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Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers Preview: Show Me, Don’t Tell Me
5:30PM AJ Glasser | Serious Games Interactive’s newest 3D role-playing game touches on the tough topic of Child Soldiers in African countries. More »
Media
Will Wright Talks Educational Gaming, Funny Money
1:00AM Brian Crecente
The Chronicle of Higher Education sat down recently with Will Wright to talk to him about the value of educational games. Not only did they get some great money quotes, they got some great money business cards! More »
News
Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story
12:00PM Mike Fahey | After ages of misrepresentation in books, films, and television, Norfolk University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander wants to tell the true story of the slave-liberating Underground Railroad using a video game. More »
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Walden: The Game Is In Development
9:00AM Stephen Totilo | EA can’t have all the fun turning great books into video games. Tracy Fullerton wants to turn Henry David Thoreau’s classic into one too. More »
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2009 Life. Love. Game Design Challenge Winners Unveiled
5:00AM Brian Crecente | Is it possible to educate about teen dating violence through a violence-free video game? More »
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Before E3 Corrupts Us, Games4Change Festival Kicks Off
9:00AM Stephen Totilo | Games that are frivolous and possibly useless to society will be showcased next week at E3, but this week in New York, games designed for the good of the world get the spotlight. More »
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11:00AM David Wildgoose | “Videogames, as a medium, have also reached a stage in their development where they are mature enough to tackle concepts far more meaningful than just shooting space aliens.” So says the brains behind the Serious Games initiative just launched by the ABC and Screen Australia. They’re calling for serious game design ideas, with the eventual competition winners receiving funding to development their idea into a playable game.
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ABC and Screen Australia Launch Serious Games Competition
11:00AM David Wildgoose | “Videogames, as a medium, have also reached a stage in their development where they are mature enough to tackle concepts far more meaningful than just shooting space aliens.” So says the brains behind the Serious Games initiative just launched by the ABC and Screen Australia. They’re calling for serious game design ideas, with the eventual competition winners receiving funding to development their idea into a playable game.
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Culture
Wii Music As Teacher Shown in Action
12:40AM Brian Crecente | A Washington, D.C. school is one of the first in the nation to get Wii Music in their school. More »
News
Take Airport Security Game Through Airport Security
5:00AM Brian Crecente | We first wrote about newsgame Airport Security back in 2006, today Ian Bogost reports that an iPhone version of the game is now available in the App Store. More »
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