games for change
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Dreams Nabs Game Of The Year At Games For Change Awards
Media Molecule’s PlayStation 4 game-creation tool Dreams was named Game of the Year at tonight’s Games for Change Awards, which closed out the first day of the digital festival.
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Papers, Please Scores Big At 2014 Games For Change Awards
Briefly: Papers, Please scored two big wins last night at the 2014 Games for Change festival’s awards ceremony, taking home the top prize in the “Best Gameplay” and “Most Innovative Game” categories. The 2013 indie game that casts players as an immigration inspector also won the grand prize at the 16th annual Independent Games Festival…
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Teenagers Are Going To *Love* Safe Sex With Friends On The iOS
The intentions of this Games for Change competition are entirely honourable: give people incentive to create games that raise awareness about safe sex for teenagers, allow them to explore and learn about sexuality in a safe space. But part of me just knows. Take these games to teenagers in schools? Oh man, they will have…
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Final Fantasy X Gave Me Control After Spinal Surgery Took It Away
Today, at a Games for Change conference in New York, Jane McGonigal — video game designer and thinker — took the stage to talk about pain. And trauma. She talked about her own struggle through brain damage. She shared similar stories from cancer patients. She explained how sometimes games can actually help ease those difficulties.