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Social Activism in Games
Video Games & Social Activism
• Wii
Dance Dance Revolution
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzomMjQPXBU&feature=related
Games towards social activism
• by Jane McGonigal (Avant Game)• and Ian Bogost (Persuasive Games)
Rules
• It’s a real world game
- Find yourself a group- Assassinate other group members- Each member of a group has to carry an item which they have to surrender if they are assassinated- Clues are provided via sms- You have 3 weapons to dispose of your opponnents
• And the weapons are…get this
• Kindness…….wtf?!
Rock, scissors, paper
“welcome beats amazing”“amazing beats gorgeous”“gorgeous beats welcome”
World without oil
• A blogging game of sorts where people would post videosand pictures to simulate a world without oil for the first 32weeks.
Members would then post a blog of their “lives during theoil crsis” and others would respond with suggestions etc
http://worldwithoutoil.org/
Conclusion
• Gaming is one of the most influential and predominant form of media and it can be potentially used to open a few eyes
As designers, games can come in many forms and we shouldn’t just be constricted to what we already know
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