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Penny Arcade Expo - The Violence Thing and Beyond
Posted by Alex Quinn on 09-03-08
I spent Labor Day weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle attended by an astonishing 58,000 game enthusiasts. Scores of exhibitors, including leading game publishers, showed off the latest games. The weekend included music, films, and of course plenty of gameplay. The Expo also featured…
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The Future of News Play: Asi Burak Envisions a YouTube for News Games
Posted by Elena Haliczer on 08-04-08
G4C: How is Play the News different from your first news game, Peacemaker?
Burak: “Peacemaker had a very different approach. It is a long form. To play the whole, it takes about four hours. It deals with complex issues and gives many perspectives, in order…
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Scientific Clues to Better Game Design?
Posted by Hsing Wei on 08-04-08
Aside from play testing, how else can game developers identify areas and methods to improve their game’s design? One nonprofit, HopeLab, is going about it scientifically.
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Games for Change Makes Initial Contact with Young Central American Leaders
Posted by Elena Haliczer on 06-05-08
Games for Change presented last week at a youth leadership summit in Guatemala, called “Leaders of the Present: Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement in Central America” hosted by the Project on Justice in Times of Transition. It was a meeting of minds among youth leaders in Central America with their older, mentor counterparts. Our panel, “Creative Tools for Making a Difference” was well received and we were asked to follow up with an impromptu workshop on social issue games and how the participants could get involved in creating them by getting involved in our up-coming project-focused social network “CampG4C”.
After the workshop, which we were all loath to end, there was a gratifying surge of interest from many individuals from…
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