Games for Change V, Come Out & Play III: Changing the Game in NYC
If you are a young person without a high school degree, could games, gamer culture and the commercial game industry play a role in improving your career prospects?Matter thinks so, and under the auspices of our work on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s New Options for Youth Initiative, we have been exploring the possibilities. Recently in New York City we joined a group of similarly enthusiastic individuals and organizations to explore the transformative potential of serious games, games for social change, and big urban games. From the beginning of the week—at the Games for Change Festival’s social issues games workshop—through playing, refereeing and analyzing large scale outdoor games, we encountered a remarkable range of thoughtful, talented and inspiring proponents of play and social transformation. Matter participated in the events with special attention toward developments in philanthropy, the commercial game industry and new cross-sector collaborations between the two.
See the links below for additional information.
Games with a purpose:
Games for Change Fifth Annual Festival | June 2-4 New York City
Games for Change Organization
Serious Games
Big games:
Come Out & Play Festival | June 6-8 , 2008 New York City
Big Games Manifesto
MIT New Media Literacies Project overview of Big Games
Why games?
G4C’s Answer
Harvard Business Review Says Gamers Rule