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Global Conflicts: Palestine
Game URL: www.globalconflicts.eu
Developer: Serious Games Interactive
Non-Profit:
Release Date: August 8th 2007
Project Lead:
Funding Sources: EU Media+, Danida
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Brief Description
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.
Full Description
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,
Purpose:
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.
Metrics:
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.
Press Coverage:
http://seriousgames.dk/new/news_archive.php
Press Release URL: http://www.seriousgames.dk/pressreleases/Press_release_generic_release.pdf
Public Contact Information
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
