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“Real Lives”: Learning about world cultures, one life at a time

Posted on June 19, 2007 by

My name is Manal.  I am a six year old girl in Syria.  I have an older brother and three older sisters.  My mother and father are salespeople.  We are sunni muslims. Tomorrow I begin school… So begins the life of my new character in the game "Real Lives" put out by Educational Simulations. A…

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Gamers unite for Net Neutrality!

Posted on June 18, 2007 by

I forgot to mention last week that at the Games for Change Festival in New York Moveon.org and Games for Change announced a new joint initiative called "Gamers for Net Neutrality."  The goal is to leverage the enormous energy and creativity of the digital gamers communities to push for freer, more open internet public policy….

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Quick video of virtual broadcast of iCommons panel on “I versus Commons”

Posted on June 15, 2007 by

Here’s a quick video of Jonathan Zittrain answering a question I posed to him from Second Life.  Namely: How do we win the fight for free culture when the hardware / OS layer is being increasingly locked down by Microsoft and Apple for freely creating, sharing and re-mixing our content? The context was a panel…

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Larry Lessig speaking today at iCommons Summit, streamed in-world

Posted on June 15, 2007 by

Tireless advocate for free culture, enlightened intellectual property policies and an open internet, Dr. Lawrence Lessig will be speaking today at 11AM PST at the iCommons Summit in Dubrovnic, Croatia.  You may know Larry as the CEO of the Creative Commons. For those who can’t jet over there, Larry’s talk will also be streamed into…

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Microsoft announces global competition for youth to develop climate change game for XBOX360

Posted on June 13, 2007 by

On Saturday evening, the non-profit Games for Change and Microsoft announced at the G4C Festival at Parsons Design School that they were launching together a new initiative to around the theme of climate change. Entitled "The XBox360 Games for Change Challenge," this project will challenge college students around the world to come up with the…

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Panel on Funding Perspectives at Games for Change

Posted on June 12, 2007 by

Connie Yowell, MacArthur Foundation Here are my notes from a panel on funding perspectives at the Games for Change festival today. Lucy Bernholz, Founder and President of Blueprint Research & Design, moderated a discussion with three large funders: Microsoft, the National Science Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.  My general conclusion is that this is such…

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“My Virtual Model” — avatarized shopping, not so virtual

Posted on June 12, 2007 by

< My friend RubyMae turned me on to the site "My Virtual Model." The "virtual" part apparently is because you can create a custom avatar and have her try on different outfits from different clothing stores.  This is the model "Ororo" I created.  I know, looks just like me. It only takes a few seconds…

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Photos from Games for Change Day 1 online

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

Today was a rush of incredibly interesting discussions and speakers for day one of the Games for Change Festival at the Parsons School of Design.  I’m much too exhausted to do a recap, but you can at least see some pictures from the event here. 

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“Virtual Activism” mixed-reality event today at 10:15AM in Plush Non-profit Commons

Posted on June 11, 2007 by

Just a reminder that the 4th annual Games for Change conference will feature a mixed-reality panel TODAY on "virtual activism" at 10:15AM EST. Games for Change brings together game developers, industry experts, academics and non-profits to discuss how to use digital games to promote social change. The "virtual activism" panel will feature several experts on…

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See indie flick “Four Eyed Monsters” for free on YouTube until June 15

Posted on June 10, 2007 by

Until the end of the week, you can see the entire film "Four Eyed Monsters" for free on YouTube.  I saw the movie a couple of months ago during their Second Life release party, and can recommend it highly.  If you like the flick, or just want to support the independent filmmakers Susan and Arin,…

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