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Games for Change (G4C) provides support, visibility and shared resources to organizations and individuals using digital games for social change. This is the primary community of practice for those interested in making digital games about the most pressing issues of our day, from poverty to race and the environment. We are the social change/social issues branch of the Serious Games Initiative.

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Two conferences: March 20 (GDC/San Jose) & March 24 (N-TEN/Seattle)

Posted by Benjamin Stokes on 03-07-06

UPDATED: photos, audio recordings, and press hits from the conferences are available if you 'read more' at the end of this post...

G4C will be at both the Game Developers Conference and the Nonprofit Technology Conference in late March:
  1. GDC/San Jose Gathering: Meet-Up for Games for Change community. This birds-of-a-feather session will be hosted by the directors of Games for Change. Objectives are to plan out our upcoming national conference, network and share resources with our rapidly growing community. Monday, March 20, 1-1:50pm
  2. GDC/San Jose Panel: Mass Audience Issues for Serious Games. As nearly the first panel in the two-day Summit on Serious Games that preceds the official GDC, we're gathering a high-profile crew that includes a funder's perspective (Connie Yowell/MacArthur Foundation), a museum perspective (Carl Goodman/Museum of the Moving Image), and one designer/academic (Katie Salen/Parsons School of Design). Moderated by G4C's own Suzanne Seggerman, the panel will explore how social change games require extra focus on our ability to reach game audiences that the industry has been unable to reach. This session answers key questions, such as: can we look at the elements other media have used when branching into new areas, such as documentary film or educational TV? Monday, March 20, 10:15-11:15am
  3. N-TEN/Seattle At a panel of the Nonprofit Technology Conference, G4C will present on Storytelling Strategies for Digital Communications using digital games alongside the creators of the Meatrix and Store Wars. Friday, March 24, 1:30-3pm
We hope to see you there! Please see related posts on: a) outcomes from GDC