumb gun in a game. BIG statement about the games where you have to "kill a prostitute" to "get more life". IMpact: more women making games about WOMEN's issues, more freedom to explore game landscape, more use of games as "true" experience.
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Email: phoebe@slack.net
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Ayiti: The Cost of Life
Game URL: CostofLife.org
Developer: Global Kids and GameLab
Non-Profit: The game was co-developed through an after school progam called playing 4 keeps. http://www.holymeatballs.org/p4k.htm
Release Date: Nov, 2006
Project Lead: Barry Joseph
Funding Sources: Microsoft Corporation.
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Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a game that challenges its players to manage a rural family of five in Haiti over four years and keep them healthy, get them educated, and help them survive. Develop in a unique partnership between youth in an after school program and a professional game developer, the game has been played over a half million times since its launch six months ago and has proven to be a hit as both an engaging game and as a tool for education.
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Global Kids has established itself as an innovative leader in using online games to promote global awareness and engaged citizenship. Through the Playing 4 Keeps program, Global Kids trains urban youth to develop games about important world issues. This work has been cited as a best practice within Henry Jenkins's report for the MacArthur Foundation. Global Kids' gaming programs are made possible through collaborative relationships with the game design company Gamelab, UNICEF, and TakingITGlobal, among others. Playing 4 Keeps (P4K) uses online games as a form of youth media informed by international issues. Together with Gamelab, an independent game company, Global Kids developed an innovative curriculum for engaging youth in the design, development and dissemination of high quality games that have the potential to educate their peers around the world. Playing 4 Keeps is supported by Microsoft's U.S. Partners in Learning Mid-Tier initiative. Last year, Global Kids Youth Leaders gained leadership, research, and game design skills while producing a socially conscious online game, Ayiti: The Cost of Life. The youth chose to design a game that focuses on the issue of poverty as an obstacle to education and uses the country of Haiti as a case study. The game and its associated curriculum were released through UNICEF's Child Alert: Haiti website and TakingITGlobal's network of over 170,000 educators worldwide. Curriculum material is available for educators. Since it was released in October 2006, hundreds of thousands of people have played Ayiti. The game and the after school component are being evaluated by the Center for Children and Technology.
Target Audience: game players, teenagers, educators, non-profits
Social Issues Addressed: poverty,
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To teach through game play about the interconnected forces that confront those living in dire poverty. And to show that a game can be used for education.
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What outcomes have been measured? The evaluation is currently under way.
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Press Release URL: http://www.holymeatballs.org/2006/10/press_global_kids_launches_com.html
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Name: Barry Josepg
Email: barry@globalkids.org
Press Contact Name: Jonah Kokodyniak
Press Contact Email: jonah@globalkids.org
Game Tags: teen, poverty, education, global, haiti, globalkids, education
Where you can play this game: Costoflife.org Online. We often customize it for various sites that want to host it.
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Deliver the Net
Game URL: www.nothingbutnets.net/its-easy-to-help/game.html
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The challenge: race the sun and hand out as many insecticide-treated bed nets as you can to African families. The more virtual nets you deliver – before the mosquitoes come out – the more lives you save.
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othing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for years, it was a column that Rick Reilly wrote about malaria in Sports Illustrated, challenging each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed nets -- and the incredible response from thousands of Americans across the country -- that led to the creation the Nothing But Nets campaign.
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Karma Tycoon
Game URL: www.KarmaTycoon.com
Developer: 9mmedia (and Do Something)
Non-Profit: Do Something - They own the game. It was their idea from inception and they brought the idea to the game developers as well as to the funder
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Project Lead: Aria Finger
Funding Sources: A grant from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Sponsors/In-kind donations: JPMorgan Chase Foundation
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Overall: 287,500
Secured: 287,500
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Karma Tycoon is an online strategy game in which players solve community problems, such as homelessness, in cities across the US. Players learn the ins and outs of the not-for-profit world as they apply for grants, receive donations and have to manage their budget efficiently. It is available free of charge at KarmaTycoon.com
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Karma Tycoon is an online strategy game in which players solve community problems, such as homelessness, in cities across the US. Players learn the ins and outs of the not-for-profit world as they apply for grants, receive donations and have to manage their budget efficiently. The players begin the game with a grant from the JP Morgan Chase Foundation but then must apply for more grants to help more people. The goal of the game is to teach young people about social entrepreneurship and financial responsibility while they�re also having fun. The game was modeled after Lemonade Tycoon, but instead of maximizing profits, players are trying to maximize their karma by helping as many people, or animals, as possible while running their homeless shelters, senior centers, youth centers, performing arts centers, and animal shelters. Once your �karmameter� reaches 100%, you receive a score for that city and you can move to tackle other issues in more difficult cities. The game can be further used as a teaching tool due to the explanations, summaries and definitions built into the game. If you want to learn about what a foundation is or how severe homelessness is in Los Angeles, this game enables you to do just that. In addition, there is an accompanying teacher curricula that educators can use in the classroom to help the students understand the issues addressed in the game. The game and curricula are available free of charge at KarmaTycoon.com
Target Audience: Middle school and high school students
Social Issues Addressed: economics, poverty, social entreprenuership,
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The impact that we are aiming for is two-fold. First, we hope that this game raises awareness about the benefits of volunteering and helping people in your community. We hope that it sparks a dialogue among young people about whether what they can be doing to volunteer. We specifically included links to real-life not-for-profits within the game so that if a player was interested, they could easily click on an organization, and find a homeless shelter or animal shelter to volunteer at in one of the 11 cities featured in the game. Secondly, we wanted to increase educate young people about social entrepreneurship and financial responsibility. Many young people are in the dark about the not-for-profit world. They are unaware that working at a homeless shelter or a youth center is a viable option for a job and a career. We want to show them how the not-for-profit world works � how you must apply for grants, the fact that you don�t always get them, etc. In addition, we think its very important that young people have a sense of financial responsibility. The fact that using your credit card or taking out loans can get you into trouble or the realization that you need to balance your budget and manage your cash flow or you will be out of luck.
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How? We are measuring results by the number of people who visit the Karma Tycoon site, the number of people who play the game, the amount of feedback we recieve and a survey of the people who have played karma tycoon.
What outcomes have been measured? Since launch, we have recorded over 17,000 visitors to KarmaTycoon.com. At present, I do not have the number of people who have played the game, but that is something I can get for you. We have received tons of positive feedback through our feedback form and hope that it will continue. This summer we will be conducting a survey/evaluation of everyone who played the game and use this information to better the game for a version 2.
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MSNBC.com - April 9th, 2007 http://www.cnbc.com/id/15705119/ The Daily News - The (video) game of life by Tim Catts, February 26, 2007 Greenstone Radio The Radio Ritas The video game of life, a 10-minute segment about Karma Tycoon aired live on Monday, March 12th, 2007
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Game Tags: Karma, Tycoon, entrepreneurship, community service, volunteerism, philanthropy
Where you can play this game: Go to karmatycoon.com and get a free do something login and you're good to go
Mission: Migration
Game URL: ny.audubon.org/missionmigration.html
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Learn how your everyday choices can affect the fate of migrating birds.
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In the spring and the fall, many birds fly long distances in search of food, water, shelter and space: the same basic things that you need to survive. Along these routes, they encounter many different types of habitats, from country and forest to neighborhoods and big cities, and at times, encounter dangers from both natural and manmade hazards. In this game you will try to help your flock migrate safely by learning how choices you make each and every day around your home, school, and neighborhood can affect the fate of these migrating birds - in both positive and negative ways. By the time you're done, you'll have the skills and knowledge to help birds thrive and survive around your home.
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PeaceMaker
Game URL: www.peacemakergame.com
Developer: ImpactGames
Non-Profit: ImpactGames (www.impaImpactGames) is a for-profit entity. At the same time, one benefit of our early support and publicity is that we have found great
Release Date: February 1st 2007
Project Lead: Eric Brown, Asi Burak
Funding Sources: Our first funding came from Idea Foundry, a non-profit focused on economic development and seed funding for Western Pennsylvania. The Idea Foundry inv
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PeaceMaker is inspired by real events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It challenges players to succeed as a leader where others have failed: bringing peace to the Middle-East. Playing both perspectives, players could experience the joy of winning the Nobel Prize or the agony of plunging the region into disaster.
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PeaceMaker was born in the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) in Carnegie Mellon. As students, we set out to create a video game that is meaningful and non-violent. We chose the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which is to many a representation of the most significant challenges facing leaders today. We thought that in this particular point in time, we have a real chance to add new verbs to the vocabulary of the new generation, the future leaders of the world. PeaceMaker challenges players to establish peace in the Middle East. Players can take the perspective of the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President and react to unpredictable real-world events. The players' ultimate goal is to create virtual peace and be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. PeaceMaker aims to enhance a deeper understanding of multiple perspectives and challenge the player's prior knowledge and assumptions. Main features: * PeaceMaker is inspired by real events. * PeaceMaker is a turn-based strategy game with a high level view of the situation. * PeaceMaker is two games in one: the Israeli version and the Palestinian version. * Play the news: the game presents real news footage, images and headlines. * Depending on what players bring to the table, there are three difficulty levels to choose from including calm, tense and violent. PeaceMaker has been featured in media outlets around the world and is available for PC or Mac in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
Target Audience: PeaceMaker aims to bridge the gap between education and entertainment to reach a mass market. The target audience is socially aware adults and teenagers worldwide, gamers and non gamers alike. In addition to players at home, high schools, college classroom and community groups can use PeaceMaker as an engaging and innovative way to involve their students in discussing current events.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, news, politics,
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PeaceMaker addresses concepts of conflict resolution and the experience of walking in another person's shoes. The inclusion of real news events (text, images and video) helps in bridging the experience to real world people, places, and perspectives. It also helps the user contextualize events from single moments in time to the bigger picture. Early responses from players around the world demonstrate a deeper comprehension and retention of the issues and in some case a real paradigm shift in viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We included below a few unsolicited quotes from players, categorizing them into impact areas. These quotes are giving us confidence that we on the right path for achieving our goals. * Better retention and greater understanding "Although he [my son] was able to go through the game quickly, he learned more about the conflicts that have been plaguing the Middle East in three hours than I have been able to teach him in many years." - Terry Bowers, USA * Empathy: thinking differently about the other side "At first I played on the Israeli side and my reaction was the Palestinian President is being so unfair and hard. So then I switched sides, and literally for the first time in my life was truly able to see the situation from the other side. You are going to have such a big impact with this game. You already have with one self proclaimed Zionist." - Afsoun Yazdian, USA * Sense of optimism, paradigm shift * "The most surprising thing that came from my experience with the video game Peacemaker was when the game ended and I created peace. I knew fully well what game I was playing and what my objective was but when peace was actually achieved it was such a weird feeling. I mean there isn't supposed to be peace in that region right? We all want peace but do we believe it is possible? I can say after playing the game and finding a solution I know that subconsciously I was certain that peace was not an option. When peace was achieved and I learned ways that it could happen my whole paradigm for the region changed. I realized that even though I am someone that would like to see peace in the Israeli-Palestine conflict, in actuality I did not think it was possible until after playing this game. If anything Peacemaker shows the player that peace is actually possible. It is the most important first step in creating peace." - Rolf Burton, USA * Ability to facilitate dialog where it was difficult before * "Having real news events embedded in the game has changed how I view the different aspects of conflict resolution. Sometimes now in class we use examples from the game to express what we want to say." - Nora Al-Subai (18), Qatar * Community Engagement "Since the time I spent with my Grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, I have had the opportunity to observe many efforts by individuals from many countries to promote peace. In my opinion Peacemaker is ground breaking in both its conception and execution. This exceptionally creative and relevant video game will further concepts of conflict resolution and peacemaking and bring important new audiences into the fold. Congratulations to the Peacemaker team!" -Arun Gandhi, Founder, MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence As was seen by Arun Gandhi we have created a tool that can be used by many different organizations to promote their message and draw in new members to their communities. We have already been contacted by local Jewish and Muslim community groups as well as peace coalitions and religious and community centers inquiring how they can incorporate our game into their programming.
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How? As a for profit company, whose expertise lies in the creation of the experience and distribution, our goals for measuring results are simple: reach and impact as many people as possible. In the development stage and till this day, we have worked with many different groups to evaluate and develop the perspectives represented in the game. At this point, we are supporting a few initiatives by Professors and research students (US and Europe) to do extended studies into the issues relating to decision making and paradigm shift including pre and post testing on the knowledge of the conflict. We will be more than happy to share these findings as they become available.
What outcomes have been measured? See above for consumers' feedback and ongoing research initiatives. Naturally, we are open to any studies initiated by members of the Games for Change community.
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Please visit https://www.peacemakergame.com/press.php Google searches of "PeaceMaker Game" will produce many more results.
Press Release URL: Upon Request
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Name: Eric Brown
Email: ericbrown@impactgames.com
Press Contact Name: Eric Brown
Press Contact Email: ericbrown@impactgames.com
Game Tags: Strategy, simulation, peace, conflict resolution, interactive news, Israel, Palestine, Middle East
Where you can play this game: The game is available for purchase on our website (www.peacemakergame.com) and some other distribution partners' sites. We hope to have physical presence in stores by the time of the conference. The game can be downloaded for $19.95.
ICED - I Can End Deportation
Game URL: www.icedgame.com
Developer: Breakthrough
Non-Profit: Breakthrough was the lead Executive Producer and Developer, but it was a collaborative effort, groups include: Families For Freedom, Capital Area Immi
Release Date: February 18, 2008
Project Lead: Breakthrough
Funding Sources: Major foundations such as: Open Society Institute, The Overbrook Foundation, Libra Foundation, Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation, The David an
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Google Adwords, Families For Freedom, Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, Detention Watch Network, Rights Working Group, New York Immigration Coalition, high schools: Urban Assembly High School, Newcomers High School, The Renaissance Charter School, Elizabeth Irwin High School Jenny Polak of Hardplace website, as well as many other consultants, gaming experts and our pro bono legal team at LeBeoeuf Lamb Greene and McRaye, LLP.
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Overall: 140,000
Secured: All
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Breakthrough's video game, ICED – I Can End Deportation, (www.icedgame.com) puts you in the shoes of an immigrant to illustrate how unfair immigration laws deny due process and violate human rights. These laws affect all immigrants: legal residents, those fleeing persecution, students and undocumented people.
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ICED – I Can End Deportation, from non-profit Breakthrough (www.breakthrough.tv), is a free, 3D downloadable video game (available at www.icedgame.com). ICED teaches players about current immigration laws on detention and deportation that affect all immigrants: legal permanent residents, asylum seekers, students and undocumented people by violating human rights and denying due process. In the game, players can inhabit one of five immigrant youth, each of a different ethnicity and immigration status. The youth are being chased by immigration officers, while making moral decisions and answering myth and fact questions about immigration policies. If the player chooses or answers incorrectly, he/she increases his/her chances of being thrown into detention. Once in detention, the player endures both physical separation from his/her family and unjust conditions awaiting – often for unknown amounts of time – the random outcomes of his/her case. ICED comes with additional educational resources, which are found on the game website: a standards aligned curriculum for high school teachers that uses web 2.0 technologies and a discussion guide which provides talking points and tips for mobilization for organizations and community groups.
Target Audience: High school and college age youth
Social Issues Addressed: human rights, Immigration, Due Process and Human RIghts,
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To reframe the immigration debate from a discussion that looks at immigrants as criminals, to one that looks at and creates awareness around immigration as an issue that violates human rights and denies due process of all immigrants- legal and undocumented.
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How? The Center for Children & Technology – Education Development Center, Inc (EDC). developed pre and post surveys to measure knowledge around the 1996 immigration laws, current immigration policy and lack of due process.
What outcomes have been measured? The outcomes are currently being measured regarding pre game and post game knowledge. Our ideal outcome is to have raised awareness regarding the lack of due process and violation of human rights to all immigrants – legal and undocumented.
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http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/iced-faces-deportation/?biz=1 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/19/scitech/pcanswer/main3843379.shtml http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/13/video-game-outrages-anti_n_91445.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mallika-dutt/when-did-immigrant-beco_b_93348.html http://girlinthemachine.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-can-end-discrimination.html
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Name: Crissy Spivey
Email: crissy@breakthrough.tv
Press Contact Name: Crissy Spivey
Press Contact Email: crissy@breakthrough.tv
Game Tags: Breakthrough ICED Immigration Immigrant Detention Deportation Human Rights Due Process Video Game Mallika Dutt Heidi Boisvert
Where you can play this game: ICED lives at http://www.icedgame.com - for MAC and PC.
Physics Geeks
Game URL: http://vlw.epic.columbia.edu/demo.html
Developer: Virtual Learning Worlds @ Columbia University
Non-Profit: National Science Digital Library funded project
Release Date: November 2008
Project Lead: Susan Dreher
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Physics Geeks is a serious game to teach physics concepts through self-directed exploration of 3D environments. Players learn by investigating the properties of virtual inclined planes, frictionless surfaces and zero-gravity fields. The game will be disseminated through Facebook, allowing players to compete with their friends to become the biggest geek.
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Physics Geeks is a serious game that teaches core physical science principles through self-directed exploration of immersive and authentic 3D environments. Players will draw on the basic tenets of scientific inquiry as they interact with virtual inclined planes, frictionless surfaces and zero-gravity fields. An associated quiz developed by educational experts will assess understanding of the main concepts. The game’s final goal is to master all materials and be crowned a Major Physics Geek. The application will be disseminated primarily through Facebook, the social networking site boasting 60 million active users. Quiz scores and geek level will be displayed on a player’s Facebook profile page right next to their friends’, creating an incentive to score well and attain the highest levels. By integrating into a social networking site, the game will hook into existing collaboration tools to encourage discussion among players. The game’s curricular materials are based on the Physics First approach to introduce broad physical science concepts to learners earlier in their science education. The game is grounded on the modern educational theories of situated cognition and constructivism, which suggest that deep learning grows from a combination of intellectual activity, social collaboration and authentic experiences. Physics Geeks was dreamed up by the Virtual Learning Worlds team based at Columbia University. The VLW team is exploring the possibilities 3D virtual worlds hold for teaching and learning science concepts.
Target Audience: Physics Geeks is primarily targeted at kids ages 12-16 as they begin their advanced work in the sciences. By disseminating Physics Geeks in a broad public forum, the team also hopes to attract and engage the interest of lifelong learners.
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The project’s overall goal is to create a fun and approachable experience that will help spark a deeper curiosity and love for the sciences More specifically, we have two major impacts we hope to achieve: * Recent 3D gaming research projects in several disciplines show great promise for creating games that are both engaging and educational. Physics Geeks seeks to advance research and understanding in this innovative learning approach. * Tantalizing hints from the research community show that the gaming medium can be a powerful learning tool for audiences traditionally underrepresented in higher education. By focusing our assessment on after-school programs that enroll larger numbers of these adolescents, the team hopes to further investigate how this medium can be used to motivate learners and inspire passion for the sciences.
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How? In November 2008, we will be working with Teacher's College to perform summative evaluation on the Physics Geeks modules in conjunction with the Double Discovery after-school program at Columbia University. The Double Discovery Center serves low-income and first generation college-bound New York City youth in grades 7-12.
What outcomes have been measured? n/a - project is still in development
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Name: Susan Dreher
Email: sdreher@columbia.edu
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Press Contact Email: roblane@columbia.edu
Game Tags: Education, Science, Physics, Virtual Worlds
Where you can play this game: We've set up a standalone site in order to preview the learning modules. You can access it at http://vlw.epic.columbia.edu/demo.html. Full project information is available here: http://vlw.epic.columbia.edu/. Note: Though the competitive Facebook game narrative is missing from this demo site, you can play with the modules, view trailers and learn more about the project.
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Pete Armstrong
Game URL: www.bigfun.net/pete/
Developer: GamesThatWork
Non-Profit: NYU Medical Center / Rusk Center (Initialize)
Release Date: N/A
Project Lead: Dov Jacobson
Funding Sources: 28% NYU Med Ctr
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Blaze Sports (Disabled Athlete Fund) Intel Computer Clubhouse Atlanta Boys & Girls Club Paideia School
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Use a positive model and the inherent empathy of a video game character to combat the wheelchair's social stigma.
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Launched at the NYC G4C Salon 2005, this project addresses a need identified by the Rusk Center, which works for the physical, psychological and social rehabilitation of permanently disabled children. The producer sought to improve the respect which ablebodied children accord their wheelchair-bound peers. Exposure to gameplay which promotes empathy might have the desired effect. Design of the prototype game involved subject matter experts - disabled children, their advocates, professional wheelchair athletes and their promoters,. and game scientists. Game development demanded of its first-time producers far more technical, creative and social sensitivity than had been expected. The finished test game was administered to two different urban populations in the target age range (n=~60). The instrument for measuring effect was a classic one, in use since 1960, but updated by scientists atthe University of Virginia who corelated the findings. While the aggregate result supports continued investment in the project, it is the details of the findings that should interest, and warn, anyone interested in games for change. Different subpopulations responded to very different degrees to the game intervention, and some patterns were unmistakable. These patterns whisper caution to the attentive ear, while shouting audibly for further and better research.
Target Audience: Able children (6-12) who come in contact with disabled peers.
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Reduce discrimination against disabled children by enabling their peers to exerience wheelchair operation as an athletic challenge and to be in close contact with a positive, tough, healthy role model.
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How? Using classic Yuker instrument: Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons
What outcomes have been measured? Short exposure has significantly improves positive image. (See website for detailed analysis.)
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Name: Dov Jacobson
Email: traveller@bigfun.net
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RePlay: Finding Zoe
Game URL: www.metrac.org/replay/en/index.html
Developer: METRAC in partnership with Susana Ruiz, Huy Trong, Ashley York
Non-Profit: The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC) has been funded to create the game, and has done research/focus grou
Release Date: May 31, 2007
Project Lead: Andrea Gunraj, Outreach Manager, METRAC
Funding Sources: The Government of Ontario, Ontario Women's Directorate
Sponsors/In-kind donations: METRAC has provided in-kind support for many of the project development and game development costs
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Overall: 30,000 (for game alone)
Secured: 25,000 (the rest is being delivered in-kind)
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The RePlay video game is geared towards promoting healthy, equal relationships between youth aged 8 to 14 years old. It challenges mainstream gender stereotypes that children learn from a young age, and that often lead to the social proliferation of violence against women and girls.
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RePlay is a Flash-based online game that engages players in a fun gaming experience to promote attitudes and skills girls and boys need to create healthy, equal interpersonal relationships. Its narrative and gameplay fosters learning about healthy relationships and communication, diversity, and prevention of sexism and violence against girls and women. The overarching narrative tells the story of two friends searching for their good friend Zoe. They have just heard sexist, stereotyping rumors about Zoe that lead them to conclude that she is in need of help. The rumors start one day after school when a group of kids describe how Zoe has gone to �third base� with her boyfriend Jake. The rumors are insensitive and as their maliciousness grows, the friends� sense of urgency escalates. They come to realize that Zoe is caught up in an abusive relationship. As the story unfolds, the two friends learn of some of the ways Jake has taken control over Zoe�s life. The fact that locating her has become such a challenge is indicative of how Jake has isolated Zoe and pressured her in ways that do not ring true or safe to her two friends. On their search, the two friends navigate their neighborhood and social networks, and they are challenged with confrontations (mini-games) that encourage them to work together and be respectful, confident communicators. Doing well in these mini-games helps to strengthen the avatars� resiliency and better equip them to support Zoe once they manage to find her.
Target Audience: Children and youth, aged 8 to 14
Social Issues Addressed: public health, Violence against girls and women,
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Global statistics demonstrate that violence against women and girls is a pervasive problem, and that young women are most at risk of experiencing sexual assault, physical abuse, harassment, and stalking. Research also shows that children learn rigid notions of what it means to be a �real man� and �real woman� at an early age � the very stereotypes that lead to epidemic levels of violence against women and girls. Youth need tools to identify and challenge unhealthy relationships, gender stereotypes, and violence against women and girls. The RePlay Project seeks to do so through the medium of the video game - the story is designed to illustrate a realistic narrative of a young woman an in an unhealthy relationship. It allows the player to understand the complexities of such a relationship from the perspective of the person facing abuse (Zoe). The player is put into a position where they navigate the game through two avatars that have very different personalities (one is reserved and thoughtful, the other is more outspoken). Although they are so different, they have to use their strengths and balance their weaknesses to deal with confrontations and challenge sexist, gender stereotyping attitudes of others along the way. These challenges take the form of �grabbing� healthy words that are floating away from them to form effective sentences, all the while managing their anger, fear, and will to lash out in abusive ways. If they are successful in those challenges, avatars win over the non-player avatars, who join them in their search for Zoe. During the search, players increase their chances of finding Zoe by clicking on links within the neighbourhood to a variety of real-life violence prevention websites and written resources for youth. Players can sign on to a real online campaign addressing global violence against women and girls at the end of playing the game. RePlay is designed to help players envision different ways to challenge sexism and violence against girls and women by illustrating examples of it and asking the player to engage directly in the word challenges. It also illustrates how people will different personalities can challenge violence; words can diffuse potentially violent situations; that community networks and connections are important in addressing gender based violence; and that youth action on the issue is needed and possible. It seeks to raise awareness of the often-silenced issue of violence against women and girls to inspire youth to challenge acceptance of violence and unhealthy relationships in their own lives.
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How? RePlay has an important survey feature built into the game's structure. As players enter the game, they are asked a series of short, fun multiple choice questions that give METRAC an idea of why they are playing and what their existing attitudes are. At the end of the game, players are asked follow up questions that find out if they would play the game again, what attitudinal change occurred, and what they learned from the game. Players can access the answers of other players by way of animation of youth who get up and cheer according to how many players picked a particular answer for each question.
What outcomes have been measured? The game has not yet been released to the public, and the bulk of RePlay's impact will be realized at that point. However, many community partners have been influenced by the process of creating RePlay, including 250 diverse children and youth across Ontario who have participate in focus groups and surveys, educators, parents, community organizations, and government supporters. We are confident in the ability of the game to connect to divers youth players because the development of the game has been grounded in their ideas, experiences, and game playing preferences.
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A media launch is being planned in conjunction with our funder (to be held late May or early June 2007). However, we did a media launch of the game when it was started in September 2005, and many local Toronto media sources (newspapers and news shows) attended. RePlay has recently been selected as a finalist for the Ashoka global Changemakers contest dealing with domestic abuse issues.
Press Release URL: http://www.metrac.org/programs/info/replay.press.release.05.pdf
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Name: METRAC
Email: outreach@metrac.org
Press Contact Name: Andrea Gunraj
Press Contact Email: outreach@metrac.org
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Where you can play this game: It will be posted on www.metrac.org by the end of May 2007.
SciFair at Chelsea Career and Technical High School (CCTHS): Ecosytem
Developer: Students in Ms. Pham's science class at CCTHS, SciCentr staff, Cornell undergraduate Peter Pelc,
Non-Profit: SciFair was launched through support from the GE Foundation, with additional support from NSF, and other non-profit organizations.
Release Date: June 11: G4C will be the Showcase for Ecosystem.
Project Lead: Margaret Corbit (CTC), Yen Pham (CCTHS)
Funding Sources: CTC receives major funding from Cornell University and New York State. SciFair receives additional funding through such sources as the National Scienc
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Intel, Microsoft, USDA
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Brief Description
Ecosystem is an interactive virtual world featuring the biomes of Planet Earth and their response to Global Warming and Climate Change. Created by teens at Chelsea Career and Technical High School, this special SciFair world presents the students' research in a fun and social environment for their peers and community.
Full Description
SciFair engages teens and tweens in underserved and disadvantaged communities in creating their own virtual worlds (knowledge spaces) about science and technology. Through this creative process in a collaborative environment, they build digital and media literacy. As pioneers in a new medium, they become resident experts and build self-esteem. Students in Ms. Pham's science class have worked in and out of school time to conduct research on a biome (taiga, desert, tropical rain forest, etc) and find out the climate conditions and the type of living organisms in that environment. They also address the impact of global warming and climate change on their biomes through design and presentation of the Ecosystem world. Drawn to the program by the appeal of virtual worlds and their similarity to MMOGs, teams are supported by college students and teacher/coaches trained in the medium and process. The SciFair Model takes them through a sequence of activities that begins with homesteading as a way of learning the basic skills needed to express themselves within the environment. Teams then research into a specific topic, design of their virtual space, acquire new technical skills to complete their project (including integration of other digital media: video, sound, images, slide presentations, Flash games), and test the user interface/experience.
Target Audience: Youth ages 11-18 and the community organizations that support them, community and four-year college and university students, teachers and other educators.
Social Issues Addressed: environment, digital divide,
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We aim to empower tweens and teens at risk of disengaging to find a reason to remain or become more enthusiastic about learning, especially about science and technology. We aim to support them as they relate current research topics to their own lives and communities. And we aim to provide them with basic computing skills and confidence in their capacity to continue to acquire new technical skills needed to succeed in school and at work.
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How? In general for SciFair, we pre and post test team members, mentors, and coaches with questionnaires and are developing a fun tech skills testing world. We frequently tape sessions for review and capture chat logs. Our current NSF grant funds participation of a professional evaluator. This will expand our pallette of tools, especially for chat log analysis. SciFair at CCTHS is in the trial stage and we will implement full evaluation in fall 2007.
What outcomes have been measured? Our focus has been on attitudes toward science from the beginning. We are now starting to develop methods to track attitudes toward school in general and computing/computers/digital technology and to measure skills in these technologies.
Press Coverage:
http://www.scicentr.org/About/News/MediaCoverage/
Press Release URL: http://www.scicentr.org/About/News/MediaReleases/
Public Contact Information
Name: Margaret Corbit
Email: corbitm@tc.cornell.edu
Press Contact Name: Laura Cima
Press Contact Email: cima@tc.cornell.edu
Game Tags: virtual worlds, media literacy, technology literacy, science and technology, digital divide
Where you can play this game: The CTCUni browser must be downloaded and installed. Guest accounts can be requested through Margaret Corbit. Access to SciFair worlds for specific time periods can be arranged. We can give tours or simply allow people to explore on their own. Ecosystem is a work in progress. Visitors will be welcome to explore Aquatic, Wa He Lut, and a variety of other completed worlds featuring environmental issues.
ICED! I Can End Deportation
Developer: Breakthrough. Designed by Heidi Boisvert and Natalia Rodriguez.
Non-Profit: Breakthrough- Executive Producer- A nonprofit that uses visual media to teach human rights.
Release Date: September 2007
Project Lead: Farah Malik - was original producer, she recently left Breakthrough/Louis Spitzer- Breakthrough/Crissy Spivey/Breakthrough
Funding Sources: Breakthrough funding grants including: Open Society Institute, The Overbrook Foundation, Libra Foundation, Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Families For Freedom, Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, Detention Watch Network, Rights Working Group, New York Immigration Coalition, high schools- Urban Assembly High School, and Newcomers High School, Jenny Polak of Hardplace website, as well as many other consultants and gaming experts like Games 4 Change.
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Overall: 10,000 so far (TBD)
Secured: TBD
Brief Description
"ICED! I Can End Deportation" is an online interactive 3D Role Playing Game that teaches the player about the current U.S. policies around immigration that destroy families and fundamental human rights.
Full Description
The Story with Immigration: Since the passing of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) in 1996, over 2 million immigrant non-citizens (including long-term lawful permanent residents) that have lived in the U.S for most of their lives, have been deported or detained in prisons. As a result of the harsh immigration laws, committing very minor crimes can result in mandatory detention and deportation. Long-time U.S. residents are being detained and deported without access to due process and a fair day in court. The Story with "ICED! I Can End Deportation!� Video Game: ICED! I Can End Deportation is an online 3D Role Playing Game aimed at high school and college age students. ICED! teaches the player about the unjust nature of U.S immigration policy which violate human rights, sparks dialogue and presents an enabling environment towards involvement, action and possible transformation in immigration policy. The game enables the player to inhabit the precarious day-to-day experiences of an immigrant circumscribed by the constant threat of detention, and more than likely, deportation. As the player navigates the city, he or she must avoid constantly spawning immigration officers, make moral/consequential decisions, as well as answer myth & fact quizzes about current immigration policies. If the player chooses incorrectly, he/she increases his or her chances of being teleported into detention. Once in detention, the player endures both physical separation from his/her family and unjust conditions while awaiting, often for unknown amounts of time, the random outcome of his/her case.
Target Audience: The target audience is high school and college age students, i.e., voting age youth.
Social Issues Addressed: politics, Immigration,
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ICED! I Can End Deportation�s � Theory of Change ICED will serve as a public education tool about detention and deportation, helping to demonstrate the unjust nature of immigration policy as a result of the harsh 1996 laws, as well as sparking dialogue and presenting an enabling environment towards involvement, action and possible transformation in immigration policy. The use of media, pop culture and new technologies such as this video game enables us to engage new and younger audiences, and extend human rights education and advocacy. Breakthrough�s � Theory of Change Breakthrough�s unique approach to human rights education marries traditional public education methods to pop cultural forms of expression and new media delivery mechanisms. The use of media, pop culture and new technologies enables us to engage new and younger audiences, and extend human rights education and advocacy. We create innovative partnerships with the entertainment industry, educational institutions and diverse civil society groups to strengthen democratic values and mobilize support for human rights. Our work also creates an enabling environment for advocacy and public policy efforts to protect and promote the rights of vulnerable groups.
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How? This answer is still being determined, but as of yet, while downloading, the user will have the option to fill out a brief questionnaire with their information for further contact. The players will then be sent a survey asking them for more feedback about their game playing and learning experience. We will work with our distribution outlets to provide us with evaluative feedback on the game.
What outcomes have been measured? TBD- Game has not been released as of yet.
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Public Contact Information
Name: Louis Spitzer
Email: louis@breakthrough.tv
Press Contact Name: Louis Spitzer
Press Contact Email: louis@breakthrough.tv
Game Tags: Breakthrough, Immigrant, Immigration, Detention, Deportation, Law, Youth, Family, Due Process, Legal, Illegal, Citizen, Non-Citizen, INS, ICE, BICE, Green Card, Teen, Youth, High School, College, Lawful, Reform, CIR, Permanent Resident, Alien, Family, Human Rights, Homeland Security, Value Families, United States, US, Policy, Politics, IIRIRA, 1996
Where you can play this game: The game will be a available in September 2007 on its own website as well as linked to on Breakthrough's website. It will be distributed through all of the online channels that Breakthrough's media is currently on, such as MySpace, YouTube, and many others. We hope to get the game out on additional online entities, gaming sites, blogs, and others including the MTV Think Website.
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Orange Revolution
Game URL: research.takingitglobal.org/orange
Developer: TakingITGlobal
Non-Profit: TakingITGlobal, developer, distribution through network of educators
Release Date: Sept 1, 2007. Available in beta now
Project Lead: Luke Walker
Funding Sources: Canadian International Development Agency's Global Classroom Initiative
Sponsors/In-kind donations: TakingITGlobal, ABEL (York Region District School Board, TEACH Magazine
Budget:
Overall: 177,152, $6000 for game development
Secured: 177,152
Brief Description
A simulation guiding players through the events of the Orange Revolution of 2004 in Ukraine, through the eyes of the two main presidential candidates. Players must come secure democratic reform without violence.
Full Description
The Orange Revolution is a simulation guiding players through the events of the Orange Revolution of 2004 in Ukraine, through the eyes of the two main presidential candidates. Players must come secure democratic reform without violence. Players learn about the crisis caused by a corrupt second ballot in the Ukrainian presidential election of 2004, and lead the country through to a successful conclusion, achieving democratic reform and avoiding violence. The game has a prisoner's dilemma-style structure, where players must make decisions for both Yanukovych and Yushchenko, the main rivals involved. The game ends if violence erupts. The project, developed by TakingITGlobal as part of a broader curriculum initiative by TakingITGlobal, Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning, and TEACH Magazine, was produced with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency.
Target Audience: High school students in Canada and internationally.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics, democratic reform, conflict resolution,
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We are hoping to help students better understand the nature of global democracy and the different ways that democracy manifests itself internationally, as well as understanding how democracy impacts on human rights
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How? In classroom situations, the impact of the entire module (including the game) will be measured through an online survey. Students print their decision paths and compare with other students as a part of this process. There will also be a short exit survey added to the end of the game, for individual/non-school players.
What outcomes have been measured? None. Currently in pilot testing.
Press Coverage:
None thus far
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Public Contact Information
Name: Luke Walker
Email: luke@takingitglobla.org
Press Contact Name: Luke Walker
Press Contact Email: luke@takingitglobal.org
Game Tags: orange revolution, democracy, democratic reform, nonviolent conflict, Ukraine, CIDA, election
Where you can play this game: The game in beta form lives at http://research.takingitglobal.org, and can be played there. Its final home will be a page on http://www.tiged.org.
Melting Point
Game URL: cognitoy.com/meltingpoint
Developer: CogniToy, LLC
Non-Profit:
Release Date: June 2007
Project Lead: Kent Quirk
Funding Sources: Self-funded by CogniToy
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Overall: 60,000
Secured: 60,000
Brief Description
The Melting Point web game is designed to provide a gentle introduction to the biggest issue around human-caused global warming -- the problem of energy. It asks players to balance the energy needs and economic growth of regions around the world against the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the leading greenhouse gases.
Full Description
The Melting Point game is built in Flash and designed to be embedded in a web site. It takes 5 minutes to play through a single scenario (50 years in game time). As the clock runs, players make changes in the growth rates of several world economies while trying to limit the total accumulation of CO2. One of the interesting characteristics of the game is that players make large-scale macroscopic decisions, such as promoting the growth of nuclear power. The game will translate those decisions into news headlines that indicate various strategies for achieving those goals. For example, if the player decides to reduce the growth rate of transportation, that action might show up in the news headlines as "Europe improves fuel economy standards for 2010 and beyond." Melting Point provides an opportunity for learning that engages a number of key elements of effective educational design: * The science content weaves together information from several scientific disciplines and can lead learners to a broader understanding of the value of a an interdisciplinary approach to complex issues and problems. * The context of the experience is authentic. The model that runs the simulation of the impact of choices made by the user is based on models used by scientists. Using such models enables students to come to understand both their value and their limitations. * The reality of engaging with a complex problem promotes real inquiry. Students must study the various issues involved and try to make sense of them. There are no right answers, only questions to be raised and hypotheses to be tested. * The process of inquiry leads to scientific problem solving. * The opportunity to approach a world problem from multiple, regional perspectives broadens global understanding. * The application of high end technology design extends students' technology literacy.
Target Audience: The target player is someone of any age who is interested in the problem of global warming and would like to learn a little more. Because it can be played in both "real time" and turn-based modes, it should have a broad appeal to different age brackets.
Social Issues Addressed: environment, Global Warming,
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The public is beginning to come to a general belief that climate change is real, and that a significant fraction of the change is caused by human action. As a society, we�re very close to deciding we have a problem to solve. We are now turning to the question of what to do about it. There are many questions: * How big is the problem? * What are the possible solutions? * Who should be responsible? * What will it cost? * How long will it take? * What if we do nothing? These are tough questions, and they have generated a truly bewildering array of responses in the form of scientific research, policy proposals, misinformation, and outright lies. It takes considerable work and study to even begin to understand the landscape of the science, the economics, and the politics of the problem. When there are so many possible and often contradictory proposed solutions to a problem, it�s hard to figure out which ones are worth pursuing and which ones will be a waste of time and money. The Melting Point project proposes to provide some of the tools to take us to the next level�mapping the landscape of possible solutions and deciding which of them are worthwhile. Because it is clear that most of the human-caused climate change comes from our use of energy, and in particular, that portion of the energy budget that comes from fossil fuels, Melting Point is a computer simulation game that will let web-connected players experiment with the problems of energy production and use on a global scale.
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How? The game is capable of tracking many statistics, including time of play, strategies attempted, and so forth. Analysis of these statistics should be interesting, but success in this space is mostly measured by the number of people exposed to the ideas.
What outcomes have been measured? None so far; the game is not yet available.
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None yet.
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Public Contact Information
Name: Kent Quirk
Email: kent_quirk@cognitoy.com
Press Contact Name: Kent Quirk
Press Contact Email: kent_quirk@cognitoy.com
Game Tags: globalwarming, global, warming, climatechange, climate, flash, web, fun
Where you can play this game: There is a page at the Melting Point web site where an early playable game demo will be available in a few days (trying to get it ready by May 1.) This is the page: http://www.cognitoy.com/meltingpoint/game-demo-page/
The Arcade Wire: Airport Security
Game URL: www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/airportsecurity.jsp
Developer: Persuasive Games
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Release Date: September 19, 2006
Project Lead: Ian Bogost
Funding Sources: AddictingGames.com / Shockwave.com
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Airport Security offers a satirical critique of airport security practices circa early fall 2006, when security agencies in the US and abroad changed their policies to prohibit common items like toothpaste and hair gel.
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The first in a series of newsgames called The Arcade Wire, Airport Security offers a satirical critique of airport security practices circa early fall 2006, when security agencies in the US and abroad changed their policies to prohibit common items like toothpaste and hair gel. Do knee-jerk reactions that limit our freedom of expression and travel make us safer? In The Arcade Wire: Airport Security you inspect each passenger and his luggage and remove the forbidden items before allowing the passenger to go through -- but the list of forbidden items changes on a moment-to-moment basis. Prohibited items may include pants, mouthwash, and hummus.
Target Audience: General audience
Social Issues Addressed: politics,
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The game argues that American airport security policy has little to do with security.
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How? Reach
What outcomes have been measured? Over 5 million plays as of December 2006
Press Coverage:
Numerous; please see http://www.persuasivegames.com/news/
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Public Contact Information
Name: Gerard LaFond
Email: info@persuasivegames.com
Press Contact Name: Persuasive Games
Press Contact Email: press@persuasivegames.com
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The Arcade Wire: Oil God
Game URL: www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/oilgod.jsp
Developer: Persuasive Games
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Release Date: October 17, 2006
Project Lead: Ian Bogost
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You are an Oil God! Wreak havoc on the world's oil supplies by unleashing war and disaster. Bend governments and economies to your will to alter trade practices. Your goal? Double consumer gasoline prices in five years using whatever means necessary.
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You are an Oil God! Wreak havoc on the world's oil supplies by unleashing war and disaster. Bend governments and economies to your will to alter trade practices. Your goal? Double consumer gasoline prices in five years using whatever means necessary. Oil God is the second in our ongoing series of newsgames. The game explores the relationship between gas prices, geopolitics, and oil profits. Gasoline prices are affected most by possible or actual disruptions in oil producing regions, which might reduce supply without altering demand, thus driving prices up. One feature that characterizes the current fluxuations in gasoline prices, unlike previous ones in 1973 and 1981, are a multitude of simultaneous world events and geopolitical uncertainties: the Iraq war, missiles in North Korea, Hurricane Katrina, pipeline problems, the Iran/Korea nuclear, war between Israel and Lebanon war, and so forth... Key Features: 8 godly wraths to inflict upon a toy world below 4 governments and 3 economy types alter global trade practices A model of the crude oil futures market In-game tutorial and highscores
Target Audience: General audience
Social Issues Addressed: environment, politics,
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Engender an understanding of the complexities and temptations of the petroleum industry, including aspects of the oil market that are actually out of the hands of industry.
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See http://www.persuasivegames.com/news
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Name: Gerard LaFond
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Go Goat Go
Game URL: www.globalgang.org/funandgames/games/gogoatgo/game.html
Developer: Christian Aid
Non-Profit: Christian Aid
Release Date: 2003
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Game about the importance of goats to the livelihood of a poor village.
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Series of levels in which the player learns the important role goats can play in the overall wealth and health of a poverty stricken village. Following game play, the players can read up on information about goat donation and actually donate a goat.
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Name: Global Gang
Email: globalgang@christian-aid.org
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Where you can play this game: online, flash game
The Scalable City
Game URL: scalablecity.net/
Developer: Sheldon Brown and the Experimental Game Lab, UCSD
Non-Profit: Different Museums where this is exhibited:Ars Electronica, Shanghai MOCA, India International Center,
Release Date: 9/2006
Project Lead: Sheldon Brown
Funding Sources: High Moon Studios, IBM, Intel, Sun,
Sponsors/In-kind donations: CRCA and Calit2 at UCSD
Budget:
Overall: 800,000
Secured: 500,000
Brief Description
The Scalable City is a computer game which explores the interaction of users, data and algorithms as applied to urban development. The Scalable City presents exaggerates these effects, making analogies to our current dilemma�s involving land use, greenhouse gasses, and urban development.
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The Scalable City is a computer game involving users, data and algorithms as applied to urban development. As our world becomes increasingly characterized by this equation, we find ourselves inhabiting the artifacts of these relationships. The Scalable City places responsibility for this on each of its users; their activities simultaneously constructive and destructive. This work poetically draws analogies through mis-application of computational processes to design decisions and how development in general can produce unintended effects after much iteration. This is experienced by users as their movements shape the interactions of major components of the world. Users each control a vortex of automobiles, which continually spew copies of itself into the atmosphere. As this vortex moves through the landscape, it causes roads to �grow�. Scattered throughout the landscape are architectural fragments. This junk is flung into the air by the car tornados and the pieces then try to reform back into houses. As they do so, they produce shanty like facsimiles of their original form, which will be scattered again into the landscape when another car vortex passes by. All processes encode their results with artifacts that express their virtues and shortcomings. As culture continues its transition from analog to digital forms, we produce tensions between speculation and anxiety. The Scalable City, attenuates the experience of our presence in the world as a process of transformation, promoting awareness of how tools and attitudes can become systems that perpetuate their own logic rather then that of long term benefit. Here are 5 major components: Landscape, Roads, Lots, Architecture and Vehicles. Each created by a process where real world data is subjected to algorithmic transformations before being redeployed as elements of the urban condition of software I/O. For instance, the landscape (a complex natural form) is transformed by a simple algorithmic process; creating a new form which retains naturalism in its details, but with a high level of algorithmic decoratism in its larger scale structure. Space filling road systems are grown into this landscape, located via computer vision analysis. The resultant decorative forms are evocative of nouveau iron grates, illuminated texts and oriental space filling spiral patterns. Vehicles, lots and architectural forms follow similar paths of manifestation - each demonstrating the embrace of software as the script of spatial experience. Interactive users control a vortex of flying automobiles. Navigating this vortex through the enviornment road systems grow, detritus is flung into the air and then attempts to self-assemble into an ersatz structure. In the Scalable City, a variety of computer concept buzzwords take on physical form. All processes encode their results with artifacts that express their virtues and shortcomings. Culture has been undergoing a transformation from analog to digital forms and methods for several decades. These transformative moments produce tensions between speculation and anxiety. In the Scalable City, the aesthetic gestures embody the tension between exuberance and foreboding, neither embracing or rejecting an algorithmic world view, but inspiring its expressivity while cautioning of its own internal logics becoming the dominant determinate of its outcomes. It provided first hand experience of our presence in the world is always a process of transformation, and that we must be mindful of how the tools, approaches and attitudes of our activities can become systems that perpetuate their own logic, rather then that of our interests.
Target Audience: Human Beings
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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I want to tantalize, confuse, scare and inspire users with this game. It works with aesthetics that create a strange bridge between being firmly grounded in the real world and its reflection in a mirror that exaggerates certain aspects of it. To this point, I have been exhibiting the work as a location based installation, and it has a powerful, visceral effect on the audience, now it needs to become more broadly experienced.
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How? Post play interviews.
What outcomes have been measured? About half of the people readily make a connection between their daily mundane actions of driving and having a home as having both positive and negative impacts on the world.
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Public Contact Information
Name: Sheldon Brown
Email: sgbrown@ucsd.edu
Press Contact Name: Sheldon Brown
Press Contact Email: sgbrown@ucsd.edu
Game Tags: Art, sustainability, urban development, global warming, land use
Where you can play this game: It is currently at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art and the Ars Electronica Museum in Linz Austria. It can be set up in both simple, single screen PC enviornments, or in more complicated multi-screen installations
Real Lives
Game URL: www.educationalsimulations.com
Developer: Educational Simulations
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Release Date: Real Lives 2004 released March 4, 2004. Real Lives 2007 scheduled release May 31.
Project Lead: Bob Runyan
Funding Sources: self-funded
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Real Lives is an interactive life simulation that enables you to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world. Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family, schooling, jobs, religions, war, peace, and more!
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Educational Simulations presents Real Lives 2004, the life simulation that gives you the opportunity to learn how people really live in other countries. Real Lives 2004 is a content rich and empathy-building real world, real life simulation that challenges your life skills (not your hand-eye coordination) as you make difficult, high-stakes choices that lead to your success, or failure. You might be born anyone, anywhere on Earth. You might die as an infant, you might make it to old age. You might be able to marry the person of your dreams, and have a rewarding job, or you could be stuck in poverty. Be born, live an exciting life, and die. Then do it again. And again. Learn about the world as you live your Real Lives around the world, one life-altering decision at a time. Real Lives 2004 makes the world come alive on a personal and global level, one life at a time.
Target Audience: Computer enabled human beings, age 10 and above.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics, poverty,
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The purpose of Real Lives 2004 is to develop understanding of and empathy for people in different parts of the world and in different life circumstances.
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How? Some metrics are being developed by Kallen Tsikalis at Computers for Youth: kallen@cfy.org.
What outcomes have been measured? Outcomes are anecdotal at this point, but stay tuned. A second educational study is in planning in Germany using Real Lives.
Press Coverage:
http://www.edsims.com/press.html http://www.edsims.com/index.html
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Public Contact Information
Name: Bob Runyan
Email: bobrunyan@educationalsimulations.com
Press Contact Name: Bob Runyan
Press Contact Email: bobrunyan@educationalsimulations.com
Game Tags: serious games life simulation
Where you can play this game: www.educationalsimulations.com Free download available
Climate Challenge
Game URL: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/
Developer: Red Redemption Ltd.
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Release Date: 16th January 2007
Project Lead: Gobion Rowlands
Funding Sources: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Sponsors/In-kind donations: University of Oxford
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Overall: 150,000
Secured: 150,000
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Climate Challenge is a single-player game about climate change, playable for free on the BBC website. It is a sandbox-style strategy game based on real climate change data, where the player can try out different approaches, learn about the issues and have fun at the same time.
Full Description
Climate Challenge is a single-player game about climate change, playable for free on the BBC website, aimed at young professionals aged 25-35. The game is a sandbox-style strategy game based on real climate change data, where the player can try out different approaches for themselves, learn about the issues and have fun at the same time. It was designed and developed by Red Redemption Ltd, with scientific advice provided by Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) and a number of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientists. The developers wanted to make a fun, challenging game, but a game that was also based on scientific facts. Climate Challenge uses the most commonly cited and accepted carbon dioxide emission forecasts, which are produced by the IPCC. In Climate Challenge, the player takes on the role of the President of Europe, choosing policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 to 2100. The player has to balance emissions reductions with making sure there is enough electricity, water and food for the people, whilst also managing their spending and trying to remain popular with the electorate. The game was accompanied by scientific notes for further learning and was also used for ongoing scientific research into the effectiveness of computer games as a learning tool. In its first week of launch the game received an amazing 82,000 unique plays and the totals for the first six weeks were over 500,000 unique plays.
Target Audience: Young professionals, aged 25-35
Social Issues Addressed: environment, politics, Climate Change,
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1. To create a sandbox-style environment, based on the real science, where the player can learn about the issues of climate change in a non-prescriptive way; 2. To give the player an understanding of the options and policies available to tackle climate change, from the national to the personal level; 3. To leave the player feeling more empowered to take action; 4. To leave them feeling more positive, viewing climate change as an opportunity, not just a threat.
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How? Environmental Change & Management MSc Thesis studying effectiveness of the game in communicating climate change; user figures; Press & Internet coverage
What outcomes have been measured? 500,000 unique plays in first 5 weeks; Global press coverage (LA Times, Sunday Times, El Pais etc.); Response to surveys showed positive attitudinal change towards climate change.
Press Coverage:
http://www.red-redemption.com/press/ lists all the major articles that have features the Climate Challenge game.
Press Release URL: http://www.red-redemption.com/press-releases/
Public Contact Information
Name: Gobion Rowlands
Email: gobion@red-redemption.com
Press Contact Name: Gobion Rowlands
Press Contact Email: gobion@red-redemption.com
Game Tags: "climate change" BBC "Red Redemption" "Oxford University" "science-based game"
Where you can play this game: The game is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/ or http://www.red-redemption.com/climatechallenge It can be played for free over the Internet.
A Force More Powerful
Game URL: www.afmpgame.com
Developer: International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, York Zimmerman Inc. and BreakAway Games
Non-Profit: International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (a private operating foundation) provided funding and overall content advice
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Project Lead: Steve York
Funding Sources: International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
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Overall: 3,000,000
Secured: 3,000,000
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AFMP is the first and only game to teach the waging of conflict using nonviolent methods. Destined for use by activists, the game will also educate the media and general public on the potential of nonviolent action and serve as a simulation tool for academic studies of nonviolent resistance
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AFMP is primarily a game of strategy, emphasizing abstract ideas and planning. Its realism depends on the accuracy of its underlying political models. Game play is governed by detailed interactive models-of strategic and political factors, ethnicity, religion, literacy, material well-being, media and communications, resource availability, economic factors, the role of external assistance, and many other variables. Tactics include such basics as training, fund-raising and organizing, as well as leafletting, protests, strikes, mass action, civil disobedience and noncooperation. Many game-play decisions involve selecting which characters and groups should take part in the strategy, and weighing the benefits of such actions relative to their costs. Game play involves the player's side (the movement) and an opponent (the regime). The regime is created by the designer of each scenario, and controlled by the game's artificial intelligence (AI). The player takes charge of the movement's material and human resources, assesses the strengths and vulnerabilities of the adversary as well as those of the movement, then chooses goals, strategies and tactics. Groups are the game's basic political units, representing the interests and agendas common to every complex struggle. Recruiting characters and building alliances is a principal game activity, involving labor, business, government, agricultural, academic and professional, media, religious and military categories. Playing one or more of the packaged scenarios, users will learn strategic planning, formulation of goals (such as compelling free elections or the resignation of a dictator), and the choice of tactics (such as strikes, protests or boycotts). Each scenario is played within a physical environment which affects the conflict. A national map shows regions, cities, mining, industrial and farming areas, rivers, mountains, ports, and the transportation network. Within regions, zoomed-in city views are detailed down to neighborhoods and buildings. However, a scenario may take place entirely within a single city or region. AFMP includes a powerful suite of tools with which users can re-create real-life political struggles, or create their own from scratch. It is an unprecedented way for users to learn about the principles of strategic nonviolent struggle, by making the decisions themselves.
Target Audience: High school age and up
Social Issues Addressed: public policy,
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To teach people about the effectiveness and applicability of nonviolent strategies in struggles for rights and freedom
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How? We know the game is being used by activists in situations best left unpublicized so we deliberately don't track use or measure results.
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http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/game/news.php
Press Release URL: http://www.afmpgame.com/press-kit/Press%20Release.pdf
Public Contact Information
Name: Miriam Zimmerman
Email: mzimmerman@yorkzim.com
Press Contact Name: Miriam Zimmerman
Press Contact Email: mzimmerman@yorkzim.com
Game Tags: Nonviolent conflict Nonviolent strategy Nonviolent action Nonviolent struggle International Center on Nonviolent Conflict York Zimmerman Inc. Nonviolent video game
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Darfur is Dying
Game URL: www.darfurisdying.com
Developer: interFUEL, LLC
Non-Profit: International Crisis Group was involved in an advisory capacity throughout the contest period as we searched for the best concept and prototype. They
Release Date: April 30, 2006
Project Lead: Project lead: Alexis Hyder, mtvU. Student lead: Susana Ruiz
Funding Sources: Reebok Human Rights Foundation
Sponsors/In-kind donations: N/A
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Darfur is Dying is a web-based, viral video game that provides a window into the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. It is designed to raise awareness of the genocide taking place in Darfur and empower college students to help stop the crisis.
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Darfur is Dying is a web-based, viral video game that provides a window into the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan. It is designed to raise awareness of the genocide taking place in Darfur and empower college students to help stop the crisis. Students at the University of Southern California, winners of mtvU�s Darfur Digital Activist contest, created the winning prototype. The game was developed in cooperation with humanitarian aid workers with extensive experience in Darfur. The content and the creative are woven together throughout the game, beginning with the first phase where the user selects an avatar to forage for water. Upon success or failure, they learn that their chances of succeeding were predetermined by their gender and age. The navigation system at www.darfurisdying.com enables a player to learn about the situation in Darfur, get involved with stopping the crisis, and understand the genesis of the project. Darfur is Dying helps make activism intuitive in the digital age. Action items are embedded within the game, so that the user may send an automated note to President Bush to support the people of Darfur, or petition Congress to pass legislation that aids Darfur�s refugees, and by doing so increase the overall health of the camp. To further enhance the reach of the game, Darfur is Dying was designed to be spread virally. Players can contact everyone in their email address books and social networks about the game with a click of the mouse.
Target Audience: College students around the world
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict,
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The purpose of the game is twofold: 1) To inform our audience about the plight of Darfur�s refugees and inspire them to help stop this crisis, through a medium and language that is second nature to them, and 2) To uniquely empower college students to help stop the genocide by embedding real world ways to take action into game play. While our working theory of change and change management as it relates to interactive design is not solidified but rather itself in flux, we did adhere to a methodology by which the virtual world and the real world present a coextensive space of possibility rather than a plurality of world views. We did not see the game space as necessarily fictionalized by definition nor did we see the physical world as impervious to play action and behavior.
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How? We are measuring engagement with Darfur is Dying in two primary ways: 1) website traffic and 2) attention from opinion-makers (press summary found in section #18).
What outcomes have been measured? Here is a rundown of the outcomes we have measured and the impact of the game: Inspired more than one million people to take action to help end the genocide. � Engaged more than a million people in one year. Since launch, Darfur is Dying has been played nearly 2.5 million times by more than one million people. � Empowered tens of thousands to take real world action. More than 25,000 people invited friends to play the game, wrote letters to President Bush and petitioned Congress to support the people of Darfur. � Removed barriers to entry. Anyone with computer access could play our web-based game because it requires little to no download time, is free, and is designed in flash. Received critical acclaim from opinion-makers and the Games for Change community. � Received significant press attention. Outlets from Time to The Washington Post, and tech specialists from Wired to Gamasutra have featured Darfur is Dying. In a May 7, 2006 column, The New York Times op-ed writer Nicholas Kristof called Darfur is Dying �one of the best presentations of life in Darfur.� � Generated a Congressional endorsement. At a press conference about online activism, specifically youth involvement in the Darfur crisis, Members of Congress Gregory W. Meeks, Adam Schiff, Al Green and Steve Israel announced that �mtvU has done a powerful job helping to empower college students to be heard on the critical issues of our time.� � Invited to present at gaming and video festivals. mtvU was asked to present Darfur is Dying at the Peace Games and International Efforts session of the 2006 Games 4 Change conference, as well as the 30th Anniversary of the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival. Encouraged students to engage in a unique form of activism, blending education and entertainment. * Helped make activism intuitive in the digital age. By embedding real world means to take action into game play, tens of thousands of people got involved in the effort to help end the genocide in Darfur. * Partnered with diverse coalition to get the word out. While select musicians supported the game on their MySpace pages, the UN World Food Programme teased Darfur is Dying on its Food Force site, and Hillel sent a mass email to its members, reaching students with diverse interests and backgrounds.
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Print & Online: a) The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 2005, �Students Take Action to Aid Sudan,� Patrick Kerkstra b) The New York Times, April 17, 2005, �Mr. Bush, Take a Look at MTV,� Nicholas D. Kristof c) The New York Times, July 26, 2005,�All Ears for Tom Cruise, All Eyes on Brad Pitt,� Nicholas D. Kristof d) The Washington Post, October 16, 2005, �Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance,� Mike Musgrove e) Wired, March 27, 2006, �Games Fight the Good Fight,� John Gaudiosi f) The Boston Globe, May 6, 2006, �Political Action with a Flick of the Joystick,� Hiawatha Bray g) The New York Times, May 7, 2006, �Heroes of Darfur,� Nicholas D. Kristof h) Time, May 8, 2006,�Deadly Chores: Taking Action Online,� Jeninne Lee-St. John i) AP, June 4, 2006, �Crisis in Darfur: Online Edition,� Meghan Barr j) The New York Times, July 23, 2006, �Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time,� Clive Thompson k) San Jose Mercury News, Dec 30, 2006, "Forget Sonic, These Video Games are Serious," Chuck McCutcheon l) LA Times, March 11, 2007, �Gaming gets its consciousness on,� David Sarno m) Politico, April 11, 2007, �Genocide in Darfur: Generating Student Activism in U.S. Like No Other Issue,� Amy Kaufman Broadcast: n) CNN International, September 14, 2004, Former Sudanese slave Francis Bok speaks about his enslavement in southern Sudan and his collaboration with mtvU. o) CNN Headline News, April 7, 2005, STAND co-founder and mtvU Sudan Correspondent Nate Wright was interviewed about his trip to Africa with mtvU. p) CNN Sunday, July 24, 2005, mtvU Sudan Correspondent Stephanie Nyombayire shares her family�s stories from the Rwandan genocide and explains her personal activism. q) CNN International, May 9, 2006, �CNN Today,� Darfur is Dying creator Susana Ruiz highlighted the goals of the game, and the process of developing it. Radio: r) NPR's "On The Media," April 27, 2005, mtvU General Manager Stephen Friedman and mtvU Sudan Correspondent Nate Wright discuss mtvU's Sudan campaign. s) NPR's Marketplace, February 6, 2006, Video Games Give Investors Pause on Sudan, discussed gaming as a new medium for Darfur activism. t) NPR's "All Things Considered," May 5, 2006, Online Game Peers into Life in Darfur Refugee Camp, Susana Ruiz talked about using a game to compel a broad audience to act. u) PRI's The World, July 13, 2006, The World's technology correspondent discussed Darfur is Dying.
Press Release URL: Not available online but electronic copy can be provided upon request
Public Contact Information
Name: Jason Rzepka
Email: Jason.Rzepka@mtvstaff.com
Press Contact Name: Jason Rzepka
Press Contact Email: Jason.Rzepka@mtvstaff.com
Game Tags: social change, game, issue-driven, genocide, Darfur, game design, activism, thesis, interactive design, games for change, play, participatory design, participatory culture, online activism, possibility space
Where you can play this game: The game lives at www.darfurisdying.com. Darfur is Dying is an online game that requires little to no download time, is completely free, and is designed in flash. These were deliberate decisions because they make the game accessible to anyone with computer access, and remove barriers like time and cost.
Our Courts
Game URL: www.ourcourts.org/
Developer: Jim Gee
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Through the lens of the judiciary, Our Courts will allow students to participate in realistic simulations of government and to grapple with relevant social issues.
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Our Courts will be a free, interactive, web-based program and eventually a virtual 3D world designed to teach and engage middle-school students in civics. Through the lens of the judiciary, Our Courts will allow students to participate in realistic simulations of government and to grapple with relevant social issues. They will investigate and argue actual cases and controversies using real law, and they will view these cases from the perspective of the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government. Our Courts will also encourage young people to act, by voicing their opinions in their communities and to their elected representatives. Our Courts is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who is concerned that young people today are not learning what they need to know to become knowledgeable and active participants in civic life.
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Food Force
Game URL: ff.fighthunger.org/index.php/game/
Developer: Deepend and Playerthree
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The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective
Game URL: members.kaiserpermanente.org/redirects/landingpages/afd/
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Game directed at youth towards educating them about healthier eating choices.
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There has been a mysterious outbreak of unhealthy habits hitting too many boys and girls. If we don't solve these cases, and fast, kids might not make the right food and exercise choices as they grow, and that could be trouble! All junior food detectives will get secret training on how to eat right and exercise. You can investigate fun games like Whack A Snack, Soccer, and Zap the TV. Plus you can print out classified clues on ways to be healthy, then share them with your parents, teachers, and pals. Are you up for the assignment? Good! Together, we'll unravel the mystery! Confidentially yours, the Amazing Food Detective
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Planet Green Game
Game URL: www.planetgreengame.com
Developer: Tree Media
Non-Profit: Global Green USA
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Project Lead: Starbucks Coffee Company
Funding Sources: Starbucks Coffee Company
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Starbucks is donating $100,000 in FY07 to Global Green USA. Starbucks collaborated with Global Green USA to develop and launch Planet Green Game. This will raise Starbucks total contribution to Global Green USA�s climate programs to $250,000 since 2005.
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Starbucks and Global Green USA have teamed up to encourage individuals to learn about global climate change and smart solutions with the launch of Planet Green Game (www.planetgreengame.com). Planet Green Game offers real-world examples of how individuals can change their own behavior and also influence the actions of community, political and corporate leaders to engage in the effort to stop global warming.
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Starbucks and Global Green USA have teamed up to encourage individuals to click, play and learn about global climate change and smart solutions with the launch of Planet Green Game. Through the online game located at www.planetgreengame.com players can explore a virtual world and learn how everyday decisions by individuals, cities, schools and businesses can impact the climate and environment. The game offers real-world examples of how individuals can change their own behavior and also influence the actions of community, political and corporate leaders to engage in the effort to stop global warming. In Planet Green Game, players select an avatar (digital character) to explore Evergreen, a fictional city, with six landmarks. Players can choose their mode of transportation and explore these destinations and throughout their journey, learn about environmental factoids and tips that can be incorporated into their daily lives whether it's properly servicing a car for improved fuel efficiency or learning techniques to influence local public officials and corporate decision makers. Two bonus destinations include a virtual movie theater and Starbucks store. At the Planet Green Game movie theater, green short films from the Gen Art online movie festival will be screened 24 hours a day. The virtual Starbucks store will also give players the opportunity to vote on environmental priorities the company should consider focusing on and email feedback that will be shared with members of the Corporate Social Responsibility executive team.
Target Audience: We are targeting adults to raise awareness about climate change and the tangible things they can do in real life through their own individual actions. The customer demographic in our stores is 18-34 and a majority of this demographic, primarily between 18-24 or college-age students, spends a lot of time online.
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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Starbucks is passionate about contributing positively to the environment and we are inspiring our customers and partners to do the same. The game is a natural reflection of our ability to engage customers in innovative ways. With the launch of Planet Green Game, Starbucks is using its reach to illuminate the climate issue and raise awareness of the solutions in a new and innovative way.
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How? Starbucks is using its reach to illuminate the climate issue and raise awareness of the solutions in a new and innovative way.
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Reuters; BusinessWeek; Air America; Seattle Times; Seattle PI, etc.
Press Release URL: http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=763
Public Contact Information
Name: Anna Kim-Williams
Email: akimwill@starbucks.com
Press Contact Name: Anna Kim-Williams
Press Contact Email: akimwill@starbucks.com
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Where you can play this game: www.planetgreengame.com. It is online and accessible through any Internet connection.
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My US Rep
Game URL: www.boogaholler.com/myusrep/
Developer: Red Aphid
Non-Profit: Provisions Library(http://www.provisionslibrary.org/), they showcased the game at the Multimediale Fesitval in Washington DC.
Release Date: April 19, 2007
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Now you can role play your favorite US House of Representative with My US Rep! Your mission is to increase your rep's popularity while you navigate a game space of legislation, lobbyists and media. Learn how your rep voted on key bills, then cast your own vote.
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My US Rep is an online, casual, role playing game where any House representative from the US Congress can be a game character. In My US Rep, you work to increase your rep's popularity while navigating a challenging game space of computer characters and interactive objects. Based on XML feeds of real-life voting data, players locate bills to see how their congressperson voted on key legislation, and then indicate whether they approve of the rep's vote on each bill they find. Players' input affects their rep's Popularity characteristic. How players interact with in-game characters and interactive objects also affects rep characteristics. For instance, meeting with lobbyists, increases their disposable cash, but decrements their popularity. A rep's characteristics govern game dynamics such as the number of Cash tokens available or the rate that protesters appear in the game space. Characteristics: Popularity - an important attribute Independence - the degree they vote with the majority and their party Experience - the number of bills found Cash - can help in buying media time Rep characteristics are saved in an online database so each player's actions are added to the overall data depiction of a rep and of congress. New players inherit a rep's game state from the previous player so the game play is a little different each time it's played. In addition to being a fun and informative game, My US Rep, is an interactive art project. A range of images and sounds are incorporated into the game to help create an atmosphere of exploration and experimentation.
Target Audience: Casual gamers who are interested in politics and art.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics,
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My US Rep is intended to help players become acquainted with the voting record of House members of the US Congress. It's hoped though this game players will become more engaged in the legislative process and be inspired to lobby their representatives on votes they care about.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802384.html
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Name: Brian Judy
Email: contact@redaphid.com
Press Contact Name: Brian Judy
Press Contact Email: media@redaphid.com
Game Tags: government politics congress US war vote voting art
Where you can play this game: The game can be played through a browser with the Flash plugin at http://www.boogaholler.com/myusrep/
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Web Earth Online
Game URL: www.WebEarthOnline.com
Developer: Alan Godsy
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Release Date: Dec 2002
Project Lead: Alan Godsy
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In the game, you play as (become) an animal in a natural eco-system. The game is based on reality and it is real time and multi-user.
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Web Earth Online is a multi-user Internet based game. In Web Earth Online you will play in a world of great natural beauty, wonder and danger. In this world you will have the opportunity to experience life as animals of many different species. You will experience many of the challenges that each animal faces in their quest for survival and the propagation of their species. Best of all you will play with other people from all around the world, who pose as friends and advasaries alike. In the beginning your cumulative score will be zero and your selection of animal species to play will be quite limited. As you accumulate points you will be allowed to play more and more species of animals, each one progressively more powerful and complex than the preceding one.
Target Audience: General Audience
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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To allow users to learn about nature by becoming animals in nature. To allow users to experience the viewpoint of animals in nature, and therefore gain some empathy and understanding of them. To connect users with nature.
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What outcomes have been measured? Feedback from users via email and the online user forum.
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Name: Alan Godsy
Email: alangodsy@webearthonline.com
Press Contact Name: Alan Godsy
Press Contact Email: alangodsy@webearthonline.com
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The Cassandra Syndrome
Developer: Lowik & Coptor Productions Inc.
Non-Profit: Jeremy Edwardes
Release Date: 2008
Project Lead: Jeremy Edwardes
Funding Sources: Telefilm New Media Development Financing
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Getting into war is easier then getting out of it. Ask the American soldiers in Iraq. The CASSANDRA SYNDROME is a marriage between a serious game and a feature length documentary film. This is the saga of the emerging competition between the major industrial nations to weaponize and control space.
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Superpowers have begun deployment of weapons into space. Each week, we receive media reports of infractions to current space treaties no longer respected by these nations. Only one person can prevent the upcoming space conflict that may lead to the extinction of the human race. You. CASSANDRA SYNDROME invites you to become one of the world�s leaders. Rule wisely and choose your Allies carefully. Some of them don�t respect the rules. Some are aggressive. You must maintain the balance between power and diplomacy. You choose to show compassion, or not. Take part in the economic and astropolitical advantages resulting from the conquest of space. Ensure the preservation of the planet. Your choice. Nobody wins if weaponfire in space leads to a scattering of waste that prevents access to orbit. We all lose if the fallout of a space battle leads to the destruction of human life on Earth. As the main protagonist in CASSANDRA SYNDROME, you hold the future of the planet in your hands. The CASSANDRA SYNDROME is a marriage between a serious game and a feature length documentary film. The game is as innovative as its subject. In the Documentary genre it is not uncommon to have ratios of 200 :1 or even 500 :1 of footage acquired versus used. Based on the feature length documentary it will take advantage of this extensive footage to provide information with more detail. The acquired footage will be augmented with stock and current news casts to broaden the games content and keep the scenario current. Player�s will be able to respond to current events and the game will predict the results of the player�s actions.
Target Audience: Adults
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics,
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Education and Information to promote diplomacy.
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Name: Jeremy Edwardes
Email: jedwardes@coptor.com
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Press Contact Email: jedwardes@coptor.com
Game Tags: It is easy to get into war, harder to get out.
Where you can play this game: In development in Canada.
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Community Organizing Toolkit
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The Toolkit is a set of resources that supports face-to-face training for residents and community leaders. The computer-based component (the "Organizing Game") is used to introduce concepts, prompt discussion, and allow residents to practice skills in a safe, non-threatening environment. The initial focus of the Toolkit is teaching Doorknocking, an organizing technique that's particularly effective in moving issues within a local community.
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The Collector
Game URL: www.siuchong.com/thecollector
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"The Collector" is a concept game for raising awareness on the importance of recycling. Through a fast-paced environment where the user plays the leading role of the Collector - the one person with the ability and knowledge of recycling that is needed to pull society back from the brink.
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"The Collector" is a concept game for The Environmental Protection Agency presented in part of the Design+Technology MFA collab class at Parsons The New School for Design. It raises awareness on the importance of recycling through a playful, fast-paced environment where the user takes front seat as the Collector - the one person who has the ability and knowledge to do the hard work of recycling that is needed to pull society back from the brink. In a race against time and on coming garbage trucks, the Collector quickly picks out objects from the trash. With fierce determination and a shopping cart, he sets out to draw the line between discarding and recycling.
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Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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The world verges upon destruction due to high amounts of conspicuous consumption. The Collector is the one person who has the ability and knowledge to do the hard work of recycling that is needed to pull us back from the brink. With fierce determination and a shopping cart, he sets out to draw the line between discarding and recycling.
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Game Tags: EPA, environment, recycle, recycling, Parsons, DT
Where you can play this game: Currently it is a concept demo - funding is needed to for full development.
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Wasteland Adventure is a game to help people raise the awareness of the concept of recycling and how this simple activity can teach sustainability and protection of our eco-system.
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In recent years the public has become more aware of the issue of global warming and how it threatens our eco-system. Many people do not realize that making small changes and choices to their daily living habits can have a positive and substantial effect on the environment. I have created a game, Wasteland Adventure to help people realize the concept of recycling and how this simple activity can teach sustainability and protection of our eco-system. The game consists of two powerful avatars, Bobo and Evil Bobo who struggle for the survival of the Earth�s fragile eco-system. The players of the game use the Bobo to clean up trash. The more trash Bobo collects the better their score is. Bobo represents thoughtful and good citizens who practice good habits of recycling and waste management. The Evil Bobo, which chases after Bobo, represents people who are lazy or who do not care about the impact of recycling on our eco-system. The choices that players make in the game will either be beneficial to the Earth's eco-system or plunge the Earth into disaster. I hope people who play my game learn the benefits of sustainable living and make responsible choices such as recycling in their daily lives to help protect our eco-system.
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Save Swampy Mobile Game
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Swampy's is a one-button mobile game. The goal of the game is to help the main character, a little frog named Swampie, keep his swamp clean by destroying trash falling onto the screen.
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This game is designed for mobile phones that support Flash Lite. It is meant to entertain and educate users about the importance of keeping the environment clean. Game action is
Target Audience: Mobile phone users age 12-25+
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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Raise awareness of wetland pollution.
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Name: Miki Pierre
Email: design.miki@gmail.com
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McDonald's Video Game
Game URL: www.mcvideogame.com
Developer: molleindustria
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McDonald's video game is a business game that aims to demonstrate the social and environmental unsustainability of the fast food industry.
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McDonald's Videogame has been defined as an anti-advergame: instead of being developed by a company to promote a product, it challenge players to rethink their relationship with consumption and encourage corporate critique. The game requires the player to learn and master all the complex techniques of the biggest fast food corporation. Players have to bribe South American officials for the rights to clear rainforests for cattle and soy; to plump up cattle with additives; to coerce and influence government and scientific interests back home; to manipulate the employees to achieve the highest profits and so on. All the paradoxical stages of exploiting and the crossed responsibilities for the unavoidable continuos grow are monitored. Thus the simulation of management processes becomes a bulimic race against time that systematically squashes the player in the capital's grip, leaving him alone with his own amount of bitter devastations.
Target Audience: 14 and over
Social Issues Addressed: environment, poverty,
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The idea behind the McDonald's Videogame is that an interactive simulation can be a good way to let users understand the complexities of the late capitalism. The globalization of production and financial capitals gave the corporations the opportunity to avoid their social responsibilities and the national states' legal orders. Negative externalities are emitted in a global scale cause the production and logistics facilities are spread worldwide. The outsourcing is another common strategy to pass the buck to a mass of small economic actors. McDonald's video game aim to frame all these missing relations in a multilayered gameplay. The four sections describe different steps of the same dislocated process, the multitasking scheme stimulate the player to use an holistic approach to understand the unsustainability of the fast food economy.
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Cnet - Games that stick it to 'The Man'
Gamasutra - Hot off the Grill
Businness Week - Video Games are the best revenge
Edge online - the supersized manifesto
Neural - McDonald's videogame, management simulation of a fast food giant
Watercoolergames - Molleindustria's McDonald's game
We-make-money-not-art - McDonald's anti-advergame
La Stampa - McDonald's Videogame: La critica alle multinazionali passa per un videogioco
Der Standard - Gamer wehren sich gegen Werbung
Liberation - La grande cuisine de McDo
Neapolis RAI 3 - Giochi scorretti
Punto informatico - McDonald's un videogame lo critica
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Food Force
Game URL: www.food-force.com
Developer: Deepend Srl for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Non-Profit: WFP is the owner of the game
Release Date: April 2005
Project Lead: Brenda Barton, WFP Communications Division
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Food Force is an educational action computer game that teaches kids about the problem of global hunger and the importance of humanitarian aid work.
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Food Force consists of six missions. Each mission begins with a briefing by one of the Food Force characters, who explains the challenge ahead. The player then has to complete the task - in which points are awarded for fast and accurate play and good decision making. Each mission uses a different style of gameplay to appeal to children of all abilities. Each mission represents a key step of the food delivery process from emergency response through to building long-term food security for a community. Following each mission a Food Force character returns to present an educational video showing the reality of WFP's work in the field. This allows children to learn and understand how WFP responds to actual food emergencies: Where food originates, the nutritional importance of meals, how food is delivered and how food is used to encourage development.
Target Audience: 8-13 year old kids, their teachers and parents
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, poverty, Hunger & Nutrition,
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We are aiming to sensitize children in the rich world about the problem of global hunger, so that they will join the fight against hunger when they grow up. The game is also an advocacy tool towards grown-ups, who may hear about WFP and its work through channels (eg IT magazines, teachers' publications) that might not otherwise carry this kind of news.
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A small selection is available at http://www.food-force.com/index.php/press/.
Press Release URL: http://www.food-force.com/index.php/press/
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Name: Silke Buhr
Email: silke.buhr@wfp.org
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Press Contact Email: silke.buhr@wfp.org
Game Tags: humanitarian aid work nutrition logistics hunger
Where you can play this game: The game files are hosted on the Yahoo! Games servers; the game can be downloaded from www.food-force.com. It is a large file which requires a fast internet connection. The game is available both for PC and Mac.
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3rd World Farmer
Game URL: www.3rdworldfarmer.com
Developer: 3rd World Farmer Team
Non-Profit: We link to several non-profits and some of them have provided background material and facts for the game.
Release Date: Spring 2005
Project Lead: Frederik Hermund
Funding Sources: none
Sponsors/In-kind donations: ArcadeTown.com and NeoDelight.com
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3rd World Farmer lets players manage a small farm in a developing country, and thus experience the hardships and dilemmas faced by the poor.
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3rd World Farmer touches on many subjects related to world hunger and poverty, such as corruption, trade barriers, armed conflict, lack of education, sanitation, infrastructure and economic stability. These factors are brought into play through an intuitive and easy-to-play simulation, where the player makes choices primarily about crop types, livestock, tools, and structures for his farm, as well as managing the family members' health, education, marriages and jobs. The highly playable model, where the player only slowly becomes aware of the perilous situation and his increasingly desperate options, has made the game popular with both casual game players and educators who use the simulation in class.
Target Audience: The game is intended for casual game players, and has gotten high ratings from these on several online gaming sites. It has an educative goal, and is also good for starting discussions in class.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, politics, poverty,
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We are aiming at a more immersive experience than movies or books on similar subjects provide. Also, by using the game format we hope to reach people who aren't already aware of the problems in developing countries. We want to show them that 'rules of play' apply differently to people in different parts of the world. At the end of the game, people are invited to visit various relief agency websites to learn how they can personally make a difference.
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How? We don't, although we keep track of visitor counts to the different relief agencies we link to and take note of educators contacting us about using the game in class.
What outcomes have been measured? At least 3000 people have followed links to relief agencies after playing the game, and several schools and colleges are using the game as part of their curriculum.
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Thousands, just google "3rd world farmer" :)
Press Release URL: See our about page: www.3rdworldfarmer.com/About.html
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Name: 3rdWorldFarmer Team
Email: world_farmer@hotmail.com
Press Contact Name: 3rdWorldFarmer Team
Press Contact Email: world_farmer@hotmail.com
Game Tags: poverty, hunger, developing countries, 3rd world, farming, corruption, starvation, politics
Where you can play this game: http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com We link from our front page to arcadetown.com where the game can be played online and for free.
Nuclear Weapons: The Peace Dove Game
Game URL: nobelprize.org/educational_games/peace/nuclear_weapons/index.html
Developer: The United Nations
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Take on the mission to disarm the world of nuclear weapons! You have eight "Peace Doves" to help you, each able to disarm one of the eight countries possessing nuclear weapons.
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Several people and organizations have received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts concerning nuclear weapons disarmament. Worldwide, the white dove is a symbol for peace. Take on the mission to disarm the world of nuclear weapons! You have eight "Peace Doves" to help you, each able to disarm one of the eight countries possessing nuclear weapons.
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A Seat At The Table
Game URL: www.oxfamamerica.org/whatyoucando/act_now/fast/a-seat-at-the-table
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A Seat at the Table illustrates the root causes of global poverty and hunger, and let’s you navigate the choices that will determine how much you and your family will eat.
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Forty percent of the people on our planet — more than 2.5 million — now live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. Step into the world where food is often scarce and difficult decisions have to be made every day. Oxfam's interactive educational experience A Seat at the Table illustrates the root causes of global poverty and hunger, and let’s you navigate the choices that will determine how much you and your family will eat. Based on the enormously popular Oxfam America Hunger Banquet event, A Seat at the Table helps participants learn about the day-to-day struggles facing millions. You may meet Gloria Narua from Mozambique who is raising her children alone and worrying that the recent poor rains will ruin her small harvest. Or, you might help Alfredo Garcia Cuchuman as he struggles to make a living growing coffee in Guatemala.
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Serious Policy
Game URL: www.playgen.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=5&Itemid=96
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The SeriousPolicy Game sets the player on a mission to win Treasury funding for a new policy.
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The SeriousPolicy Game sets the player on a mission to win Treasury funding for a new policy. Players can get advice from Tony Blair, get on Alistair Darling's nerves, or get congratulated by the PM. Along the way you wander through a virtual Members’ Lobby, pop into a simulated Treasury and are summoned to a stunningly realistic digital Number 10. A Paris Hilton look-alike provides some light relief and the MC has more than a passing resemblance to Keira Knightly. But this isn’t satire. It’s designed as an example of how computer games can be put to serious use - for both citizen engagement and education. This game aims to: Demonstrate how political processes and decision making can be brought to life in a fun and interesting way through a virtual world Highlight to players, whether they be citizens or policy makers, the importance of public engagement in the decision-making process
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http://www.playgen.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=96
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Street Smart Detroit
Game URL: www.streetsmartdetroit.com
Developer: Brad Jensen
Non-Profit: The NOAH project has provided advice and support
Release Date: Not yet released. Playable demo available.
Project Lead: Brad Jensen
Funding Sources: Personal expenses
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Overall: 350,000
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Street Smart Detroit is a serious game about being homeless on the streets of Detroit. Players are challenged to see if they have the "street smarts" to survive and to eventually find employment and housing.
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Street Smart Detroit is a serious game about being homeless on the streets of Detroit. Players are challenged to see if they have the "street smarts" to survive and to eventually find employment and housing. The focus of the simulation is to change attitudes towards people experiencing homelessness and to raise awareness of issues surrounding homelessness. Players are challenged survive on the streets while negotiating the labyrinth of bureaucratic and other barriers to receiving the help that they need to reach their ultimate goal of permanent housing and employment. Through engaging storytelling, the players will be shown that there are many facets to homelessness and that people do not, in general, “choose” to be homeless. Through the story of the main character and the other non-player characters that he encounters, the player will realize that each person experiencing homelessness has their own story to tell about why they are homeless and what barriers they face in obtaining permanent housing and/or employment. The player will learn to empathize with the main character and the NPCs and will strive to help them to succeed. This will then inspire them to think of their own lives and question their attitudes towards people who are less fortunate.
Target Audience: 1)Young people with little or no experience with the issues of homelessness. 2)Students of social work.
Social Issues Addressed: poverty, Homelessness,
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Based on the assumption that immersive interactive media has the power to change attitudes by providing a fun and rewarding experience to its users, Street Smart Detroit is designed to increase empathy and understanding for people experiencing homelessness. While increased empathy is a powerful goal in and of itself, further goals are: 1) To increase volunteerism and donations to homeless advocacy groups and programs to help the homeless 2) To improve awareness of and engagement in publicy policy debates regarding homelessness issues 3) To improve interactions between the public and people experiencing homelessness To meet these goals, the game design team is focusing on developing story-telling features that emphasize that each person is an individual with their own unique story and their own barriers to success. We will emphasize the difficulty of "working your way through the system". One such real-life barrier is the need to obtain a valid ID in order to qualify for many types of services. This is a “catch-22” situation for many people because government agencies often require a proof of residence in order to issue an ID. Another requirement is that the applicant pay a fee for ID. Without a residence and no means to pay the application fee, it is difficult to get the ID and therefore difficult to receive services that would help the individual receive money and/or a residence. By walking the player through this difficult “quest” for what to them is an everyday item, the players will be shown that being homeless is a full time job and that there are many barriers to success. We will also provided embedded video showing real people sharing their personal experiences of homelessness to help to humanize the issues to the player. Finally, we will embed statistics, little known facts, and other educational opportunities design to show the scope of the problem and to dispel commonly held myths.
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How? My goal in attending this conference is to learn more about evaluation. We have a good relationship with the University of Michigan's School of Social work and a relationship with Michigan State University's Master's program in Serious Game Design and we plan to work together with them on evaluation design.
What outcomes have been measured? Informal feedback from playtesters
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Name: Brad Jensen
Email: bradjensen@sbclgobal.net
Press Contact Name: Brad Jensen
Press Contact Email: bradjensen@sbclgobal.net
Game Tags: Homelessness
Where you can play this game: It currently lives on an FTP server. Login and password available on request.
Real Lives
Developer: Educational Simulations
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Release Date: July 2007 (latest version)
Project Lead: Bob Runyan
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Real Lives is a simulations of life from birth to death in any country of the world.
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Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more. As you make decisions for your character and experience the consequences of those decisions you learn about the world and gain an increased appreciation of your own life circumstances and those of other people.
Target Audience: 12 years and up. Primary market is high schools.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, poverty,
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Real Lives' purpose is to offer an experience of what life is like for people in other countries. The intended impact is increased understanding of the life circumstances of others.
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www.educationalsimulations.com
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Name: Bob Runyan
Email: bobrunyan@educationalsimulations.com
Press Contact Name: Bob Runyan
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Where you can play this game: www.educationalsimulations.com. Free, fully functional, time/use-limited eval available on website.
Play The News
Game URL: www.playthenewsgame.com
Developer: ImpactGames
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Release Date: 4/3/08
Project Lead: Eric Brown and Asi Burak
Funding Sources: Angel Investment
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Overall: 750,000
Secured: 250,000
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An engaging, community-driven experience - imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that changes the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement.
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An engaging, community-driven experience - imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that brings interactive gaming elements to the online news media industry changing the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement. ImpactGames is actively looking for partners for content, syndication, sponsorship, and many other exciting possibilities. Please contact us to find out how we can work with you.
Target Audience: News readers (media sites, blogs) on multiple verticals (World, US, Tech, Business, Entertainment and more).
Social Issues Addressed: news,
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Pittsburgh Business Times: http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2008/03/03/story16.html
Press Release URL: TBD
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Name: Asi Burak
Email: asiburak@impactgames.com
Press Contact Name: Asi Burak
Press Contact Email: asiburak@impactgames.com
Game Tags: play, news, interactive, entertainment, social network, web 2.0, play the news
Where you can play this game: The Web site is free and open to the public (www.playthenewsgame.com). Our flash games can be embedded on any partner's site, similarly to YouTube videos.
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hey guys, testing the news form. please email me if you get this to let me know it's working. thanks, phoebe
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CONSENT!
Game URL: slurl.com/secondlife/GK%20Machinima%20Island/176/212/25
Developer: Global Kids/ Digital Refinery
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CONSENT! is a game in Second Life produced with Global Kids Youth leaders in the Global Kids Playing 4 Keeps program that offers a simulation of life as an African-male prisoner confronting five decades of medical racism.
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CONSENT! is a game in Second Life produced with Global Kids Youth leaders in the Global Kids Playing 4 Keeps program that offers a simulation of life as an African-male prisoner confronting five decades of medical racism. Over the course of the game, the player moves from decade to decade, deciding whether or not to participate in the research opportunities offered and, in the process, understanding the differences between consent, informed consent and whether any consent is possible with a coercive environment. If the player survives to arrive in the present, and be freed from Jail, they receive a detailed analysis of the affect the research may or may not have on their life as a free man. The content of the game is based of Harriet Washington's book Medical Apartheid.
Target Audience: Teenagers. A version for adults is being developed (technically) for adults in the main grid of Second Life, once we find the appropriate host.
Social Issues Addressed: politics,
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To educate people about the nature of consent within a coercive environment and inspire them to take action in the current political climate that is rolling back prisoner's rights.
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What outcomes have been measured? funding, publicity, evaluation, other: Land in Second Life
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Name: Barry Joseph
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Game Tags: secondlife, consent, prisonersrights
Where you can play this game: Only by teens in Teen Second Life but we hope soon in Second Life as well. A short video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63UOv3qUn4
Super Chick Sisters
Game URL: http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/superchicksisters/index.asp
Developer: PETA
Non-Profit: PETA developed this game in-house.
Release Date: 8/21/2007
Project Lead: Jack Shepherd
Funding Sources: The funding for this game came from PETA's viral marketing budget.
Sponsors/In-kind donations: None.
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Overall: 8,000
Secured: 8,000
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PETA's Super Mario Bros. spoof, Super Chick Sisters, introduces the lovable chickens Nugget and Chickette and their quest to save Princess Pamela Anderson and their millions of chicken friends from the evil clutches of Colonel Sanders inside KFC's headquarters.
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Super Chick Sisters was designed to raise awareness about PETA's campaign to convince KFC to end the worst abuses of chickens raised for its restaurants. The game, a five-level online platformer, is at once a lighthearted spoof of the iconic Super Mario Bros. franchise (Mario and Luigi are secondary characters in the game's cut-scenes, always arriving just too late to be of any help after the Chick Sisters have completed a level), and an educational tool about the very real abuses that KFC's suppliers inflict on the animals raised for the fast-food chain. Players can choose to be either of two chicken characters, Nugget or Chickette, and winning the game by rescuing PETA spokesperson Pamela Anderson unlocks Pam as a playable character herself. Throughout the five levels of the game, players are confronted by activists who talk to them about the issues concerning KFC's abuse of chickens (and PETA's campaign against the company), as they work their way towards a final showdown with Colonel Sanders himself.
Target Audience: Anyone interested in the Mario Bros. games -- Onine gamers, aged 15 - 30.
Social Issues Addressed: Animal rights,
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The purpose of this game was to raise awareness about KFC's abuse of chickens. By providing a fun, immersive environment in which users can learn about the very real abuses of chickens by KFC, Super Chick Sisters was intended to educate people unfamiliar with PETA's campaign against the fast-food chain and encourage them to join PETA's boycott of the company until it agrees to enact progressive animal welfare standards.
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How? Traffic; coverage on blogs and sites; percentage of users who go on to watch PETA's undercover KFC investigations.
What outcomes have been measured? More than a million people have played Super Chick Sisters since its launch. It has received coverage on many of the most popular blogs and websites on the Internet (which also discussed PETA's KFC campaign in depth), and tens of thousands of people have gone on to watch PETA's undercover KFC investigations after playing the game.
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Joystiq.com, one of the biggest and most-respected websites for gamers: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/17/cruelty-free-web-gaming-with-petas-super-chick-sisters/ Gigazine, a Japanese blog that is currently the 29th most popular blog in the world: http://gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comments/20070822_super_chick_sisters/ The Thinking Blog (currently the 64th most popular blog in the world): http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/08/cruelty-free-online-game-from-peta.html Kotaku.com (the 1,500th most popular website in the world): http://kotaku.com/gaming/hot-flashes/petas-super-mario-bros-poultry-platformer-290827.php The game also received attention from major insider Marketing blogs, like AdRants: http://www.adrants.com/2007/08/vogue-live-blogged-apple-youtubed-myspace.php
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Name: Jack Shepherd
Email: JackS@peta.org
Press Contact Name: Joel Bartlett
Press Contact Email: JoelB@peta.org
Game Tags: KFC, chickens, Mario
Where you can play this game: The game can be found at PETA's Kentucky Fried Cruelty Campaign site: http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/superchicksisters/index.asp
Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City
Game URL: tempestincrescentcity.ning.com/game
Developer: Digital Creations
Non-Profit: Global Kids; we worked with a group of high school students to develop the game design, art style, and factual content
Release Date: 7/08
Project Lead: Jay Bachhuber
Funding Sources: Microsoft, AMD
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Overall: 130,000
Secured: 130,000
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Our game is about the everyday people who became heroes during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The player is a resident looking for her mother. Along the way she must rescue people, and help neighbors help each other by distributing local resources and aiding comunication.
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In Katrina Hero, the player assumes the role of a high school girl from New Orleans who has moved out of the city. The game is set in a dream she's having about being in the Hurricane Katrina disaster trying to rescue her mother. The player moves through five different neighborhoods over the course of the first five days of the disaster. The player must learn about the disaster from residents, help distribute resources from the community, and rescue people trapped in their attics.
Target Audience: Our game is aimed at high school students, but will also appeal to a wide audience because of its engaging game play, emotionally rich story, and serious subject matter.
Social Issues Addressed: poverty,
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The purpose of the game is to try and affect public misconceptions about Hurricane Katrina and the stereotypes that the residents were only victims or criminals. We are also trying to renew attention to the disaster, because though the public has moved on to other stories, the struggle to rebuild continues for many New Orleans residents. Additionally, our game highlights two of the most important actions in any disaster: effective communication and utilization of local resources.
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Name: Jay Bachhuber
Email: jay@globalkids.org
Press Contact Name: Jonah Kokodyniak
Press Contact Email: jonah@globalkids.org
Game Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Global Kids, Playing 4 Keeps, platformer, New Orleans
Where you can play this game: It will be a browser-based flash game. The website is not yet up.
ReMission
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Re-Mission™ is a video game developed specifically for adolescents and young adults with cancer. In Re-Mission™, players pilot a nanobot named Roxxi as she travels through the bodies of fictional cancer patients destroying cancer cells, battling bacterial infections, and managing side effects associated with cancer and cancer treatment.
Target Audience: Adolescents and young adults with cancer.
Social Issues Addressed: public health, Cancer,
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Storytron
Game URL: www.storytron.com
Developer: Chris Crawford
Non-Profit: Chris Crawford
Release Date: June 15, 2008
Project Lead: Chris Crawford
Funding Sources: self
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Overall: $150,000
Secured: $150,000
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Storytron provides a technology for authors to create interactive storyworlds. It includes a development environment (Swat), a delivery environment (Storyteller), a storytelling engine, and a scripting language designed for nontechnical artists.
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Storytron aims for nothing less than the creation of a new industry, an industry meant to provide interactive entertainment for the three groups that games have failed to properly address: young females, older females, and older males. We believe that this market will be as much larger than the gaming market than the movie market is to the cartoons market, or the books market is to the comics market. We realize that we cannot possibly carry out this grand design alone. We have therefore created a system that relies on outside authors to create storyworlds. We provide all the tools and support for authors, and then publish their works on our website under a financial arrangement that our lawyers are still writing up. Our first demonstration storyworld is Balance of Power 21st Century, in which the player acts as President of the USA beginning on September 12th, 2001, and seeks to build a better world than we now have.
Target Audience: End audience: people who don't play games. Author audience: Storytellers who don't necessarily have any programming skills.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict,
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We believe that Balance of Power 21st Century will show players that a carefully balanced geopolitical strategy emphasizing diplomatic action (while not ruling out military action) can be more effective than a primarily military strategy. The game also demonstrates the rise of China on the geopolitical stage and the growing unity of Islamic civilization.
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What outcomes have been measured? none
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Name: Chris Crawford
Email: chrisc@storytron.com
Press Contact Name: Chris Crawford
Press Contact Email: chrisc@storytron.com
Game Tags: geopolitics, storytelling
Where you can play this game: www.storytron.com Go to the players pages
Pos or Not
Game URL: www.posornot.com
Developer: VPI
Non-Profit: Kaiser Family Foundation (partner) and Poz Magazine (partner)
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Project Lead: mtvU, Kaiser Family Foundation and POZ Magazine
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Pos or Not is a viral online game that confronts the stigma still surrounding HIV/AIDS more than 25 years after the first case of the disease was reported.
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Pos or Not is a viral online game that confronts the stigma still surrounding HIV/AIDS more than 25 years after the first case of the disease was reported. People from across the country – some of whom are living with HIV, some who are not – put their personal lives forward to challenge the stereotypes about who is affected by this disease. Based only on their photographs and personal information, players are asked if the individual is “Pos or Not.” By showing that you can’t tell people’s HIV-status by the way they look or by their gender, age and interests, the game confronts stereotypes about who is affected by HIV/AIDS – while providing information about how to prevent the spread of the disease. Ultimately, Pos or Not aims to break down the barriers that prevent people from using protection, getting tested and talking openly about HIV. At the same time, the game helps reduce the stigma so many people already living with HIV face every day. Pos or Not harnesses the viral nature of the Web to effect a positive change on this important issue: so play the game and pass it on to your friends (www.posornot.com)
Target Audience: General Population with a specific focus on young people (15-25)
Social Issues Addressed: public health, HIV/AIDS,
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How? Evaluation plan in process - includes visits to game site, number of people who linked out to testing sites, number of people who shared with a friend etc.
What outcomes have been measured? Evaluation plan in process.
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Compiling.
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Name: Meredith Mishel
Email: mmishel@kff.org
Press Contact Name: Rob Graham
Press Contact Email: robg@kff.org
Game Tags: HIV/AIDS, sexual health, Games for Change, stigma and discrimination
Where you can play this game: www.posornot.com. Promotions to the game from mtvU website and other MTV properties as well as links to it from a number of HIV/AIDS and youth related organizations.
Operation: Resilient Planet
Developer: Filament Games
Non-Profit: National Geographic- The JASON Project (publisher/producer)
Release Date: August 8, 2008
Project Lead: Marjee Chmiel
Funding Sources: The Kaufman Foundation
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This game is a 3D experience that places you in the role of an explorer working alongside real National Geographic scientists to gather data and use it to preserve or save an ecosystem. Players uncover relationships in aquatic ecology that support their scientific findings, share Data, and earn Prestige!
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Operation Resilient Planet takes students of five missions across the country to study with actual scientists and discover the same data they discover to learn about ecosystems in peril. Students begin on the Great Lakes where an invader species has decimated the ecological diversity. Their adventures will then take them to the Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico, the North East Atlantic, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In each location, they will be greeted by their host (voiced by the actual scientists who have gone on these missions) and presented an actual ecological problem being tackled by the scientific community in that location. Students then begin exploring the 3D underwater habitat and use cutting-edge research tools and techniques to learn about the ecological problems in that area. The most direct feedback students get is on their ability to “think like a scientist” during the argument constructor phase of the game. However, the game is also very beautiful and rewards students for exploring and finding rare sites, or taking an interest in animals or life that is not directly tied to portions of the mission. Our hope is that through the graphically reality of this game, and the authenticity of the data and problems being tackled via game play, students will not only develop the content and process knowledge they need to be good stewards of the environment, they will also develop a closeness and intimacy with environments that might otherwise feel worlds away.
Target Audience: Middle and high school science
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Our game aims to increase student understanding of ecological research with a special emphasis on contemporary ecology research practices and issues. The game also aims to foster scientific habits of mind. The design of the game scaffolds these objectives by having two distinct structures to game play. In the first, the students explore a 3D environment and complete tasks that are part of a research agenda (tag and count tiger sharks to determine their population, for example). Next, the students need to think about the data that they have collected and use it in an “argument constructor”, a part of the game where they have to make a provocative scientific argument and use the data they have recorded judiciously in order to make this argument. Students seek to answer questions such as: are tiger sharks a threat to monk seals? What do you do about an invader species? Can the Chesapeake Bay be restored? How can we keep whales near Boston harbor safe without disrupting the vital shipping industry? The game will be freely available, via download. It will come with professional development materials for teachers who are interested in using it as part of their ecology curriculum as well as a parents’ guide for children who are home schooled or for children who find this game on their own. We hope that students come away with: 1) content knowledge about ecology, endangered habitats and species, and how humans have impacted these resources 2) affective understanding, concern, but also a feeling of empowerment to become agents of change 3) scientific habits of mind – the ability to look at data and see how it can be used to support arguments and hypothesis. We want students this age to be responsible and informed stewards of the Earth and learn to make better, data-driven decisions than perhaps previous generations have. The very nature of the game will assess student achievement in these capacities to some degree, but external review and evaluation will also be vital to the success of this project.
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How? Our game is part of a science curriculum, so content knowledge games are a focus. Eventually, we would like to measure how this game impacts student understanding of scientific literacies.
What outcomes have been measured? usability and content knowledge
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Name: Marjee Chmiel
Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Press Contact Name: Marjee Chmiel
Press Contact Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Game Tags: science, education, middle school, ecology, non-profit
Where you can play this game: It is currently available only for beta testing but will be live on the www.jason.org website 8 August 2008. I am happy to send you a USB drive with it, however.
Free Rice
Game URL: freerice.com
Developer: John Breen
Non-Profit: UN World Food Programme. receives all donations and distributes free rice to the hungry
Release Date: Launched Oct 2007
Project Lead: John Breen
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Free rice is a free online vocabulary gain that donates 20 grains of rice to the World Food Programme (WFP) for every correct answer. WFP ditributes the rice to hugry people all over the world.
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Free Rice is an online internet game that donates 20 grains of rice to the World Food Programme (WFP) for every word that is correctly defined. WFP, the United Nations frontline organization fighting hunger, distributes the rice to the hungry. WFP uses the donations from the site to purchase rice locally, both feeding people in need and stimulating local economies. Already, the site has raised enough rice to feed over 1.5 million people for a day. The game has been embraced by young and old alike, proving to be an excellent tool for prepping for the SATs or to brush up on vocabulary words. Teachers have been using the game to teach both vocabulary and the value of helping others in need. Free Rice has been a viral phenomenon, and boasts numerous Facebook fan sites, including one page with over 63,000 members.
Target Audience: Anyone who can use a computer and would like to improve their English vocabulary, or help feed hungry people. Wide strata.
Social Issues Addressed: poverty,
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To donate rice to the hungry and improve the vocabulary of the user.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/25/eveningnews/main4047744.shtml
Press Release URL: http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2789
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Name: Jennifer Mizgata
Email: Jennifer.Mizgata@wfp.org
Press Contact Name: Bettina Luescher
Press Contact Email: luescher@un.org
Game Tags: free rice hunger WFP World Food Program poverty activism donate vocabulary SAT GRE ESL
Where you can play this game: www.freerice.com Free to play online
Priced Out
Developer: Karen Schrier and Nicholas Smolney
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Release Date: June 7, 2008
Project Lead: Karen Schrier
Funding Sources: Done with personal funds
Sponsors/In-kind donations: None
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Priced Out is a mobile game played in NYC grocery stores that ends with a big party! The game seeks to inform participants about price discrepancies among grocery stores to help them save money on food. Because of increasing grocery prices, it has become important to understand where to find cost-effective (but still good-tasting) groceries.
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Priced Out is a mobile game played in and around New York City grocery stores that ends with a big party! In Priced Out, your team will compete against other teams to get the highest score by having the best grocery-buying strategy. To earn points, you will need to choose and buy the best-tasting grocery products at the lowest prices. You'll then bring back your grocery items to a central location and enter them into a blind taste test to decide which team found the tastiest products. Don't forget to also choose a bonus item that will impress the judges. While you search for all these items, you can also earn points by recording the highest prices for each type of item. You'll use your own mobile device to view a map, record and share the prices with your team, and to submit the prices (all before your time and budget runs out)! The game seeks to inform participants about price discrepancies among New York City grocery stores to help them potentially save money on future food purchases. Because of increasing grocery prices, it has become more and more important to understand where to find cost-effective (but still good-tasting) groceries. It is beneficial for consumers to become more knowledgeable about their local grocery stores, and its products and prices.
Target Audience: College students, young professionals, families, people on a budget, young couples
Social Issues Addressed: Economy, Food,
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We want to help people become more aware of price discrepancies and make better food purchase choices in the future. We ultimately want to use this to create a site where users can look up prices on different common food items in their area.
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What outcomes have been measured? Thus far, people are talking more about their choices and the discrepancies after playing the game. Longitudinal behavior change has not yet been measured.
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Name: Karen Schrier
Email: kschrier@gmail.com
Press Contact Name: Karen Schrier
Press Contact Email: kschrier@gmail.com
Game Tags: food; economy; prices; mobile
Where you can play this game: The game is all online and can be accessed using a mobile phone. We will be premiering the game at the Come Out and Play Festival: http://www.comeoutandplay.org/2008_pricedout.php Anyone who wants to play the game outside the festival can contact Karen Schrier.
The Legend of The Green Warrior.
Game URL: http://uditha.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/imagine-cup-game-development/
Developer: Uditha sampath bandara
Non-Profit: Imagine cup game development invitation
Release Date: 08/05/25
Project Lead: Uditha sampath bandara
Funding Sources: none
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For the sustainable environment first we need to start with a single person. Because one person can make huge impact to the environment. So through this game, player starts with world that in year 2008, s/he is the one who responsible for the future. Player can take any decision, but sometimes that decision would impact the environment in higher level.
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Player can walk across the city. S/he can go to shops, forest, community center, and their friend’s homes and many other places .In those places s/he had to take many decisions .So player is the one need to take correct decisions. Because time is running out. If player not act fast s/he needs to face the consequences. Also player can go in to s/he house. Take a look around .Because sometime home is the best place to make sustainable choices. As an example player can take a decision to listen to the radio or ignore listening to the radio. When s/he ignores listening the radio, player will not get proper idea about the problem that they facing toward the environment. So because of his unawareness cause to increase the environment crises. When environment crisis hits 100 the game over. Also Player has s/he r annual salary and from that s/he can buy new things. But buying low cost products will some time led to high the crisis level. Because some house hold appliances that we use is not good for the environment. So finally this is the story of the present. Player is the one who making the story, and become the warrior of the tomorrow. The warrior who saves the environment form destroying, the warrior who led the world for the sustainable environment, call as the green warrior.
Target Audience: young
Social Issues Addressed: environment, global conflict,
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With the change of one person, able to make a big difference.
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Name: uditha sampath
Email: udithamail@yahoo.com
Press Contact Name: uditha sampath
Press Contact Email: udithamail@yahoo.com
Game Tags: Environment simulation
Where you can play this game: Windows xp sp2/vista Using mouse+keyboard
Pictures for Truth
Game URL: www.picturesfortruth.com
Developer: Florent Guinier, Karim Osman, Patrick Boutot, Vincent Theriault
Non-Profit: Amnesty International
Release Date: 25/05/2008
Project Lead: Florent Guinier
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Pictures for truth is a full 3d adventure game where you play a journalist in China. You will take picture and publish article to help about human right related trouble.
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Game Features: * Full 3d game (developed using XNA). * Three level with there original music (composed for the game) * Translated in three languages: English, French, Spanish (you can switch language at any time) This game was done to support Amnesty International's campaign on China. The aim of the project is to sensitize the player to human rights violation. Game pitch : You are a photograph. Few months before the Beijing Olympic Games, your best friend, Shen Jun, a human rights defender and journalist, calls for help. You will do everything you can to help him. This adventure will take you to China where you'll be confronted to many human rights violations. By investigating, taking pictures and publishing your articles, you'll work to solve the problems you encounter and eventually save your friend!
Target Audience: Original audience are north american/ european child from 10 to 15. The game can be played by adult as well.
Social Issues Addressed: human rights,
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This game was done to support Amnesty International's campaign on China. The aim of the project is to sensitize the player to human rights violation so he speak about the campain and act by taking part to it. We developped that game to allow the amnesty campain to hit a new population. Many people love to play video game and we want that game to be a new media for the message it support. Reaching a completely new and huge amount of people for a campain with an increased efficiency.
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How? By counting download hit on the game page and on the Amnesty China campain page.
What outcomes have been measured? Game was just released. It's too soon to measure result yet.
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Name: Florent Guinier
Email: florent.guinier@picturesfortruth.com
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Game Tags: Amnesty, china, 3d, adventure, journalist, photograph, death penalty, toxic dump, media freedom
Where you can play this game: The game was developped at Montreal, Quebec,Canada. It can be played on any PC computer that match the requested configuration. It can be downloaded from the web: http://www.picturesfortruth.com
The Great Green Game
Game URL: go.ucsusa.org/game/
Developer: The Union of Concerned Scientists
Non-Profit: The Union of Concerned Scientists
Release Date: 2000
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This game tests your knowledge of how consumer choices affect the environment.
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This game tests your knowledge of how consumer choices affect the environment. As you answer questions and 'shop green' the Envirometer gauges the cumulative impact of your choices. The centerpoint on the Envirometer represents the impact of an average American household -- at the end of the game you can compare this average to your own impact on air quality, water quality, natural habitats, and the sustainability of our climate.
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hi, there's a great article at: http://nytimes.com/somethingorother.... you should include that. thanks, pheobe (Hsing and Elena, please confirm you got this. thanks!!!! )
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DUI Simulation CDROM/Web
Developer: VRshell LLC + Westchester Gov (NY)
Non-Profit: Mark Grob
Release Date: June 30th 2008
Project Lead: Mark Grob
Funding Sources: Westchester Gov
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Create a simulation that will allow the students to understand with a rational mind the affects of Alcohol on their ability to drive.
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Product Overview The DWI Learning Game/Experience is designed to bridge the serious nature of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) related education and content into an interactive media like a video game. The simulation/experience is divided into the Pre-game and Post-game formats. The Pre-game format is designed to engage the student to want to learn about the topic of DUI. The game design is intended to draw the student into the world of DUI and experience the effects based on the choices they make (number of drinks, etc.). Once they make their choices they live them out through the driving simulation. Once the driving simulation has ended; by crash or by reaching the logical end point; they are brought into the Post-game format. The Post-Game format incorporates a standard educational approach for teaching the real life facts to the student and provides a method of feedback to the Instructor. The simulation product can be distributed via Web or CD/DVD ROM. VRshell LLC © 2004-2008
Target Audience: Target Audience · High School, 13-18 years in age. · College Students, 18-28 years in age.
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Assist the Player to Understand the Content Matter The intention of the simulation/game is to allow the user to make the wrong choice and still keep a rational mind during the experience. By keeping the mind still rational and not under the influence of a substance the player can reflect clearly on the choices and how they weigh virtually in the simulation/game. The game\simulation indirectly reflects on those choices as it related to real life, providing the student an understanding of the content matter.
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How? Number of Downloads, CDROM/DVD requests and participating classrooms in NY State
What outcomes have been measured? We have measured that students do find the simulation more effective then reading about the issue, since we integrate a virtual impact panel into the actions of the simulation.
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Name: Mark Grob
Email: grobm@vrshell.com
Press Contact Name: Mark Grob
Press Contact Email: grobm@vrshell.com
Game Tags: Car simulation dwi dui westchester stopdwi
Where you can play this game: http://www.vrshell.com/DWI
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hey guys, testing the news form (again) please email me if you get this to let me know it's working. thanks, phoebe
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hi, there's a great article at: http://nytimes.com/somethingorother.... you should include that. thanks, pheobe (Hsing and Elena, please confirm you got this. thanks!!!! )
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3rd World Farmer
Game URL: www.3rdworldfarmer.com
Developer: 3rd World Farmer Team
Non-Profit: After playing the game, players are asked to visit each or any of a number of relief agencies listed on our website.
Release Date: Spring 2005
Project Lead: Frederik Hermund
Funding Sources: none
Sponsors/In-kind donations: www.ArcadeTown.com and www.neodelight.com online game portal sponsorships.
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3rd World Farmer lets players manage a small virtual farm in a developing country, and thus experience the hardships and dilemmas faced by the poor.
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3rd World Farmer touches on many subjects related to world hunger and poverty, such as corruption, trade barriers, armed conflict, lack of education, sanitation, infrastructure and economic stability. These factors are brought into play through an intuitive and easy-to-play simulation, where the player makes choices primarily about crop types, livestock, tools, and structures for his farm, as well as managing the family members' health, education, marriages and jobs. The highly playable model, where the player only slowly becomes aware of the perilous situation and his increasingly desperate options, has made the game popular with both casual game players and educators who use the simulation in class.
Target Audience: The game is intended for casual game players, and has gotten high ratings from these on several online gaming sites. It has an educative goal, and is also good for starting discussions in class.
Social Issues Addressed: economics, poverty,
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We are aiming at a more immersive experience than movies or books on similar subjects provide. Also, by using the game format we hope to reach people who aren't already aware of the problems in developing countries. We want to show them that 'rules of play' apply differently to people in different parts of the world. At the end of the game, people are invited to visit various relief agency websites to learn how they can personally make a difference.
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How? Website statistics give us some idea of how many players the game has.
What outcomes have been measured? A steady stream of players follow the links to relief agencies after playing the game, and several schools and colleges are using the game as part of their curriculum.
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The game has been reviewed in USAtoday, The First Post, La Stampa, Escapist Magazine among many others. Try googling: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q;="3rd+world+farmer"
Press Release URL: http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/About.html
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Name: 3rdWorldFarmer Team
Email: world_farmer@hotmail.com
Press Contact Name: 3rdWorldFarmer Team
Press Contact Email: world_farmer@hotmail.com
Game Tags: poverty, hunger, developing countries, 3rd world, farming, corruption, starvation, politics
Where you can play this game: The game can be played here http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com
Harpooned
Game URL: harpooned.org
Developer: Conor O'Kane
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Release Date: January 2008
Project Lead: Conor O'Kane
Funding Sources: Self funded by the developer
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Harpooned is a free game for Windows. It is a Cetacean Research Simulator, where you play the role of a Japanese scientist performing research on whales around Antarctica.
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Harpooned is a free game for Windows. It is a Cetacean Research Simulator, where you play the role of a Japanese scientist performing research on whales around Antarctica.
Target Audience: Everyone
Social Issues Addressed: environment, Science, Animal Rights,
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To draw attention to Japan's false claim that their commercial whaling program is for scientific purposes.
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How? Downloads and media exposure.
What outcomes have been measured? Approx 15,000 downloads (as of August 2008). Over 56,000 views on YouTube and featured on US Television channel G4TV.
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Highlights of press coverage can be seen here: http://harpooned.org/?cat=7
Press Release URL: http://harpooned.org/?page_id=4
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Name: Conor O'Kane
Email: cokane@cokane.com
Press Contact Name: Conor O'Kane
Press Contact Email: cokane@cokane.com
Game Tags: Whaling, Science, Environment, Arcade, Action, Windows
Where you can play this game: Download the game for free from http://harpooned.org
The Vinyl Game
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Game URL: www.vinylgame.com/
Developer: Zelian
Non-Profit: Vinyl 2010 commissioned/funded development
Release Date: May 2008
Project Lead: Chris Welton
Funding Sources: Vinyl 2010 (the sustainable development voluntary commitment of the European PVC indstry)
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Can you manage an industry sustainably? The Vinyl Game requires you to deliver shareholder profits whilst taking socio-economic and environmental decisions. The consequences of playing purely for economic growth become apparent as EU legislators levy fines, consumers boycott products and the trade unions vote to take strike action!
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The Vinyl Game challenges players to manage a virtual plastics industry whilst balancing economic growth against sustainable development. As you play, you are required to build factories and ramp up production to make the profit that shareholders demand, whilst taking the socio-economic and environmental decisions required to run your own PVC industry in a socially responsible way. The consequences of playing purely for economic growth without regard to production safety, environmental impacts or issues such as post-use recycling become apparent as society in the virtual scenario responds to lack of corporate social responsibility. The EU legislators levy fines, consumers boycott products and the trade unions vote to take strike action! Players report feeling genuinely informed and more knowledgeable about the issues as a result of playing. The colourful, Flash-based, game has been designed to reflect the genuine sustainable development challenges faced by the PVC plastic industry and addressed in their Vinyl 2010 10-year voluntary commitment. Whilst the scenario is simplified for the purposes of fun gameplay, it nevertheless reflects the full breadth of the challenges and succeeds in illustrating how a Voluntary Commitment approach like Vinyl 2010 can strategically address the challenge of sustainable development for a whole product value chain. The game is fun to play with basic instructions and a choice of 3 increasingly challenging levels. English, German and Portugese versions have been produced to date.
Target Audience: Young adults within: public policymaking, academia, environmental NGO's, the plastics industry
Social Issues Addressed: economics, environment, Sustainable development,
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Increased understanding of the importance of full material lifecycle assessment in making material/product choices; and the need for industry/government/society partnership initiatives to be able to meet environmental challenges
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What outcomes have been measured? Players enjoy playing and report feeling genuinely informed and more knowledgeable about the issues as a result of playing.
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http://molleindustria.org/en/home http://www.plastics.fi/fin/ajankohtaista/?nid=8 http://www.enviro-solutions.com/dailynews/0-1-0-1-0-0-0-2-0-1-0-vinylgame. htm http://www.tiscali.de/mult/mult_center_vinyl_.117496282.html http://www.polimerica.it/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5109 http://www.gamesunit.de/pcms/artikel.pcms?artid=19431
Press Release URL: http://www.vinyl2010.org/Home/News
Public Contact Information
Name: Chris Welton
Email: chris.welton@plasticseurope.org
Press Contact Name: Lisa McCooey
Press Contact Email: lmccooey@cambre-associates.com
Game Tags: Vinyl 2010 PVC Vinyl Plastic Sustainable development Green procurement Eco-label Life cycle assessment LCA
Where you can play this game: http://www.vinylgame.com/ http://www.vinyl2010.com/ Playable online
World Without Oil
Game URL: worldwithoutoil.org
Developer: Writerguy LLA
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Release Date: March 2, 2007
Project Lead: Ken Eklund
Funding Sources: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Sponsors/In-kind donations: ITVS, Electic Shadows, Independent LEnse
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WORLD WITHOUT OIL invited people worldwide to contribute “collective imagination” to confront a real-world issue: the risk our thirst for oil poses to our economy, climate and quality of life. It’s a milestone in the use of games as democratic, collaborative platforms for exploring possible futures and sparking future-changing action.
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“If you want to change the future, play with it first” STEFANIE OLSEN, C|NET World Without Oil simulated the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis. It established a citizen “nerve center” at www.worldwithoutoil.org to track events and share solutions. Anybody could play by creating a personal story – an email or phone call, blog post, video, whatever – that chronicled the imagined reality of their life in the crisis. The WWO site links all these stories. The game encouraged excellence with awards and recognition for authentic and intriguing stories. “A huge, twisting network of news, strategy, activism, and personal expression” NINA SIMON, MUSEUM 2.0 When WWO concluded on June 1, 2007, its 1,500 stories painted a detailed picture of an oil-poor future. Hundreds of thousands have viewed these chronicles, and high school students relive the experience via WWO lesson plans. “Astonishing quality – the players revealed the heart of a complex subject” FRANÇOIS GUITÉ, RELIEF By playing it ‘for real’, WWO evoked collective intelligence and the wisdom of crowds. Players worked together to gain grassroots insights into the forces and outcomes. Their solutions – acts that mold communities, slash wasteful consumption and create more “elastic” lives – stand as vibrant antidotes to official paralysis on energy. “Act as if. Live it. Weave us into a possible future” EVELYN RODRIGUEZ – CROSSROADS DISPATCHES By creating a nonpartisan game framework, WWO sparked timely peer learning about oil. By “rousing our democratic imagination,” WWO fostered deep engagement and changed people’s lives.
Target Audience: The pulic at large, worldwide
Social Issues Addressed: environment, Energy,
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What outcomes have been measured? 1. Extensive blog buss and press worldwide. Very high name recogniztion and concept clickthrough in affiliated communities.
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http://www.worlwithoutoil.org/metabuss.htm
Press Release URL: http://itvs.org/pressroom/press_detail.php?pressId=6535
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Name: Ken Eklund
Email: writerguy@writerguy.com
Press Contact Name: Ken Eklund
Press Contact Email: wwo@writerguy.com
Game Tags: alternate reality game, ARG, serious alternate reality game, SARG, world without oil, worldwithoutoil, wwo, oil crisis, 2008 oil crisis, oil shock, peak oil, oil shortage, collective intelligence, collective imagination, crowdsourced narrative, game, simulation, thought experiment, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, writerguy, ken eklund, jane mcgonigal, energy policy, serious game, game for change, itvs
Where you can play this game: The game's meta pages begin at http://worldwithoutoil.org The game was an event that ran from its announcement on March 2, 2007, to its conclusion on June 1, 2007. The most focused play began with the onset of the crisis, on April 30, 2007. The game archive begins at Week One: http://worldwithoutoil.org/default.aspx?week=1 Teachers can custom shape WWO lessons to create a WWO mini-crisis in the classroom. http://worldwithoutoil.org/metateachers.htm
You Be The Judge
Developer: Toronto Star
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You are the judge in six scenarios based on real Canadian cases where someone has been convicted of a crime. Choose a punishment you think fits the crime. Are you a softy? Or a hang 'em high type?
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You are the judge in six scenarios based on real Canadian cases where someone has been convicted of a crime. Choose a punishment you think fits the crime. Are you a softy? Or a hang 'em high type? The game calculates the cost of the sentences to taxpayers, provides a glossary of sentencing options and compares your sentence to the actual sentence. The Game is part of an 8-part investigation into crime and punishment in Canada.
Target Audience: Anyone interested in public policy, the law, and social reforms.
Social Issues Addressed: news, public policy,
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As part of a journalistic investigation into crime and punishment in Canada, Toronto Star journalists examined whether longer sentences had any effect on reducing crime rates. Many believe the two are connected, but studies suggest otherwise. The goal of the game is to give people an idea of what it is like to be a judge, and to think about the costs.
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Game Tags: crime, punishment, Canada, sentencing, judge, police, conviction, Toronto Star
Where you can play this game: http://www3.thestar.com/static/Flash/crime/judge/cp_youbethejudge.html Drag and click.
Global Conflicts: Palestine
Game URL: www.globalconflicts.eu
Developer: Serious Games Interactive
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Global Conflicts: Palestine is a 3D role-playing game for players to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They will be confronted with issues around human rights, terrorism and the media’s role in conflict zones and will experience situations taken from real life events that are more complicated than outsiders may realise.
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Global Conflicts: Palestine is a 3D role-playing game for players to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The players assume the role of a freelance journalist who has just arrived in Jerusalem armed with a pen, a notepad and their sharp wits. During the course of the game their beliefs and ideas about the conflict will be challenged. They will be confronted with issues around human rights, terrorism and the media’s role in conflict zones and will experience situations taken from real life events that are more complicated than outsiders may realise.The goal is to create an article for a newspaper by collecting quotes from the dialog in the game. The players can either get information by building up trust with each side or take a more confrontational approach to dig out information. In the end, the story with the most relevance and news-value for the newspaper will get the best exposure.
Target Audience: Educational institutions (students in the age 13-19) and mature gamers with interests in global conflicts.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict,
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Allow the player to * Experience and understand the tense situation and daily complications in Israel-Palestine. * Explore the inside dynamics of the conflict in the authentic and detailed environment. * Understand the background for the situation through active dialogue with a range of (virtual) stakeholders in the conflict.
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How? Surveys and qualitative interviews with students that have played the game.
What outcomes have been measured? 90% of the students found it to be an interesting course; 88% of the students found it to be an interesting educational material 59% of the students found they learned more than they would have in a traditional course; 90% of the students wanted to try a similar course again.
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http://seriousgames.dk/new/news_archive.php
Press Release URL: http://www.seriousgames.dk/pressreleases/Press_release_generic_release.pdf
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Name: Serious Games Interactive
Email: info@seriousgames.dk
Press Contact Name: Mikkel Lucas Overby
Press Contact Email: mlo@seriousgames.dk
Game Tags: Educational game Serious game Learning game Conflict game
Where you can play this game: The game is availble in CD-Rom and digital download here: http://buy.seriousgames.dk/1524.aspx
Global Conflicts: Latin America
Game URL: www.globalconflicts.eu
Developer: Serious Games Interactive
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Global Conflicts: Latin America is a 3D-roleplaying game that let players explore key problems in Latin American countries. The region is one of the most turbulent, violent, and poverty-striken places in the world, yet we rarely hear anything about the nations that struggle with paramilitary rule, extreme poverty, and exploitation of the population.
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Global Conflicts: Latin America (GC:LA) is a 3D-roleplaying game designed to let players explore key problems in Latin American countries. The Latin American region is one of the most turbulent, violent, and poverty-striken places in the world, yet we rarely hear anything about the nations that struggle with the remnants of paramilitary rule, extreme poverty, and exploitation of the population. In a region where politicians and police are feared rather than trusted, desperation runs rampant and all too often the results are terrible. In GC:LA, players assume the role of an investigative journalist on assignment in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Mexico where human rights violations, debt slavery, corruption, trafficking of humans, and pollution threaten the existence of untold numbers of people. Players will experience situations taken form real life and develop an understanding of the conditions under which millions live. The goal of the game is to gather information to be used in confrontational interviews with people central to the conflict. When they are done, players will be given a rating so they might see how well they have done in gathering information and used this to push people to get confessions for their article
Target Audience: Educational institutions (students in the age 13-19 years) and mature gamers with interests in global conflicts.
Social Issues Addressed: global conflict,
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To let players * experience and understand the complex issues facing people living in many Latin American countries. * explore the inside of the conflict in the authentic and detailed environment. * understand the background for why people act and behave as they do.
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How? Surveys and qualitative interviews with students that have played the game.
What outcomes have been measured? Results show that students are very engaged when playing the game and that their knowledge of the Latin American region increased substantially after having played the game. Moreover, the were able to draw parrellels to similar problems in other regions in the world.
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http://seriousgames.dk/new/news_archive.php
Press Release URL: Not available yet
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Name: Serious Games Interactive
Email: info@seriousgames.dk
Press Contact Name: Mikkel Lucas Overby
Press Contact Email: mlo@seriousgames.dk
Game Tags: Educational game Serious game Learning game Conflict game
Where you can play this game: The game is available as CD-Rom and digital download here from October 8th 2008: http://buy.seriousgames.dk/1524.aspx
My US Rep
Developer: Red Aphid
Non-Profit: Provisions Library - Hosted an art exhibition where the game was launched.
Release Date: April, 2007
Project Lead: Brian Judy
Funding Sources: Self
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Red Aphid
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Now you can role play your favorite US House of Representative with My US Rep! Your mission is to increase your rep's popularity while you navigate a game space of legislation, lobbyists and media. Learn how your rep voted on key bills, then cast your own vote.
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My US Rep is an online, casual, role playing game where any House representative from the US Congress can be a game character. In My US Rep, you work to increase your rep's popularity while navigating a challenging game space of computer characters and interactive objects. Based on XML feeds of real-life voting data, players locate bills to see how their congressperson voted on key legislation, and then indicate whether they approve of the rep's vote on each bill they find. Players' input affects their rep's Popularity characteristic. How players interact with in-game characters and interactive objects also affects rep characteristics. For instance, meeting with lobbyists, increases their disposable cash, but decrements their popularity. A rep's characteristics govern game dynamics such as the number of Cash tokens available or the rate that protesters appear in the game space. Characteristics: Popularity - an important attribute Independence - the degree they vote with the majority and their party Experience - the number of bills found Cash - can help in buying media time Rep characteristics are saved in an online database so each player's actions are added to the overall data depiction of a rep and of congress. New players inherit a rep's game state from the previous player so the game play is a little different each time it's played.
Target Audience: Casual gamers who are interested in politics and art.
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To help players become more aware of how their US representatives voted on key legislation.
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What outcomes have been measured? You can view the rep listing to see for yourself.
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Name: Brian Judy
Email: contact@redaphid.com
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eLECTIONS: Your Adventure in Politics
Game URL: www.ciconline.org/elections
Developer: Cable in the Classroom
Non-Profit: Cable in the Classroom
Release Date: 2004; updated Spring 2008
Project Lead: Virginia Bramante
Funding Sources: Cable in the Classroom
Sponsors/In-kind donations: Cable Networks providing video: CNN Student News, C-SPAN, and HistoryTM.
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eLECTIONS is a powerful online learning experience that demonstrates how broadband technology - with its capacity to deliver video, audio, excellent inter-activity, design and content - can support active, meaningful and memorable learning.
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eLECTIONS, first released in 2004 and updated in 2008, is infused with a voice-over host character - using the image of George Washington - and more video and LEARN MORE options. Cable in the Classroom expanded the teacher section of the game with learning guides, a matching to state social studies standards, helpful links, and a preview area of the videos included in the game so that lesson plans can be generated. The latest edition of eLECTIONS also offers a computer-generated Third Party candidate. eLECTIONS now offers the ability to save a game and play later, a report card to see how well you played, and the ability to print out all your choices to analyze your strategy. Inspired by the classic board game "The Game of Life," players will role-play their own virtual candidates running for President. The one or two-player game is both genuinely entertaining and genuinely educational - with emphasis on delivering a fun learning experience. Players explore independently how a presidential campaign works. Players make the choices that influence the outcome of the game. They continue to learn and explore fundamental election concepts with the "LEARN MORE" content - all at their own pace.
Target Audience: students, social studies curriculum
Social Issues Addressed: news, public policy,
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Players will role-play their own virtual candidates running for President. Players explore independently how a presidential campaign works. Players make the choices that influence the outcome of the game. They continue to learn and explore fundamental election concepts with the "LEARN MORE" content - all at their own pace.
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What outcomes have been measured? About 65% of all persons starting the game, will finish. We have the ability to know what schools are playing the game and how many times and how many completed games.
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Numerous blogs, cable and education trades.
Press Release URL: http://www.ciconline.org/cicnews?p_p_id=62_INSTANCE_cR2x&p_p_action=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=3&p_p_col_count=4&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_struts_action=/journal_articles/view&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_and_operator=true&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_searchArticleId=&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_version=1.0&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_groupId=&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_name=&_62_INSTANCE_cR2x_description=&_62_INST
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Name: Virginia Bramante
Email: vbramante@ciconline.org
Press Contact Name: Robin Scullin
Press Contact Email: rscullin@ciconline.org
Game Tags: elections, presidential elections, broadband games, broadband learning, elections, interactive learning, campaigns, virtual political game, campaigns and elections, presidential primaries, teaching politics, political education, teaching elections, teaching presidential races, online election games, adventure in politics, political process, political platforms, election games, elections simulation, pick the president, run for the Presidency, presidential debates
Where you can play this game: The game lives on the Cable in the Classroom servers and can be played by anyone with a high-speed internet connection. http://broadband.ciconline.org/elections
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The Redistricting Game
Game URL: www.redistrictinggame.org
Developer: USC Game Innovation Lab
Non-Profit: Annenberg Center for Communication
Release Date: June 7, 2007
Project Lead: Chris Swain
Funding Sources: Annenberg Center for Communications
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The Redistricting Game educates, engages, and empowers citizens around the issue of congressional redistricting. As is illustrated in the game, our system is subject to a range of manipulations and helps fuel long-term political polarization in the U.S. Those empowered to change the system – congress - have the least incentive to do so.
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The Redistricting Game is designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting. Currently, the political system in most states allows the state legislators themselves to draw the lines. This system is subject to a wide range of abuses and manipulations that encourage incumbents to draw districts which protect their seats rather than risk an open contest. By exploring how the system works, as well as how open it is to abuse, The Redistricting Game allows players to experience the realities of one of the most important (yet least understood) aspects of our political system. The game provides a basic introduction to the redistricting system, allows players to explore the ways in which abuses can undermine the system, and provides info about reform initiatives - including a playable version of the Tanner Reform bill to demonstrate the ways that the system might be made more consistent with tenets of good governance. Beyond playing the game, the web site for The Redistricting Game provides a wealth of information about redistricting in every state as well as providing hands-on opportunities for civic engagement and political action. The developers of the game coordinated efforts with leading redistricting reform groups including FairVote.org, League of Women Voters, and the Campaign Legal Center.
Target Audience: U.S. voters, U.S. high school students
Social Issues Addressed: public policy, Redistricting,
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The Redistricting Game lets players redistrict states using the rule of U.S. law as the in-game rules. The game also illustrates the implications of redistricting abuse via an in-game newspaper. The theory is that if people understand the broken nature of our current system - as learned by hands-on play - then they will be engaged enough to take civic action.
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How? We measure transfer of knowledge and opinion changes via a post game survey. We also measure the number of letters sent to congress by players.
What outcomes have been measured? The game does influence people's attitudes however very few letters to congress have been generated by the game.
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http://redistrictinggame.blogspot.com/
Press Release URL: sev.prnewswire.com/education/20070608/DCF05908062007-1.html
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Name: Chris Swain
Email: christopherswain@yahoo.com
Press Contact Name: John Zollinger
Press Contact Email: jzollinger@cinema.usc.edu
Game Tags: politics, social change, redistricting, reform, Tanner Bill, HR 2642, John Tanner, FairVote.org, League of Women Voters, The Campaign Legal Center, Council for Excellence in Government
Where you can play this game: The game is free and plays directly in a web browser via http://www.redistrictinggame.org
Energyville
Game URL: www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/
Developer: The Economist Group
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Energyville represents the average industrialized city and its consumption of energy. Players must create energy sources in the present in order to create a sustainable future city in 2030.
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Global Warming Interactive
Game URL: www.globalwarminginteractive.com/
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CO2FX is a web based multi-user educational game which explores the relationship of global warming to economic, political and science policy decisions. The game is driven by a systems dynamics model and is presented in a user friendly interface intended for the high school user.
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The Problem Climate change, the gradual warming of the earth’s climate due to increases in green house gases, is a complex process. The ultimate solution goes beyond curbing the emissions of gases and entails the social, political, and economic factors that underlie our modern industrialized societies. Our goal is to help students grasp the many dimensions of global warming. With funding from the National Science Foundation, we have created a prototype lesson that employs a novel approach to capture the complexity of the subject. Our Approach Our vehicle is a sophisticated web-based program with two interconnected components. The first is a dynamic model of global climate change that captures current thinking on the carbon cycle and fossil fuels. It produces estimates of the CO2 emissions in one or more countries over a period of 100 years. The model also takes into account social and economic variables such as development of alternative energy sources, taxes on carbon production, unemployment levels, and even public opinion. Understanding even this relatively simple model can be daunting so the model links to the second component, a web-based interactive game that serves as the intermediary. In this game students assume the role of scientific, policy, or economic advisor in a selected country. Their choices in these roles, how they allocate budgets, determine taxes, and protect land, is interpreted by the game and sent to the model. The model uses these values to recalculate the state of the county and globe. When it returns new values the game uses them to trigger the kinds of events you would expect in the real world. Did your fossil fuel use drop? You may get a complimentary email from the country’s president. Did your carbon tax cause a sharp increase in unemployment? You may see a video clip from the “Action Newsroom” showing popular discontent with your actions. Each role requires that students balance the needs of the job and the overall health of the country. The economic advisor wants to grow the GDP while the scientific advisor is trying to reduce dependence on fossil fuel and the policy advisor hopes to keep voters happy. Because the game allows for other countries, each with its own set of advisors, negotiations both domestic and global becomes an important path to eventual success. Where are we now? We have completed six months of development and have a prototype available for viewing. The prototype has one country (Brazil) linked to game. The prototype has undergone preliminary user testing in both Vermont and New York. Where are we going? We hope to win additional funding from NSF and other private sources to build out the game into a multi-country game that can be accessed by students in multiple classrooms and locations.
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Budget Hero
Game URL: marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/
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Budget Hero seeks to provide a values- and fiscal-based lens for citizens to examine policy debates during this election year.
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Budget Hero seeks to provide a values- and fiscal-based lens for citizens to examine policy debates during this election year. Partisan messages tend to cloud the real issues at play during campaigns, and most candidates are loath to attach detailed financial impacts to solutions which make up their platform. Budget Hero provides an interactive experience involving policy options that have been extensively researched and vetted with non-partisan government and think tank experts to enable players to objectively evaluate candidates.
Target Audience: uring presidential campaigns, presidential candidates often talk about the policies they would enact once in office. Many voters decide who to cast their vote for based on these policy ideas. Yet the public rarely gets to see the cost of their proposals and the effect on the federal budget. Not so with Budget Hero. With Budget Hero, you can see how your policies and fiscal priorities match up with Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. To earn a candidate badge, you must select at least two thirds of that candidate’s policies.
Social Issues Addressed: economics,
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American Public Media has invested significant resources to ensure the budget model, policy impacts and pro/con arguments have been rigorously researched, expertly validated and represent non-partisan options. For more details behind our research, methodology, sources, as well as where to go to learn more, click on the Behind the #s tab.
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Hush
Game URL: www.jamieantonisse.com/hush/
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Hush is a game created by University of Southern California Interactive Media Division MFA students Jamie Antonisse and Devon Johnson in their fall 2007 Intermediate Game Design and Development course.
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Homeless: it's no game
Developer: Terry Lavender
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A simplification of homelessness and the people forced into that situation. Purpose to raise awareness of homelessness and to encourage people to learn more about the homeless and their problems.
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Future Plans The next version will include more meaningful interactions, an expanded board game (including a clear distinction between streets and alleyways) and more visuals. Localization, taking into account the ways different societies react to homeless people, will also be added, as will a choice of characters (with different strengths, weaknesses and backstories). Other suggestions are welcome! If you're interested in adapting it to your own purposes or improving the code, please email me at mail@homelessgame.net.
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Social Issues Addressed: poverty,
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I created this game for a graduate-level course on game design I took at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University*. The intent of the game (and the associated survey) is to raise awareness of the situation faced by the homeless, as well as to aid in my research into the effectiveness of so-called "serious" videogames.
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Catchment Detox
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The online game was developed to support learning about environmental issues and management of catchments. It was released during Australia's National Science Week August 2008.
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TallyDog Circle of Friends
Game URL: www.tallydog.com
Developer: Chester Godsy
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TallyDog Circle of Friends is a mobile phone game. Match the dogs on the inner circle with those on the outer circle. The inner circle rotates. You choose when to stop the rotation and try for the most matches. Press the center key, or 0-9,* or # to stop the spin. Easier modes get more retries.
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TallyDog Circle of Friends is a mobile phone game. Match the dogs on the inner circle with those on the outer circle. The inner circle rotates. You choose when to stop the rotation and try for the most matches. Press the center key, or 0-9,* or # to stop the spin. Easier modes get more retries. Each screen presented is different from the last. Each screen has a different number of matches available. The layout of new screens is determined randomly when a new screen is created. When you stop the inner wheel the game shows you how many matches you have and if you are playing in a mode with retries the game shows you your highest number of picks so far. This game combines both skill and luck to produce the best possible scores. Easy mode is fun and relaxing to play, no pressure of time limits and you are given extra chances to pick. Harder modes allow for greater challenges for those who want to test their skills.
Target Audience: Casual Games
Social Issues Addressed: Animals/ Pets,
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The game title "TallyDog Circle of Friends" suggests that our pets can be some of our closest friends. This game sponsor's that one simple idea in a fun and relaxing way.
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Press Release URL: www.tallydog.com
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Name: Chester Godsy
Email: godsyabc@sbcglobal.net
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Press Contact Email: godsyabc@sbcglobal.net
Game Tags: TallyDog, Tally Dog, TallyDog Games, Tally Dog Games, TallyDog Mobile Games, Tally Dog Mobile Games,talliedog, tallie dog, tallieDog games, tallie dog games, Circle Of Friends, Circle, of, Friends,
Where you can play this game: It can be played on the website as a demo version or on mobile phones.
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Food Detectives Fight BAC
Game URL: www.fooddetectives.org/trailer.html
Developer: New Mexico State University Media Productions
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The Food Detectives Fight BAC!® game gives kids a fun way to learn about foodborne illness.
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The Food Detectives Fight BAC!® game gives kids a fun way to learn about foodborne illness. More and more, foodborne illness is making news headlines. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne illnesses in the United States affect millions of people and cause thousands of deaths every year. The CDC says 300,000 people are hospitalized every year. You can learn more by going to BAC!® Facts.
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The Food Detectives Fight BAC!® game gives kids a fun way to learn about foodborne illness.
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Press Release URL: http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/4/13/
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Fat World
Game URL: www.fatworld.org/
Developer: Persuasive Games
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FATWORLD is a video game about the politics of nutrition. It explores the relationships between obesity, nutrition, and socioeconomics in the contemporary U.S.
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Existing approaches to nutrition advocacy fail to communicate the aggregate effect of everyday health practices. It's one thing to explain that daily exercise and nutrition are important, but people, young and old, have a very hard time wrapping their heads around outcomes five, 10, 50 years away. You can choose starting weights and health conditions, including predispositions towards ailments like diabetes, heart disease, or food allergies. You'll have to construct menus and recipes, decide what to eat and what to avoid, exercise (or not), and run a restaurant business to serve the members of your community. FATWORLD comes with numerous foods, recipes, and meal plans, or players can create their own from the foods in their pantry or their imaginations. FATWORLD is the fifth project to emerge from ITVS's Electric Shadows initiative, a special fund for innovative Web-original projects that offer untold, provocative stories by today's independent storytellers. Electric Shadows projects include: OFF THE MAP, the Webby Award-winning site that takes users on a multimedia tour of works by backyard visionary artists; BEYOND THE FIRE which explores the human cost of war through the stories of 15 teenage refugees; FACE TO FACE, connecting the experiences of Japanese Americans in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor with those confronting Arab and Muslim Americans in a post- 9-11 America; and CIRCLE OF STORIES where Native culture bearers guide users through the art, heritage and legacy of the Native American oral tradition. The 2007, the alternate reality game WORLD WITHOUT OIL, created a global oil shock and enlisted the world�s collective imagination to document the crisis with blogs, videos and images. ITVS Interactive developed a special Electric Shadows call for proposals targeting independent game developers. FATWORLD was the top project selected by a panel of game industry leaders and marks the first online video game funded by ITVS. All Electric Shadows projects are available online as a special feature of the Independent Lens site at PBS.org.
Target Audience: Children
Social Issues Addressed: public health,
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The game's goal is not to tell people what to eat or how to exercise, but to demonstrate the complex, interwoven relationships between nutrition and factors like budgets, the physical world, subsidies, and regulations.
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Stop Disasters
Game URL: www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/
Developer: Playerthree
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Disaster prevention awareness on a grand scale. This game for the UN ISDR tackles the very real issue around the World of saving lives and reducing the financial impact that natural hazards cause when they turn into disasters.
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Disaster prevention awareness on a grand scale. This game for the UN ISDR tackles the very real issue around the World of saving lives and reducing the financial impact that natural hazards cause when they turn into disasters. the aim of this game is simply to raise awareness of how disasters affect people every day and how often very simple measures can save many lives. Whether you call it serious gaming or 'edutainment', projects such as these are tough to get balanced, as too many facts turn people off and too much 'fun' lessens the gravity of the subject matter. Aimed primarily at secondary level education, the game is delivered using flash 7 via the web to allow access to as many people around the World as possible. The whole project is XML driven so that by October it will be translated into the UN's five major languages to broaden it's appeal and reach even further. There was a vast amount of information to absorb and try to distill into a 'Sim City' style game in such a way that players aren't bombarded with facts but can discover information as they try to achieve their goals. Playerthree designed and built the whole thing, including the associated website to provide support, information and score tables for the game. The ISDR's role within the UN is to raise awareness of disaster prevention and help save lives... using an online game to appeal to a young yet influencial audience is strong recognition of how people around the globe are spending their time online
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Whack TB
Game URL: www.whacktb.org/
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Families USA's Global Health Initiative works to increase U.S. support for research into diseases like TB - diseases that destroy lives and economies in developing countries. We believe that the United States can and must join the fight against TB, HIV/AIDS, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. We can help by investing in the development of better drugs and vaccines through the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and other agencies). The Global Health Initiative is a part of Families USA, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving high quality, affordable health care for all.
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SimEP (Solid Waste Management Computer Game)
Game URL: www.swmgame.org
Developer: Hong Kong Productivity Council
Non-Profit: Funded & promoted by The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Environmental Protection Department. To encourage the public to t
Release Date: 18 October 2007
Project Lead: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Environmental Protection Department.
Funding Sources: Funded by The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Environmental Protection Department
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SimEP is an online RPG game with six characters in a family setting which aims to inspire every citizen to lead a greener lifestyle. Through this game, the public will be able to appreciate the growing waste problem, how they can play a role in addressing the problem through waste reduction, re-use and recovery.
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Protecting the environment is every citizen’s responsibility. Through promoting a sustainable EP lifestyle, this online RPG game (SimEP) helps to inspire every citizen to become an “environmental protection ambassador”. Available data shows that Hong Kong’s existing landfills will be full within the next decade one by one. Indeed, this is an urgent issue that needs to be addressed. We throw away 17,000 tonnes of solid waste every day in Hong Kong, a colossal load that takes 340 double-decker buses to transport. It is high time to do some serious thinking. What are we going to do with our solid waste when the landfills are full? You can start reducing waste by changing your daily habits. In Sim EP, you “the EP Citizen” have a goal to preserve and cherish your existing living environment and extend the life of landfills by arresting the growth of solid waste. As long as we join hands, we can all enjoy a cleaner, healthier and more pleasant living environment. We must not allow the environment to deteriorate. Each of us is obliged to do his part to protect the environment. You can decide the living environment of the EP City---clean, healthy and pleasant or totally messy. The choice is all in your hands.
Target Audience: General public in Hong Kong
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
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To educate all populace in Hong Kong particular the youngsters to understand that Hong Kong has an imminent waste problem and learn how our mindsets and daily habits in real life can change for a better environment for Hong Kong.
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How? To attract players visiting the game regularly to learn so they can imbibe more EP knowledge and put facts into real life practice. To date, there are over 13,000 registered users.
What outcomes have been measured? There is no specific supporting data for this area.
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Official release by The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Environmental Protection Department.
Press Release URL: http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/news_events/press/press_071018a.html
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Name: Jessica Nan
Email: jessican@hkpc.org
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Press Contact Email: cattsui@hkpc.org
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Where you can play this game: In Hong Kong. Anywhere around the world with internet access.
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Against All Odds
Game URL: www.playagainstallodds.com/
Developer: UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
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Against All Odds is about the global refugee experience from the time people are forced to leave their countries of origin to the beginning of their new life abroad.
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Heifer Village Nepal
Game URL: www.heifervillage.org/nepal/
Developer: Heifer International
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In this game you learn about the impact goats can have on a small Nepalese village.
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Akrasia
Game URL: gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/akrasia.php
Developer: Doris Rusch
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Akrasia is a single-player game that challenges game conventions and is intended to make the player think and reflect. It is based on the abstract concept of addiction, which is expressed metaphorically throughout the game.
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The game is set in a maze that represents the mind. The maze has two states – a normal and a psychedelic state. To enter the game, the player has to collect a pill-shaped object and thus enters the game as "addict". From "chasing the dragon" and the experience of dependency to working your way through "cold turkey stage" where willpower is mapped onto navigation skills, this game models the essential dimensions of the addiction gestalt as identified by its creators. Depending on player behavior and choice, the game can have various outcomes that reflect this behavior. Someone who tries to shake the habit as quickly as possible will find herself in a different situation at the end of the game than someone who indulged in chasing the high. Unlike many other games where the player is forced to learn a specific behavior in order to win the game, this game gives the player a lot of freedom in regard to the realization of the game as text. The interpretation of the game is different depending on how the game is played, thus Akrasia is a prime example of a dynamic, player-dependent meaning generation. The game is meant to be played several times until all the connections between its various elements – the high-score, the life bar with its symbols, the two creatures that inhabit the maze in its two states, etc. – are decoded and its underlying meaning reveals itself. But although every single element in the game supports one specific reading, the beauty of Akrasia is its interpretative richness. All the elements in the game make sense in regard to one reading, but it is not the only possible one. The experiences that shall be conveyed in every single stage of the game do not only fit one experiential gestalt, but a variety of structurally similar experiences. Akrasia takes the notion of "meaningful games" to the next level. Play it, experience it and put on your thinking cap.
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Where you can play this game: The game can be downloaded online. Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista (Windows XP recommended) 700 MHz Pentium III or equivalent 512 MB of RAM 64 MB 3D video card 36 MB HD space
GumBeat
Game URL: gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/gumbeat.php
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In the world of GumBeat, you take the role of a defiant teenage girl who musters up the courage to stand up against the oppressive government.
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Bubble gum is outlawed across the city! Anyone spotted chewing gum is severely beaten up. But oh, how unfair it is to prevent citizens to enjoy the sweet taste of bubble gum. In this fun and lively casual game, blow bubble gum and gather enough supporters to your cause to topple the anti-gum government. Are you up to the task? GumBeat is a casual Flash game built with the objective of weaving the ideas of political oppression into the heart of gameplay. Commercial games intended for fun rarely deal with the topic of political oppression, but GumBeat seeks to address this topic in a simple, engaging way. By casting the player in the roleof a normal civilian and setting the game in a police state where fun behavior is outlawed, GumBeat seeks to give a fresh take on how simple gameplay can engage with complex ideas.
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Where you can play this game: GumBeat can be downloaded online and requires: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ processor Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 6600 (256mb) or better / ATI Radeon x1600 series or better (256mb) RAM: 512MB (1GB for Windows Vista) Hard Disk Space: 10MB for installation OS: Windows XP or Windows Vista Download Size: Approx. 6MB
The Garbage Game
Game URL: www.gothamgazette.com/games/garbage.php
Developer: Gotham Gazette
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The Garbage Game allows you to make decisions that effect waste management in New York and helps you understand the funding and distribution issues in order to make educated voting decisions.
Target Audience: New Yorkers
Social Issues Addressed: environment, news, public health,
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Traces of Hope
Game URL: www.tracesofhope.com/
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Vicious war in Northern Uganda has destroyed Joseph’s home and torn his family apart. He has one goal, to find out from the Red Cross if his mother is alive or dead.
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Reunite Joseph with his mum in our online game One morning five years ago, 16-year-old Joseph’s village in Northern Uganda was attacked and his father and sister were killed. Hundreds of people from nearby towns and villages fled the violence and, in the chaos, Joseph lost sight of his mother. He had to keep walking until he found safety in a camp for displaced people but he never stopped looking for her. This story is based on tragic events that have happened to real people in any number of conflicts around the world. Joseph’s story forms the basis of an online game, called Traces of Hope, developed by the British Red Cross as part of Civilians and Conflict Month in October 2008. Time is running out to reunite Joseph with his mother – only you can help him by playing Traces of Hope.
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Laadli
Developer: Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited
Non-Profit: Population First
Release Date: 10/05/2008
Project Lead: Yashraj Vakil, Saishree Ashwin, Tarun Durga
Funding Sources: Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited
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Zapak.com joined hand with Population First, a Mumbai-based NGO, for developing the game ‘Laadli’ on generating awareness against sex selection and female foeticide.
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Zapak.com intends to educate and engage people of all ages on pressing social issues.Zapak.com joined hand with Population First, a Mumbai-based NGO, for developing the game ‘Laadli’ on generating awareness against sex selection and female foeticide which won Zapak.com the UNFPA- National Creative Excellence Awards for Social Change in June 2008.Earlier Zapak also launched ‘Play it Safe’, a game supporting AIDS awareness. Play it Safe was launched on World AIDS Day on December 1, 2007.
Target Audience: Intenet user in india in the age bracket 13 - 35
Social Issues Addressed: spread message on issues as serious as sex identification and female foeticide in India.,
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spreading awareness on abolishing sex identification and female foeticide from the society in India.
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What outcomes have been measured? 5,23,746 gamers have played the laadli game in India
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http://www.techszone.com/en/gaming/169-laadli-the-social-game-for-a-social-cause-from-zapak.html
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Name: Saishree Ashwin
Email: saishree.ashwin@zapak-corp.com
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Press Contact Email: richa.anand@zapak-corp.com
Game Tags: Social Awarness, female foeticide, abolishing sex identification of un born child.
Where you can play this game: Yes the game is currently live on Zapakgirls.com the URL - http://www.zapakgirls.com/gameplay/1985/21/Premium-Games/Laadli
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TallyDog Rescue
Developer: Alan Godsy
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In this game you are a TallyDog. TallyDog finds homes for the sad dogs and cats that are homeless. The homeless dogs and cats will follow you to potential homes if you have a treat.
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In this game you are a TallyDog. TallyDog finds homes for the sad dogs and cats that are homeless. The homeless dogs and cats will follow you to potential homes if you have a treat.
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Social Issues Addressed: Pet Rescue and Adoption,
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Can you imagine being homeless? Is it possible to realize how cold rain would feel on your skin, or what a constantly empty, rumbling stomach would feel like? What is any life worth without love? TallyDog addresses the problem of homeless pets in a fun way, by letting you, the player, be in charge of finding permanent, loving homes for dogs and cats who have been cast out onto the streets. All it takes is someone who cares. TallyDog cares. It is the hope of the creators of TallyDog Rescue to raise awareness of the plight of homeless pets throughout the world. It starts with awareness, and passion. The rest is up to all of us.
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www.tallydog.com
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Name: Alan Godsy
Email: godsyabc@sbcglobal.net
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Game Tags: TallyDog Games, Tally Dog Games, TallyDog Mobile Games, Tally Dog Mobile Games, TallyDog Rescue, Adoption, Adoptions,Pet, Dog, Cat, Dogs, Cats,
Where you can play this game: www.tallydog.com It can be played online in a webpage, or it can be played on mobile phones that have Java.
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Global Conflicts: Latin America
Developer: Serious Games Interactive
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Global Conflicts: Latin America allows you to experience the everyday challenges facing people living in one of the world’s most turbulent and violent regions. Explore how human rights violations, debt slavery, corruption, trafficking of humans, and pollution threaten the existence of untold numbers of people.
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Global Conflicts: Latin America (GC:LA) is a 3D- computer game designed to let players explore key problems in Latin American countries. The Latin American region is one of the most turbulent, violent, and poverty-striken places in the world, yet we rarely hear anything about the nations that struggle with the remnants of paramilitary rule, extreme poverty, and exploitation of the population. In a region where politicians and police are feared rather than trusted, desperation runs rampant and all too often the results are terrible. In GC:LA, players assume the role of an investigative journalist on assignment in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Mexico where human rights violations, debt slavery, corruption, trafficking of humans, and pollution threaten the existence of untold numbers of people. Players will experience situations taken form real life and develop an understanding of the conditions under which millions live. The goal of the game is to gather information to be used in confrontational interviews with people central to the conflict. When they are done, players will be given a rating so they might see how well they have done in gathering information and used this to push people to get confessions for their article.
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Social Issues Addressed: environment, global conflict, human rights, news,
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Informing and educating students about the key challenges facing people living in many Latin American countries.
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Press Release URL: www.seriousgames.dk/new/press.php
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Name: Mikkel Lucas Overby
Email: info@seriousgames.dk
Press Contact Name: Mikkel Lucas Overby
Press Contact Email: press@seriousgames.dk
Game Tags: Human rights Corruption Pollution Trafficking Border crossings
Where you can play this game: Visit www.globalconflicts.eu to play the demoo
Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal
Developer: ForgeFX Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal - Simulation Team
Non-Profit: Heifer and Beaconfire
Release Date: June 2008
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Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal is browser-based real-time 3D simulation where the player's character must navigate a virtual Nepalese environment, interact with other characters in the village, and correctly complete tasks associated with the game's goal.
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In this Serious Game For Change you find yourself in a the simulated village where a few are prosperous, but most struggle with hunger and poverty. The player is Esha, a young girl from a poor family. Your mother's dearest wish is to somehow acquire a goat. A goat would provide your family with milk and the means of making money, which would allow Esha to go to school. Acquiring micro-loans and building animal pens are some of the activities the player engages in while playing the game. By demonstrating some of these activities in an online virtual world, Heifer hopes that the spirit of goodwill that ripples through communities as animals are passed on, will also be spread to some degree digitally.
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Heifer's program of Passing the Gift allows families and individuals who have received animals and education to become donors themselves. In the simulated village, the player's goal is to receive a goat from a neighbor and in the progress learn and understand the challenges that face people in villages like this in Nepal. As the player moves through the simulation, learning about solutions to hunger and poverty, they are able to use their knowledge as building blocks to advance the lives of the characters in the virtual world. Before a player is able to acquire a goat for the family, they must first acquire a loan and build a grazing pen. This pre-requisite system ensures a player will cover all of the material covered in the game, but allows them to interact and progress at their own rate.
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http://elianealhadeff.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.html http://seriousgamesportal.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.htm
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Name: Greg Meyers
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Oiligarchy
Game URL: http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy
Developer: molleindustria
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Oiligarchy is a playable commentary on the oil industry. The player takes the role of an "oiligarch" managing the extraction business in the homeland and overseas.
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Oiligarchy is a playable commentary on the oil industry. The player takes the role of an "oiligarch" managing the extraction business in the homeland and overseas and lobbies the government to keep the carbon-fossil based economy as profitable as possible. Oiligarchy can be considered an extended business sim/tycoon game since the player makes decisions and performs actions that are not always in the domain of business.
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Social Issues Addressed: economics, environment, global conflict, human rights, news,
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An extensive explanation can be found here http://www.molleindustria.org/oiligarchy-postmortem
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What outcomes have been measured? 2 Millions plays in the first two weeks. Generally positive reactions and many non-trivial discussions among players.
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Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal
Developer: Greg Meyers | gmeyers@forgefx.com | 415-788-5725
Non-Profit: Heifer International
Release Date: June 2008
Project Lead: Greg Meyers
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Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal is a browser-based real-time 3D simulation where the player's character must navigate a virtual Nepalese environment, interact with other characters in the village, and correctly complete tasks associated with the game's goal.
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In this Serious Game For Change you find yourself in a simulated village where few people are prosperous, but most struggle with hunger and poverty. The player is Esha, a young girl from a poor family. Her mother's dearest wish is to somehow acquire a goat. A goat would provide her family with milk and the means of making money, which would allow Esha to go to school. Acquiring micro-loans and building animal pens are some of the activities the player engages in while playing the game. By demonstrating some of these activities in an online virtual world, Heifer hopes that the spirit of goodwill that ripples through communities as animals are passed on, will also be spread to some degree digitally.
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Social Issues Addressed: economics, poverty,
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Solutions to hunger and poverty are focused on in the game. Collecting fuel, organizing community centers, acquiring micro-loans, building zero-grazing pens, and acquiring livestock are some of the issues the game deals with.
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What outcomes have been measured? None
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http://elianealhadeff.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.html http://seriousgamesportal.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.html
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Game Tags: Heifer Village, ForgeFX, poverty, hunger, economics, cow, goat, goodwill, good will, micro-loans, community centers
Where you can play this game: http://heifervillage.org/nepal/
Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal
Developer: Greg Meyers | gmeyers@forgefx.com | 415-788-5725
Non-Profit: Heifer International
Release Date: June 2008
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Heifer Virtual Village: Nepal is a browser-based real-time 3D simulation where the player's character must navigate a virtual Nepalese environment, interact with other characters in the village, and correctly complete tasks associated with the game's goal.
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In this Serious Game For Change you find yourself in a simulated village where few people are prosperous, but most struggle with hunger and poverty. The player is Esha, a young girl from a poor family. Her mother's dearest wish is to somehow acquire a goat. A goat would provide her family with milk and the means of making money, which would allow Esha to go to school. Acquiring micro-loans and building animal pens are some of the activities the player engages in while playing the game. By demonstrating some of these activities in an online virtual world, Heifer hopes that the spirit of goodwill that ripples through communities as animals are passed on, will also be spread to some degree digitally.
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Social Issues Addressed: economics, poverty,
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Solutions to hunger and poverty are focused on in the game. Collecting fuel, organizing community centers, acquiring micro-loans, building zero-grazing pens, and acquiring livestock are some of the issues the game deals with.
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What outcomes have been measured? None
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http://elianealhadeff.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.html http://seriousgamesportal.blogspot.com/2008/10/heifer-village-nepal-serious-games.html
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Oiligarchy
Game URL: http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy
Developer: molleindustria
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Now you can be the protagonist of the petroleum era: explore and drill around the world, corrupt politicians, stop alternative energies and increase the oil addiction. Be sure to have fun before the resources begin to deplete.
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Oiligarchy is a playable commentary on the oil industry. The player takes the role of an "oiligarch" managing the extraction business in the homeland and overseas and lobbies the government to keep the carbon-fossil based economy as profitable as possible. Oiligarchy can be considered an extended business sim/tycoon game since the player makes decisions and performs actions that are not always in the domain of business. This mixed gameplay is meant to highlight the intricate relations between war, politics, and energy corporations. The purely economical activities range from finding new oil fields to building extraction plants and managing resources. As domestic resources decline, the player is forced to expand their business in foreign countries to meet the demands of the market. The overseas operations could require the political or military support from the government and various crisis management actions.
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Social Issues Addressed: economics, environment, global conflict, human rights,
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http://www.molleindustria.org/oiligarchy-postmortem
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/nov/25/games-oiligarchy http://www.livemint.com/2008/12/17120059/Top-10-Games-for-2008.html?pg=1 http://www.neural.it/art/2008/11/oiligarchy_playing_with_the_oi.phtml http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/giochi/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=35&ID_articolo=462&ID_sezione=50&sezione=Over Game
Press Release URL: we don't send press releases
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Name: Paolo Pedercini
Email: paolo@molleindustria.it
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Game Tags: peak oil, depletion, resources, environment, sustainability, lobby, politics
Where you can play this game: online, on every flash game portal
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A good satire based on a classic from video gaming history. Draws attention to an issue confronting Asia's poorest nation - East Timor.
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they are very good games to play and they will work your brain very hard and also they are fun!!
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Polyglot Cubed
Game URL: http://www.PolyglotGame.com
Developer: Lindsay Grace
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Polyglot3 is an educational game prototype for learning languages. The highly modular system was designed at the University of Illinois, Chicago to aid in the retention of listening vocabulary. The game is designed to be modified so that people can learn other people’s language.
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Polyglot is an educational game prototype for learning languages. It is designed to entertain while enforcing language comprehension. The highly modular system was designed at the University of Illinois, Chicago to aid in the retention of listening vocabulary. Polyglot can be used to improve comprehension of a variety of languages with minimal training. The game is designed around 6 rooms of floating, cubicle tiles. Each tile is assigned a foreign language word, and a pictographic representation of that word. The cubes are clustered by topic, usage, or form of speech to encourage contextual recognition and aid visual memory. The player must match the spoken word with the cube that corresponds to it. http://www.PolyglotGame.com
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Social Issues Addressed: Language Preservation and Retention,
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Improving people’s ability to communicate with each other and preserve their language. The hope is that people will create their own games to teach others a few key words from their language. The idea is influenced by my work with Dr Jonathan Amith to preserve an indigenous language Nahautl in Mexico. Simply, bridging language gaps :)
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21467 http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2009.php?id=749 http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/games.html http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2009.php?id=749
Press Release URL: http://www.polyglotgame.com/about.htm
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Name: Lindsay Grace
Email: LGRace@LGrace.com
Press Contact Name: Lindsay Grace
Press Contact Email: LGrace@LGrace.com
Game Tags: Language, Cape Verde, Nahuatl, Language Learning
Where you can play this game: http://www.polyglotgame.com/download.htm
Polyglot Cubed
Game URL: http://www.PolyglotGame.com
Developer: Lindsay Grace
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Release Date: 9/2008
Project Lead: Lindsay Grace
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Polyglot3 is an educational game prototype for learning languages. The highly modular system was designed at the University of Illinois, Chicago to aid in the retention of listening vocabulary. The game is designed to be modified so that people can learn other people’s language.
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Polyglot is an educational game prototype for learning languages. It is designed to entertain while enforcing language comprehension. The highly modular system was designed at the University of Illinois, Chicago to aid in the retention of listening vocabulary. Polyglot can be used to improve comprehension of a variety of languages with minimal training. The game is designed around 6 rooms of floating, cubicle tiles. Each tile is assigned a foreign language word, and a pictographic representation of that word. The cubes are clustered by topic, usage, or form of speech to encourage contextual recognition and aid visual memory. The player must match the spoken word with the cube that corresponds to it. http://www.PolyglotGame.com
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Social Issues Addressed: Language Preservation and Retention,
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Improving people’s ability to communicate with each other and preserve their language. The hope is that people will create their own games to teach others a few key words from their language. The idea is influenced by my work with Dr Jonathan Amith to preserve an indigenous language Nahautl in Mexico. Simply, bridging language gaps :)
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21467 http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2009.php?id=749 http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/games.html http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2009.php?id=749
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Name: Lindsay Grace
Email: LGRace@LGrace.com
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3rd World Shooter
Game URL: http://www.lgrace.com/thirdworldshooter/
Developer: Lindsay Grace
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The player is a Cape Verdean recruit in the 1970's era PAIGC, the organization that gained Colonial Independence for Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde in 1974. The player’s missions are centered on the tactics of the PAIGC
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The player is a Cape Verdean recruit in the 1970's era PAIGC, the organization that gained Colonial Independence for Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde in 1974. The player’s missions are centered on the tactics of the PAIGC 3rd World shooter seeks to create an educational game with an alternate historical perspective. The game's environment, characters, and content are informed by historical events and accounts, but the game's situation is centered on the experience of the people who did not necessarily write the history. The game is a series of episodics, in which player characters die, but their main goal is achieved by the violent and non-violent efforts of allied characters
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Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, public policy,
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The player is a Cape Verdean recruit in the 1970's era PAIGC, the organization that gained Colonial Independence for Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde in 1974. The player’s missions are centered on the tactics of the PAIGC. The games situation and scenarios are its most important experience. It is designed to provide alternate player perspective. In response to the tradition of Tom Clancy styled games and narratives, 3rd World Shooter endeavors to make the player the adversary of the 1st world nation, instead of its aide. The environment, situations, and objectives are designed to inform the player about this political history while employing traditionally popular gameplay mechanics. 3rd World Shooter is an FPS designed to explore concepts in propaganda, emotion and perspective. The player is fighting the anti-democratic colonial force. The parallel to current “terrorist” campaigns is important. This is why the protagonists are people with whom the United States did not clearly ally, but in hindsight may have. Interestingly, China, Russia, and Cuba did, but the US remains one the Cape Verde’s largest supporters. There are plenty of analogies to be made, but one of the interesting claims asserted by people reporting about the War of Independence is that the Portuguese effectively lost to the PAIGC because the incumbent Portuguese party was going bankrupt. The game is further complicated by the difficult history the PAIGC created in the aftermath of the war. The game is designed and developed by a Cape Verdean American to encourage a critical distance from which to contemplate contemporary political conflict. As a complete experience it is also designed to emphasize the notion that such conflicts are resolved not by the individual efforts of a single person, but by the aggregate efforts and sacrifice of many. This philosophy is contrary to some traditions in traditional game play, which often posit the player as the lone savior of an entire group.
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Name: Lindsay Grace
Email: Lindsay_Grace@yahoo.com
Press Contact Name: Lindsay Grace
Press Contact Email: LGrace@LGrace.com
Game Tags: Africa, Independence, Global Conflict, Cold War, Proxy War, Terrorist, Fascist, Guinea-Bissau, Cabo Verde,
Where you can play this game: Prototypes may be downloaded from the site: http:/www.LGrace.com/ThirdWorldShooter and played on the PC. When complete, the game can be played through a web browser with a plug-in.
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WolfQuest
Game URL: www.wolfquest.org
Developer: MN Zoo and eduweb
Non-Profit: Monnesota Zoo Foundation
Release Date: December 2007
Project Lead: Grant Spickelmier & David Schaller
Funding Sources: National Science Foundation, Best Buy Children's Foundation, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
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Secured: 580,000
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WolfQuest is an interactive 3D wildlife simulation computer game. WolfQuest players take on the role of a wolf living in Yellowstone National Park. Through trial and error, instinct and experience, players learn about the life of a wolf as they hunt and interact with other wolves.
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WolfQuest is an immersive 3D wildlife simulation game. Based on real topographic maps of Yellowstone Park and realistic graphics, players join a wolf pack made up of friends in the multiplayer version or seek to perfect their hunting skills and build their own pack in the single player version. Players find they must balance individual and pack needs in order to increase their collective ability to hunt, defend territory, avoid danger, and protect their young. WolfQuest also includes a very active forum community of over 36,000 WolfQuest players and wolf enthusiasts who can download the latest version of the game, as well as post tips and strategies, ask questions of wolf experts, share personal wolf artwork and stories, and test their wolf knowledge with online polls and quizzes. Episode 1 of WolfQuest includes hunting and the challenge of finding a mate to start a pack, as well as interactions with coyotes, rabbits, and grizzly bears. The next episode of WolfQuest, which is slated to be released in August 2009, will include pups, marking and defending territory, and the temptation of a cattle ranch.
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Social Issues Addressed: environment, Human/animal interactions,
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The WolfQuest project lies at the intersection of informal inquiry-based learning, conservation education, and a youth culture centered on digital media. WolfQuest raises awareness of critical biological and ecological concepts and attitudes. It vividly brings alive the social behavior, ecology, and natural history of the gray wolf for millions of young people not normally attentive to ecological concepts and conservation issues. As they respond to challenges presented by their environment, players experientially learn about habitat quality, prey populations, and the impact of human presence on the landscape. As they explore a variety of strategies to succeed in the game, players exercise critical thinking and inquiry skills. WolfQuest’s realistic gameplay creates a strong emotional connection between players and wolves, influencing player’s attitudes towards wolves and habitat conservation in the real world.
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How? Online surveys & phone interviews
What outcomes have been measured? Learning and attitude shifts as a result of the game, along with potential behavior change connected to animals, wildlife, and the outdoors.
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http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/12/20/wolf/ http://www.startribune.com/local/south/12685922.html http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/12683467.html
Press Release URL: http://www.wolfquest.org/pdfs/WolfQuest_Launch.pdf
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Name: Grant Spickelmier
Email: Gspicke@mail.mnzoo.state.mn.us
Press Contact Name: Grant Spickelmier
Press Contact Email: Gspicke@mail.mnzoo.state.mn.us
Game Tags: simulation, animals, role playing, rpg, nature, conservation, wolves, wolf behavior, wolf game, free game
Where you can play this game: WolfQuest can be downloaded for free at www.wolfquest.org for PC or Mac computers.
Raid Gaza
Developer: Raitendo
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Release Date: 12/30/2008
Project Lead: Marcus Richert
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A short game that demonstrates the power imbalance between Israel and Gaza.
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A short game that demonstrates the power imbalance between Israel and Gaza.
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Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, news,
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I wanted to spread awareness of what's going on in Gaza. People are using Hamas' missiles to justify the attacks on Gaza, without realizing the attacks on Gaza are what Hamas are using to justify them shooting their missiles. It's circular reasoning that just doesn't make sense, especially not when the actual statistics from 2007 show that 25 Palestinians were killed for every one Israeli. When I first came across these statistics, I was flabbergasted. This game is my way of spreading this information to more people.
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How? Mochibot (www.mochibot.com)
What outcomes have been measured? 650,433 plays since release.
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Shown on TV in Israel, Greece & Taiwan (was featured in Reuters' video feed) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7x687 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jan/07/gameculture-indiegames http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950856374&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/01/12/64075.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/156542/massacre_palestinians_in_raid_gaza_flashbased_game.html/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090106/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200901helpraidgazafromyourhomehtml http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692248/Raid_Gaza_Is_a_Timely_Editorial_Game.html http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88497-Gamers-React-To-Gaza-Conflict http://kotaku.com/5120808/gaza-strife-reflected-poorly-in-raid-gaza-flash-game http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/001014.shtml http://www.neoseeker.com/news/9562-political-satire-and-flash-mix-in-raid-gaza-game/ http://www.destructoid.com/hipsters-it-may-be-time-to-take-off-your-keffiyeh-raid-gaza-is-causing-a-stir-117455.phtml http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/07/new-game-protest-israeli-invasion-gaza In Hebrew: http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3194044,00.html http://www.globes.co.il/news/docView.aspx?QUID=1056,U1232308310696&ID;=&did=1000416686 http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3648660,00.html http://gamer.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=606033 http://www.vgames.co.il/article/3867.html In other languages: http://www.prachatai.com/05web/th/home/15202 http://www.pcworld.pl/news/332639/Raid.Gaza.gra.w.bombardowanie.Strefy.Gazy.html
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Name: Marcus Richert
Email: superbrightfuture@gmail.com
Press Contact Name: Marcus Richert
Press Contact Email: superbrightfuture@gmail.com
Game Tags: politics, statistics, gaza, israel, palestine, genocide, disproportional violence
Where you can play this game: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/476393 And on a number of other sites.
Raid Gaza
Developer: Raitendo
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Release Date: 12/30/2008
Project Lead: Marcus Richert
Funding Sources: None
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A short game that demonstrates the power imbalance between Israel and Gaza.
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A short game that demonstrates the power imbalance between Israel and Gaza.
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Social Issues Addressed: global conflict, news,
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I wanted to spread awareness of what's going on in Gaza. People are using Hamas' missiles to justify the attacks on Gaza, without realizing the attacks on Gaza are what Hamas are using to justify them shooting their missiles. It's circular reasoning that just doesn't make sense, especially not when the actual statistics from 2007 show that 25 Palestinians were killed for every one Israeli. When I first came across these statistics, I was flabbergasted. This game is my way of spreading this information to more people.
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How? Mochibot (www.mochibot.com)
What outcomes have been measured? 650,433 plays since release.
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Shown on TV in Israel, Greece & Taiwan (was featured in Reuters' video feed) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7x687 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jan/07/gameculture-indiegames http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950856374&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2009/01/12/64075.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/156542/massacre_palestinians_in_raid_gaza_flashbased_game.html/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090106/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200901helpraidgazafromyourhomehtml http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692248/Raid_Gaza_Is_a_Timely_Editorial_Game.html http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88497-Gamers-React-To-Gaza-Conflict http://kotaku.com/5120808/gaza-strife-reflected-poorly-in-raid-gaza-flash-game http://www.watercoolergames.org/archives/001014.shtml http://www.neoseeker.com/news/9562-political-satire-and-flash-mix-in-raid-gaza-game/ http://www.destructoid.com/hipsters-it-may-be-time-to-take-off-your-keffiyeh-raid-gaza-is-causing-a-stir-117455.phtml http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/07/new-game-protest-israeli-invasion-gaza In Hebrew: http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3194044,00.html http://www.globes.co.il/news/docView.aspx?QUID=1056,U1232308310696&ID;=&did=1000416686 http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3648660,00.html http://gamer.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=606033 http://www.vgames.co.il/article/3867.html In other languages: http://www.prachatai.com/05web/th/home/15202 http://www.pcworld.pl/news/332639/Raid.Gaza.gra.w.bombardowanie.Strefy.Gazy.html
Press Release URL: None
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Name: Marcus Richert
Email: superbrightfuture@gmail.com
Press Contact Name: Marcus Richert
Press Contact Email: superbrightfuture@gmail.com
Game Tags: politics, statistics, gaza, israel, palestine, genocide, disproportional violence
Where you can play this game: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/476393 And on a number of other sites.
At-Risk - Identify and Refer Students in Mental Distress
Game URL: http://www.kognito.com/atrisk
Developer: Kognito Interactive
Non-Profit: Mental Health Association of New York City providing subject-matter expertise.
Release Date: November 2008
Project Lead: Jenelle Boucher, Kognito Interactive
Funding Sources: Internal funding
Sponsors/In-kind donations: N/A
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Overall: 185,000
Secured: 185,000
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At-Risk is a web-based training simulation designed to help university faculty identify, approach, and refer students in mental distress to the campus counseling center. Utilizing Kognito’s patent-pending Human-Interaction Simulation Platform, users learn by engaging in simulated conversations with virtual characters that posses their own emotions and memory.
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At-Risk is an interactive web-based training simulation designed to help university faculty and staff identify, approach, and refer students in mental distress. In the simulation, users assume the role of a faculty member in a fictional university where they must analyze students' profiles to identify those who are potentially at-risk, engage those students in simulated conversations, and determine whether and how to refer them to the campus counseling center. The virtual students exhibit behaviors associated with depression, substance abuse, aggression, and thoughts of suicide. The 45-minute simulation is built upon Kognito's patent-pending and award-winning simulation technology, which enables users to practice having conversations with realistic, virtual characters that possess their own memory and emotions. This innovative and highly effective learning approach results in users who are better equipped and more confident to handle similar situations in real life. At-Risk has been developed in partnership with the Mental Health Association of NYC, a leading behavioral health association in New York that administers the National Suicide Prevention LifeLine (1-800-273-TALK) as well as the 9/11 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs. Launched in November 2008, At-Risk has already been adopted for over 7,000 faculty members by New York University (NYU), City College, Brooklyn College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Hostos Community College. A demo of the product is available at http://www.kognito.com/atrisk.
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Social Issues Addressed: public health, Mental health, including suicide prevention and referrals to counseling services,
Purpose:
Today's college students face tremendous pressures inside and outside the classroom. According to the 2006 National College Health Assessment, half of all college students report feeling so depressed it is difficult for them to function, and 10% say they have seriously considered suicide in the past year. Students experiencing mental distress tend to exhibit behavioral patterns that are detectable in academic settings. Unfortunately, it is estimated that close to 80% of students who commit suicide go unnoticed, leaving themselves and others at risk. Furthermore, schools realize that early detection of at-risk students can assist in improving their academic performance and retention rates. The 2007 National Survey by the American College Counseling Association indicates that the leading action taken by universities to overcome the increasing number of at-risk students is to train faculty and staff to identify and respond to students in need and make appropriate referrals. Conducting face-to-face training for this population is both expensive and difficult to administer, especially for part-time faculty. With At-Risk, academic institutions can engage their entire staff of faculty, administrators, and resident advisors in effectively identifying and referring at-risk students to the counseling center. Universities that utilize this product will benefit by providing cost-effective, engaging, efficient training for all faculty and staff, ensuring that students in need get immediate help and lowering faculty anxiety about approaching and dealing with students in distress.
Metrics:
How? We are conducting two formal assessments in Spring 2009. One involves hundreds of faculty in a control-experimental design to measure impact on attitude, knowledge, and performance on situational judgments tasks. The second involves a small pool of subjects measuring changes in self-efficacy, attitude, knowledge, and situational judgments as compared with existing training approaches (information brochures). We plan to have results by the end of Spring 2009 so it is very likely that we can share them by the date of the conference.
What outcomes have been measured? We have conducted internal assessments with representative sample groups which have yielded significantly positive satisfaction and utility ratings. In addition, the universities which have already purchased the product have conducted thorough evaluation of it by their counseling center people and sample end users.
Press Coverage:
http://www.ecampusnews.com/press-releases/index.cfm?i=56094;_hbguid=7769e5bc-d0f6-45cb-a53c-9c5ced0b5547 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1957064.htm
Press Release URL: http://www.prweb.com/releases/gatekeeper/health/prweb1596044.htm
Public Contact Information
Name: Ron Goldman
Email: ron@kognito.com
Press Contact Name: Ron Goldman
Press Contact Email: ron@kognito.com
Game Tags: mental health, suicide, counseling, health, depression, teacher, faculty, university, college
Where you can play this game: A demo can be viewed at www.kognito.com/atrisk. Full versions are available on a per-license basis.
Operation: Reslient Planet
Game URL: http://www.jason.org/Public/Curriculum/ORPGame.aspx?pos=1
Developer: Filament Games
Non-Profit: National Geographic Society- The JASON Project
Release Date: 28 August 2008
Project Lead: Marjee Chmiel
Funding Sources: Kauffman Foundation
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 600,000
Secured: 600,000
Brief Description
Sharks! Invasive species! Dismantled oil platforms! Our Resilient Planet is under constant pressure and it needs you to protect and defend our vital ecosystems. Your success depends on your ability to use the right tools, gather the right data and make the right decisions about our planet.
Full Description
The Operation: Resilient Planet game empowers school-aged-children as they travel to some of the most unique underwater ecosystems in the planet and gather cutting -edge data about some of the planet’s most vulnerable creatures. Kids use fun, exciting, and authentic tools like remotely operated vehicles and “Crittercams” to assemble an understanding about some of the most endangered marine species in the world. Together with close collaboration with some of National Geographic’s leading ecologists, players uncover groundbreaking ecological theories that have only recently emerged in scientific journals. The first mission occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. Explosives on an oil platform are in the process of being placed and time is running out. Below the surface of the waves, many species must be protected, and Dr. Bob Ballard (the discoverer of the Titanic, who does the voice acting in the game) is asking for help to save the turtles. The second mission occurs in the pristine Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument where two ancient predators seem to be at odds with each other. A leading expert in the area suggests introducing a shark cull, but not so fast! Players investigate the delicate relationships between species in this unique environment and have the power to preserve one of the last pristine ecosystems we have!
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
Purpose:
Operation: Resilient Planet gives students scientific understanding and insight into the factors leading to species endangerment. The game focuses on four endangered species and offers an exploration on how human behaviors impact species survival. The intended impact is to arm students with empirical data about why biodiversity is essential to the planet and humankind. The game is a call-to-arms against harmful practices such as water pollution, over-fishing, shark culling and uncontrolled CO2 emissions.
Metrics:
How? 1) Number of downloads and plays 2) Time spent playing the game 3) Student survey responses 4) Teacher focus groups 5) Student interviews
What outcomes have been measured? We have data on all of the above. The average middle school student logs in and spends an average of 89 minutes with our game. Feedback from adults and children has indicated that the game is highly usable and engaging. Students understand the content quickly and on deep levels. Students rank the game as "excellent" compared to other games they have played during school hours.
Press Coverage:
Press Release URL: http://www.jason.org/gated/operations/OperationResources.aspx?occ=28
Public Contact Information
Name: Marjee Chmiel
Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Press Contact Name: Marjee Chmiel
Press Contact Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Game Tags: ecology, environment, endangered species,science
Where you can play this game: Create a free username on www.jason.org. Once you have logged in, follow this link: http://www.jason.org/gated/operations/OperationResources.aspx?occ=28&pId=dl to download the game.
Operation: Reslient Planet
Game URL: http://www.jason.org/Public/Curriculum/ORPGame.aspx?pos=1
Developer: Filament Games
Non-Profit: National Geographic Society- The JASON Project
Release Date: 28 August 2008
Project Lead: Marjee Chmiel
Funding Sources: Kauffman Foundation
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 600,000
Secured: 600,000
Brief Description
Sharks! Invasive species! Dismantled oil platforms! Our Resilient Planet is under constant pressure and it needs you to protect and defend our vital ecosystems. Your success depends on your ability to use the right tools, gather the right data and make the right decisions about our planet.
Full Description
The Operation: Resilient Planet game empowers school-aged-children as they travel to some of the most unique underwater ecosystems in the planet and gather cutting -edge data about some of the planet’s most vulnerable creatures. Kids use fun, exciting, and authentic tools like remotely operated vehicles and “Crittercams” to assemble an understanding about some of the most endangered marine species in the world. Together with close collaboration with some of National Geographic’s leading ecologists, players uncover groundbreaking ecological theories that have only recently emerged in scientific journals. The first mission occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. Explosives on an oil platform are in the process of being placed and time is running out. Below the surface of the waves, many species must be protected, and Dr. Bob Ballard (the discoverer of the Titanic, who does the voice acting in the game) is asking for help to save the turtles. The second mission occurs in the pristine Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument where two ancient predators seem to be at odds with each other. A leading expert in the area suggests introducing a shark cull, but not so fast! Players investigate the delicate relationships between species in this unique environment and have the power to preserve one of the last pristine ecosystems we have!
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: environment,
Purpose:
Operation: Resilient Planet gives students scientific understanding and insight into the factors leading to species endangerment. The game focuses on four endangered species and offers an exploration on how human behaviors impact species survival. The intended impact is to arm students with empirical data about why biodiversity is essential to the planet and humankind. The game is a call-to-arms against harmful practices such as water pollution, over-fishing, shark culling and uncontrolled CO2 emissions.
Metrics:
How? 1) Number of downloads and plays 2) Time spent playing the game 3) Student survey responses 4) Teacher focus groups 5) Student interviews
What outcomes have been measured? We have data on all of the above. The average middle school student logs in and spends an average of 89 minutes with our game. Feedback from adults and children has indicated that the game is highly usable and engaging. Students understand the content quickly and on deep levels. Students rank the game as "excellent" compared to other games they have played during school hours.
Press Coverage:
Press Release URL: http://www.jason.org/gated/operations/OperationResources.aspx?occ=28
Public Contact Information
Name: Marjee Chmiel
Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Press Contact Name: Marjee Chmiel
Press Contact Email: mchmiel@jason.org
Game Tags: ecology, environment, endangered species,science
Where you can play this game: Create a free username on www.jason.org. Once you have logged in, follow this link: http://www.jason.org/gated/operations/OperationResources.aspx?occ=28&pId=dl to download the game.
September 12th - A Toy World
Developer: Newsgaming.com
Non-Profit:
Release Date: September 2003
Project Lead: Gonzalo Frasca
Funding Sources: Self-funded through the commercial work of Powerful Robot Games studio
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 10.000
Secured: 10.000
Brief Description
Highly controversial at its launch in 2003, September 12th’s describes the post 9-11 world. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this game virally exposed the futility of the US-led War on Terror.
Full Description
The New York Times described September 12th as “An Op-Ed composed on of words but of actions”. This newsgame became a viral hit by exposing the futility of the US-led War on Terror. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this was the first game of the series that coined the term newsgame. The project’s main idea was to use the language of videogames to describe current events while conveying a timeless maxim: violence begets more violence. The player controls what seems to be a sniper rifle target but, when clicked, launches missiles. The bombs not only kill the terrorists but also generate so-called “collateral damage”. When civilians mourn the innocent dead they soon turn into terrorists. After a couple of minutes, this Middle-Eastern village is destroyed and crawling with terrorists. The player soon realizes that there is no way to win the game through shooting. The game’s main goal was not to convince people that the War on Terror was wrong. Instead, it aimed at triggering discussion among young players. Indeed, that’s what happened in multiple online forums. The game was highly controversial when it launched, generating threats and mild or negative reviews. As the War on Terror went sour, its popularity grew exponentially. Today, September 12th has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and has been used by teachers as a tool for discussing terrorism.
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: economics, global conflict, human rights, news,
Purpose:
This project is a direct consequence of the research work of its lead designer, Gonzalo Frasca. In 2000, Frasca attended to Georgia Tech where he wrote Videogames of the Oppressed, his Masters dissertation exploring game design techniques for social and political change, based in the works of Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. September 12th is a Brechtian game in the sense that it sabotages videogame conventions by shortcircuiting player expectations. The main goal of this game was to trigger critical thinking rather than persuasion, in a way that spoke to a new generation of gamers and in a way that could reach millions.
Metrics:
How? We stopped counting after the game reached 2 million unique players. Our rough estimate is that it was played by at least 5 million people.
What outcomes have been measured? We measured number of players, media appearances and
Press Coverage:
'An Op-Ed composed not of words but of actions' - The New York Times "Disturbing rather than fun - but that's the point" - Amnesty International "Fascinating site" ; "Clearly there’s some fresh thinking here" - USA Today "One interesting example (...) of games' growing influence on contemporary art, politics and culture" - The Wall Street Journal "September 12th has a point to make: that our actions have consequences, and that we should try to understand why other people take to arms" - Wired.com "Think of it as SimChomsky" - The Guardian "Newsgaming represents (a) new form of political expression" - MIT Technology Review
Press Release URL:
Public Contact Information
Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Press Contact Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Press Contact Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Game Tags: newsgame; war on terror; iraq war; afghanistan war; US foreign policy; 9-11
Where you can play this game: It's available at Newsgaming.com
September 12th - A Toy World
Game URL: http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Developer: Newsgaming.com
Non-Profit: Gonzalo Frasca
Release Date: September 2003
Project Lead: Gonzalo Frasca
Funding Sources: Self-funded through the commercial work of Powerful Robot Games studio
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 10000
Secured: 10000
Brief Description
Highly controversial at its launch in 2003, September 12th’s describes the post 9-11 world. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this game virally exposed the futility of the US-led War on Terror.
Full Description
The New York Times described September 12th as “An Op-Ed composed on of words but of actions”. This newsgame became a viral hit by exposing the futility of the US-led War on Terror. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this was the first game of the series that coined the term newsgame. The project’s main idea was to use the language of videogames to describe current events while conveying a timeless maxim: violence begets more violence. The player controls what seems to be a sniper rifle target but, when clicked, launches missiles. The bombs not only kill the terrorists but also generate so-called “collateral damage”. When civilians mourn the innocent dead they soon turn into terrorists. After a couple of minutes, this Middle-Eastern village is destroyed and crawling with terrorists. The player soon realizes that there is no way to win the game through shooting. The game’s main goal was not to convince people that the War on Terror was wrong. Instead, it aimed at triggering discussion among young players. Indeed, that’s what happened in multiple online forums. The game was highly controversial when it launched, generating threats and mild or negative reviews. As the War on Terror went sour, its popularity grew exponentially. Today, September 12th has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and has been used by teachers as a tool for discussing terrorism.
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: economics, global conflict, human rights, news,
Purpose:
This project is a direct consequence of the research work of its lead designer, Gonzalo Frasca. In 2000, Frasca attended to Georgia Tech where he wrote Videogames of the Oppressed, his Masters dissertation exploring game design techniques for social and political change, based in the works of Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. September 12th is a Brechtian game in the sense that it sabotages videogame conventions by shortcircuiting player expectations. The main goal of this game was to trigger critical thinking rather than persuasion, in a way that spoke to a new generation of gamers and in a way that could reach millions.
Metrics:
How? We stopped counting after the game reached 2 million unique players. Our rough estimate is that it was played by at least 5 million people.
What outcomes have been measured? We measured number of players, media appearances and email feedback
Press Coverage:
'An Op-Ed composed not of words but of actions' - The New York Times "Disturbing rather than fun - but that's the point" - Amnesty International "Fascinating site" ; "Clearly there’s some fresh thinking here" - USA Today "One interesting example (...) of games' growing influence on contemporary art, politics and culture" - The Wall Street Journal "September 12th has a point to make: that our actions have consequences, and that we should try to understand why other people take to arms" - Wired.com "Think of it as SimChomsky" - The Guardian "Newsgaming represents (a) new form of political expression" - MIT Technology Review
Press Release URL: http://newsgaming.com/press092903.htm
Public Contact Information
Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Press Contact Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Press Contact Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Game Tags: newsgame; war on terror; iraq war; afghanistan war; US foreign policy; 9-11
Where you can play this game: Newsgaming.com
September 12th - A Toy World
Game URL: http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Developer: Newsgaming.com
Non-Profit: Gonzalo Frasca
Release Date: September 2003
Project Lead: Gonzalo Frasca
Funding Sources: Self-funded through the commercial work of Powerful Robot Games studio
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 10000
Secured: 10000
Brief Description
Highly controversial at its launch in 2003, September 12th’s describes the post 9-11 world. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this game virally exposed the futility of the US-led War on Terror.
Full Description
The New York Times described September 12th as “An Op-Ed composed on of words but of actions”. This newsgame became a viral hit by exposing the futility of the US-led War on Terror. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this was the first game of the series that coined the term newsgame. The project’s main idea was to use the language of videogames to describe current events while conveying a timeless maxim: violence begets more violence. The player controls what seems to be a sniper rifle target but, when clicked, launches missiles. The bombs not only kill the terrorists but also generate so-called “collateral damage”. When civilians mourn the innocent dead they soon turn into terrorists. After a couple of minutes, this Middle-Eastern village is destroyed and crawling with terrorists. The player soon realizes that there is no way to win the game through shooting. The game’s main goal was not to convince people that the War on Terror was wrong. Instead, it aimed at triggering discussion among young players. Indeed, that’s what happened in multiple online forums. The game was highly controversial when it launched, generating threats and mild or negative reviews. As the War on Terror went sour, its popularity grew exponentially. Today, September 12th has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and has been used by teachers as a tool for discussing terrorism.
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: economics, global conflict, human rights, news,
Purpose:
This project is a direct consequence of the research work of its lead designer, Gonzalo Frasca. In 2000, Frasca attended to Georgia Tech where he wrote Videogames of the Oppressed, his Masters dissertation exploring game design techniques for social and political change, based in the works of Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. September 12th is a Brechtian game in the sense that it sabotages videogame conventions by shortcircuiting player expectations. The main goal of this game was to trigger critical thinking rather than persuasion, in a way that spoke to a new generation of gamers and in a way that could reach millions.
Metrics:
How? We stopped counting after the game reached 2 million unique players. Our rough estimate based on the server stats is that it was played by at least 5 million people.
What outcomes have been measured? We measured number of players, media appearances and email feedback
Press Coverage:
'An Op-Ed composed not of words but of actions' - The New York Times "Disturbing rather than fun - but that's the point" - Amnesty International "Fascinating site" ; "Clearly there’s some fresh thinking here" - USA Today "One interesting example (...) of games' growing influence on contemporary art, politics and culture" - The Wall Street Journal "September 12th has a point to make: that our actions have consequences, and that we should try to understand why other people take to arms" - Wired.com "Think of it as SimChomsky" - The Guardian "Newsgaming represents (a) new form of political expression" - MIT Technology Review
Press Release URL: http://newsgaming.com/press092903.htm
Public Contact Information
Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Press Contact Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Press Contact Email: Frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Game Tags: newsgame; war on terror; iraq war; afghanistan war; US foreign policy; 9-11
Where you can play this game: Available at Newsgaming.com
A Moose's Love
Game URL: http://wingchunsantacruz.com/gamesandart/games/a_mooses_love/
Developer: Mike Treanor, Teale Fristoe and William Manegold
Non-Profit:
Release Date: 2/1/09
Project Lead: Mike Treanor, Teale Fristoe and William Manegold
Funding Sources: None
Sponsors/In-kind donations: None
Budget:
Overall: 0
Secured: 0
Brief Description
A Moose's Love is an allegorical game about a marginalized moose trying to grow his tree of happiness. This was created as an experiment in communicating a message primarily through the rule system.
Full Description
A Moose's Love is an allegorical game about a marginalized moose trying to grow his tree of happiness. This was created as an experiment in communicating a message primarily through the rule system. The player is tasked with growing a tree which is to represent the happiness that he achieved in his life. The tree requires both water and sunlight to grow. 'Romancing' parts the clouds and brings sun, and the player can collect water drops and bring them to the tree. The challenge comes when the player finds that the amount of sunlight depends on who the player is compelled to be with (which is out of his control). However, the rest of the moose aren't happy with the pairing and will keep the water from him if he follows his heart. How can a moose nurture his happiness in a system like this?
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: news, public policy,
Purpose:
A Moose's Love strives to expose the challenging system that homosexual people must face as a result of social and even lawful discrimination (like CA's gay marriage ban). The difficulty of winning and even the arguably sad actions that one must take to win express our understanding of the situation and we hope will strike a blow to anyone who hopes to limit the freedom of homosexual people. The game is our reaction to California's Proposition 8 passing. It was a shock to us that enough people would misunderstand the situation and this game emphasizes some of the core disagreements: the fact that the player doesn't control that he is compelled with someone of the same sex and that discrimination does in fact hurt people.
Metrics:
How? We are not measuring results. If you mean how do we determine a victory condition within the system, success is measured by the size and health of the tree.
What outcomes have been measured? We are not measuring outcomes.
Press Coverage:
Ian Bogost liked it: http://jag.lcc.gatech.edu/blog/2009/02/practical-matters-in-breaking-newsgames.html
Press Release URL:
Public Contact Information
Name: Mike Treanor
Email: micitari@gmail.com
Press Contact Name: Mike Treanor
Press Contact Email: micitari@gmail.com
Game Tags: newsgame, political, short
Where you can play this game: The game can be played by going to this website. It is flash. http://wingchunsantacruz.com/gamesandart/games/a_mooses_love/
September 12th - A Toy World
Game URL: http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Developer: Newsgaming.com
Non-Profit: Gonzalo Frasca
Release Date: September 2003
Project Lead: Gonzalo Frasca
Funding Sources: Self-funded through the commercial work of Powerful Robot Games studio.
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 10000
Secured: 10000
Brief Description
Highly controversial at its launch in 2003, September 12th’s describes the post 9-11 world. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this game virally exposed the futility of the US-led War on Terror.
Full Description
The New York Times described September 12th as “An Op-Ed composed on of words but of actions”. This newsgame became a viral hit by exposing the futility of the US-led War on Terror. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this was the first game of the series that coined the term newsgame. The project’s main idea was to use the language of videogames to describe current events while conveying a timeless maxim: violence begets more violence. The player controls what seems to be a sniper rifle target but, when clicked, launches missiles. The bombs not only kill the terrorists but also generate so-called “collateral damage”. When civilians mourn the innocent dead they soon turn into terrorists. After a couple of minutes, this Middle-Eastern village is destroyed and crawling with terrorists. The player soon realizes that there is no way to win the game through shooting. The game’s main goal was not to convince people that the War on Terror was wrong. Instead, it aimed at triggering discussion among young players. Indeed, that’s what happened in multiple online forums. The game was highly controversial when it launched, generating threats and mild or negative reviews. As the War on Terror went sour, its popularity grew exponentially. Today, September 12th has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and has been used by teachers as a tool for discussing terrorism.
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed:
Purpose:
This project is a direct consequence of the research work of its lead designer, Gonzalo Frasca. In 2000, Frasca attended to Georgia Tech where he wrote Videogames of the Oppressed, his Masters dissertation exploring game design techniques for social and political change, based in the works of Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. September 12th is a Brechtian game in the sense that it sabotages videogame conventions by shortcircuiting player expectations. The main goal of this game was to trigger critical thinking rather than persuasion, in a way that spoke to a new generation of gamers and in a way that could reach millions.
Metrics:
How? We stopped counting after the game reached 2 million unique players. Our rough estimate is that it was played by at least 5 million people.
What outcomes have been measured? We measured number of players, media appearances and email feedback
Press Coverage:
'An Op-Ed composed not of words but of actions' - The New York Times "Disturbing rather than fun - but that's the point" - Amnesty International "Fascinating site" ; "Clearly there’s some fresh thinking here" - USA Today "One interesting example (...) of games' growing influence on contemporary art, politics and culture" - The Wall Street Journal "September 12th has a point to make: that our actions have consequences, and that we should try to understand why other people take to arms" - Wired.com "Think of it as SimChomsky" - The Guardian "Newsgaming represents (a) new form of political expression" - MIT Technology Review
Press Release URL: http://newsgaming.com/press092903.htm
Public Contact Information
Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Press Contact Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Press Contact Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Game Tags: newsgame; war on terror; iraq war; afghanistan war; US foreign policy; 9-11
Where you can play this game: Newsgaming.com
September 12th - A Toy World
Game URL: http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Developer: Newsgaming.com
Non-Profit: Gonzalo Frasca
Release Date: September 2003
Project Lead: Gonzalo Frasca
Funding Sources: Self-funded through the commercial work of Powerful Robot Games studio.
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 10.000
Secured: 10.000
Brief Description
Highly controversial at its launch in 2003, September 12th’s describes the post 9-11 world. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this game virally exposed the futility of the US-led War on Terror.
Full Description
The New York Times described September 12th as “An Op-Ed composed on of words but of actions”. This newsgame became a viral hit by exposing the futility of the US-led War on Terror. Created by a team of Uruguayan game developers lead by a former CNN journalist, this was the first game of the series that coined the term newsgame. The project’s main idea was to use the language of videogames to describe current events while conveying a timeless maxim: violence begets more violence. The player controls what seems to be a sniper rifle target but, when clicked, launches missiles. The bombs not only kill the terrorists but also generate so-called “collateral damage”. When civilians mourn the innocent dead they soon turn into terrorists. After a couple of minutes, this Middle-Eastern village is destroyed and crawling with terrorists. The player soon realizes that there is no way to win the game through shooting. The game’s main goal was not to convince people that the War on Terror was wrong. Instead, it aimed at triggering discussion among young players. Indeed, that’s what happened in multiple online forums. The game was highly controversial when it launched, generating threats and mild or negative reviews. As the War on Terror went sour, its popularity grew exponentially. Today, September 12th has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and has been used by teachers as a tool for discussing terrorism.
Target Audience:
Social Issues Addressed: economics, global conflict, human rights, news,
Purpose:
This project is a direct consequence of the research work of its lead designer, Gonzalo Frasca. In 2000, Frasca attended to Georgia Tech where he wrote Videogames of the Oppressed, his Masters dissertation exploring game design techniques for social and political change, based in the works of Bertolt Brecht, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. September 12th is a Brechtian game in the sense that it sabotages videogame conventions by shortcircuiting player expectations. The main goal of this game was to trigger critical thinking rather than persuasion, in a way that spoke to a new generation of gamers and in a way that could reach millions.
Metrics:
How? We stopped counting after the game reached 2 million unique players. Our rough estimate is that it was played by at least 5 million people.
What outcomes have been measured? We measured number of players, media appearances and email feedback
Press Coverage:
'An Op-Ed composed not of words but of actions' - The New York Times "Disturbing rather than fun - but that's the point" - Amnesty International "Fascinating site" ; "Clearly there’s some fresh thinking here" - USA Today "One interesting example (...) of games' growing influence on contemporary art, politics and culture" - The Wall Street Journal "September 12th has a point to make: that our actions have consequences, and that we should try to understand why other people take to arms" - Wired.com "Think of it as SimChomsky" - The Guardian "Newsgaming represents (a) new form of political expression" - MIT Technology Review
Press Release URL: http://newsgaming.com/press092903.htm
Public Contact Information
Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Press Contact Name: Gonzalo Frasca
Press Contact Email: frasca@powerfulrobot.com
Game Tags: newsgame; war on terror; iraq war; afghanistan war; US foreign policy; 9-11
Where you can play this game: Newsgaming.com
Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City
Game URL: tempestincrescentcity.org
Developer: Global Kids and Gamepill
Non-Profit: Global Kids. We produced the game with the youth in our program.
Release Date: August 29th, 2008 - on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Project Lead: Barry Joseph
Funding Sources: Microsoft Partners in Learning and AED
Sponsors/In-kind donations:
Budget:
Overall: 25,000 - just for the game developers - not to run the after school program
Secured:
Brief Description
Global Kids Youth Leaders selected the topic of Hurricane Katrina and worked with game developers Gamepill to create Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City. The web-based game recognizes local heroes that emerged during the disaster while educating its players about the essentials of disaster readiness and of reporters.
Full Description
Global Kids Youth Leaders selected the topic of Hurricane Katrina and worked with game developers Gamepill to create Hurricane Katrina: Tempest in Crescent City. The web-based game recognizes local heroes that emerged during the disaster while educating its players about the essentials of disaster readiness and of reporters. Tempest is a side-scrolling platform game set in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina Disaster of 2005. The game's main character is Vivica Water, a young woman from New Orleans who moved to New York after surviving the storm. The game takes place in a dream Vivica has where she searches for her mother and helps her neighbors as the hero she wishes she could have been. Vivica can not move to the next level unless she collects local new from residents and passing that information on to the reporter. Between levels the viewer reads headlines based on the collected news. Tempest is meant to be a fun adventure game that also addresses meaningful, accurate and difficult historical situations.
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Social Issues Addressed: economics, environment, human rights, news, poverty, public policy, disaster readiness,
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Educational goals: * Teach players about how everyday residents of New Orleans acted heroically to help each other. This is a celebration of New Orleans residents and their culture. * Emphasize what are perhaps the two most important priorities in any disaster: communication and use of local resources, needs, and knowledge. The relief effort in Hurricane Katrina was severely hampered by the poor communication between government agencies and through most media outlets. Top down disaster management also led responders to ignore local resources and knowledge that could have saved many lives. * Draw attention to the continuing struggle in New Orleans as residents fight for housing in 2008.
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http://www.holymeatballs.org/2008/09/p4k_our_latest_game_wins_award.html http://www.holymeatballs.org/2008/09/p4k_blog_coverage_of_release_o.html
Press Release URL: http://www.holymeatballs.org/2008/08/global_kids_to_launch_online_c.html
Public Contact Information
Name: Barry Joseph
Email: bjinfo2@globalkids.org
Press Contact Name: Sofia
Press Contact Email: sofia@globalkids.org
Game Tags: hurricanekatrina disaster poverty racism
Where you can play this game: tempestincrescentcity.org
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You Have To Defecate Upon King Bhumibol
Game URL: http://www.kongregate.com/games/raitendo/you-have-to-defecate-upon-king-bhumibol
Developer: Raitendo
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Release Date: 2009-01-22
Project Lead: Marcus Richert
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Brief Description
A news game which parodied Thailand's lèse majesté laws, released only three days after Australian author Harry Nicoalaides was sentenced to 3 years in prison for offending the king in a novel.
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