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…
It’s a shame when folks throw out a perfectly good cat
Cat’s gonna cat.
Panel on Funding Perspectives at Games for Change
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…
Discussion on “Media Policy and Games” at Games for Change
Alex Quinn, the new Executive Director of Games for Change, (center) moderated a panel with Adam Green of MoveOn.org (left) and Ted Castronova of Indiana University (right), on the intersection of public policy and games. Adam talked about how activists working on Net Neutrality were looking to expand their outreach to the gamer community and…
“My Virtual Model” — avatarized shopping, not so virtual
< 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…
Photos from Games for Change Day 1 online
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.
Thanks for participating in “Virtual Activism” panel today!
We just finished the "virtual activism" panel at the Games for Change conference in the Parson School in Manhattan. Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup, In Kenzo of Amoration, and Beth Kanter were great. Unfortunately the skype stream from Jeska Linden of Linden Labs failed. But Jeska participated in world, answering people’s questions and adding to the…
“Virtual Activism” mixed-reality event today at 10:15AM in Plush Non-profit Commons
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…
See indie flick “Four Eyed Monsters” for free on YouTube until June 15
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,…
Urb Magazine features SL club scene
Doubledown Tandino sends out the news that the urban style magazine Urb has a cool article in their June 2007 issue on the Second Life club scene. They do take a few liberties with the actual experience of being in SL. Here’s how the article, written by Eric Rice, opens: It’s a typical Friday night…