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Global Conflicts: Latin America (0 comments)
Play Game >> Age Range Ages 11 and up
Brief Description
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.
Release Date October 8th 2008Developer Serious Games Interactive
Press Coverage
http://seriousgames.dk/new/news_archive.php
Press Release URLFull Description
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
Purpose
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.
How are you measuring results?
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.
Funding Sources: Danida
Social Issues/Channels Global Conflict 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
Contacts
General Serious Games Interactive, info@seriousgames.dk
Press Mikkel Lucas Overby, mlo@seriousgames.dk
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