Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media FilesSome research into games as playful explorations of "serious issues". ======Politics====== * **Monopoly** Lizzie Magie and the [[http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/2010/03/the-hidden-history-of-the-monopoly-board-game/|secret history of the Monopoly board game]]. {{http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/BoardGamePatentMagie-201x300.png|http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/BoardGamePatentMagie.png}} * **September 12** [[http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm]] <blockquote>...it does what games and interactive media do best, which is to allow a user to grasp a point or concept more clearly by doing than by looking. In September 12, you are in an Arab market with twisty, crowded streets. There are two kinds of people: civilians and terrorists. You have to kill terrorists. If you don't, they will blow things up. If you do, there will be civilian casualties, and after the fires are out and the wailing stops, more terrorists spring up. If you keep playing, eventually, you will have more terrorists than anything.</blockquote> [[http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007239.html]] {{http://jag.lcc.gatech.edu/blog/september12.png}} * **Global conflicts** [[http://www.globalconflicts.eu/]] <blockquote>“Global Conflicts” is an award-winning educational game series used for teaching citizenship, geography, and media courses. The series allows students to explore and learn about different conflicts throughout the world and the underlying themes of democracy, human rights, globalization, terrorism, climate and poverty. The game series is easy to use for teachers and is developed with close attention to curriculum requirements and ease of use in classroom teaching.</blockquote> ======Health====== * **Re-Mission**: A game for young people with cancer [[http://www.re-mission.net/]] ====== Related festival, groups and companies ====== * http://www.gamesforchange.org/Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International playful_seriousness.1302163958.txt.gz Last modified: 2011-04-07 08:12by davegriffiths