Looking for games designed specifically to influence socio-political behaviour?
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daniela de angeli
Feb 12, 2018, 8:25:02 PM2/12/18
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Dear Games for Change community,
I am a Research Associate in Computer Science at the University of Bath. I am currently researching how games can be used for socio-political impact, so how specific games can influence the social behaviour of a player or can be used for political purposes. I was wondering if you could suggest me any archive/book/publication where I could find relevant games or if you yourself can think of any game. I am looking for any type of game, including for example digital, mobile and board games. Thank you in advance.
Daniela De Angeli
Research Associate at University of Bath
Tristan Angeles
Feb 12, 2018, 9:20:31 PM2/12/18
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Hi,
You can check this out: https://www.commonsense.org/education/game/political-animals
It's a game we developed, and has been included in Common Sense Education Best EdTech for 2017.
Cheers,
- Tristan
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Kurosh ValaNejad
Feb 13, 2018, 9:04:00 AM2/13/18
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Germany's Cultural Center, the Goethe Institute, and their Art & Design Museums, ZKM, have organized a traveling exhibit "Games and Politics"
Look for the link to the 45 pages show catalog in my blog post. Its dense.
It's showing in a different city nearly every month for up to 5 years.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 6:20 PM Tristan Angeles <calad...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,You can check this out: https://www.commonsense.org/education/game/political-animalsIt's a game we developed, and has been included in Common Sense Education Best EdTech for 2017.Cheers,- Tristan
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:49 PM, daniela de angeli <daniela.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
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I am a Research Associate in Computer Science at the University of Bath. I am currently researching how games can be used for socio-political impact, so how specific games can influence the social behaviour of a player or can be used for political purposes. I was wondering if you could suggest me any archive/book/publication where I could find relevant games or if you yourself can think of any game. I am looking for any type of game, including for example digital, mobile and board games. Thank you in advance.
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Tiffany Taylor Attaway
Feb 13, 2018, 10:54:42 AM2/13/18
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The most famous example of this kind of game is Peacemaker. http://www.peacemakergame.com/
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Aaron Vanek
Feb 13, 2018, 3:26:17 PM2/13/18
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Hi
I know tons of larps (live action role playing) that do this:
Halat Hisar - A joint Palestinian-Finnish larp about living in occupied Palestine: http://www.nordicrpg.fi/halathisar/
Dublin2 - about the EUs poltical refugee program (starts on page 27 in this book of essays: https://nordiclarp.org/w/images/a/a0/2012-States.of.play.pdf
Crossroads is known for doing A Day in the Life of a Refugee at WEF Davos: http://www.refugee-run.org/
Denmark ran one about a different welfare state where you had to prove your worth or be killed (forgot the name): https://youtu.be/77ACDFVzH_0
Outside larp, Papers Please is a famous video game about immigration in a dystopian (or realistic) future: http://papersplea.se/
There's probably tons more, that's just off the top of my head.
Aaron
I know tons of larps (live action role playing) that do this:
Halat Hisar - A joint Palestinian-Finnish larp about living in occupied Palestine: http://www.nordicrpg.fi/halathisar/
Dublin2 - about the EUs poltical refugee program (starts on page 27 in this book of essays: https://nordiclarp.org/w/images/a/a0/2012-States.of.play.pdf
Crossroads is known for doing A Day in the Life of a Refugee at WEF Davos: http://www.refugee-run.org/
Denmark ran one about a different welfare state where you had to prove your worth or be killed (forgot the name): https://youtu.be/77ACDFVzH_0
Outside larp, Papers Please is a famous video game about immigration in a dystopian (or realistic) future: http://papersplea.se/
There's probably tons more, that's just off the top of my head.
Aaron
Aaron Vanek
Feb 13, 2018, 3:26:28 PM2/13/18
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And I just heard about this mobile (text) game about a Syrian refugee: http://burymemylove.arte.tv/
Aaron
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daniela de angeli
Feb 20, 2018, 11:14:02 AM2/20/18
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Thank you everybody for the amazing suggestions!
Jay Japra
Feb 21, 2018, 10:36:13 AM2/21/18
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iCivics is gaining a lot of traction and already one of the more popular educational game site for teaching how democracy works.
Kurosh ValaNejad
Feb 21, 2018, 10:58:15 AM2/21/18
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www.redistrictinggame.org/ shows thru practice/play how gerrymandering gives incumbents an advantage in getting reelected
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Andrei Olaru
Feb 22, 2018, 2:12:10 PM2/22/18
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Hi there,
The first title that comes to mind is Democracy 3 (of course Democracy 2 and 1 are also on the list, but they are just less-polished version of the third instalment in the series).
There are many games out there that have as a purpose to influence socio-political behavior. For example, me and some friends are developing a game that tackles the issue of terrorism as an answer to authority abuse (It is called "Interrogation", you can find it here: https://critique-gaming.com/interrogation) in an attempt to change the popularity of "War on Terror"-like policies.
Best,
Andrei
The first title that comes to mind is Democracy 3 (of course Democracy 2 and 1 are also on the list, but they are just less-polished version of the third instalment in the series).
There are many games out there that have as a purpose to influence socio-political behavior. For example, me and some friends are developing a game that tackles the issue of terrorism as an answer to authority abuse (It is called "Interrogation", you can find it here: https://critique-gaming.com/interrogation) in an attempt to change the popularity of "War on Terror"-like policies.
Best,
Andrei
Jason Anderson
Feb 22, 2018, 4:19:29 PM2/22/18
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It's a bit dated now, but "A Force More Powerful" was produced in 2006 by Breakaway Games. It takes the player through a series of steps to use non-violent protest to overthrow a dictatorial regime.
http://www.breakawaygames.com/#portfolio
The trailer is at that site. The main game site -- www.afmpgame.com -- is no longer hosting it, but you might contact Breakaway Games to obtain a copy of it.
Any Steam subscribers out there who could check if "A Force More Powerful" is available there?
Good luck,
Jason
http://www.breakawaygames.com/#portfolio
The trailer is at that site. The main game site -- www.afmpgame.com -- is no longer hosting it, but you might contact Breakaway Games to obtain a copy of it.
Any Steam subscribers out there who could check if "A Force More Powerful" is available there?
Good luck,
Jason
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Feb 26, 2018, 11:27:42 AM2/26/18
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I did a little searching and found the website here: http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/game/index.php and it looks like the game has been retired due to compatibility issues. (Not surprising of course)
The good news is how they created a new game called People Power which may do the trick as well. http://www.peoplepowergame.com/
Jeremy
On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 3:19:29 PM UTC-6, jsonanders wrote:
It's a bit dated now, but "A Force More Powerful" was produced in 2006 by Breakaway Games. It takes the player through a series of steps to use non-violent protest to overthrow a dictatorial regime.
http://www.breakawaygames.com/#portfolio
The trailer is at that site. The main game site -- www.afmpgame.com -- is no longer hosting it, but you might contact Breakaway Games to obtain a copy of it.
Any Steam subscribers out there who could check if "A Force More Powerful" is available there?
Good luck,
Jason
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:52 PM, daniela de angeli <daniela.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you everybody for the amazing suggestions!--
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 1:25:02 AM UTC, daniela de angeli wrote:Dear Games for Change community,
I am a Research Associate in Computer Science at the University of Bath. I am currently researching how games can be used for socio-political impact, so how specific games can influence the social behaviour of a player or can be used for political purposes. I was wondering if you could suggest me any archive/book/publication where I could find relevant games or if you yourself can think of any game. I am looking for any type of game, including for example digital, mobile and board games. Thank you in advance.
Daniela De Angeli
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Lilly L
Apr 11, 2018, 9:53:53 AM4/11/18
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John Hunter created the "World Peace Game" which is a classroom simulation game and unusually young target audience (4th graders): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_UTgoPUTLQ
Path Out, by a Syrian: http://path-out.net/
Thomas J. Allen
Apr 16, 2018, 9:47:58 AM4/16/18
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Anyone know how to reach John Hunter? He might like War of Awards, especially after seeing this year's show and how conflict was resolved by parties who had no way of finding common ground based on experience.
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Lilly L
Apr 19, 2018, 11:39:58 AM4/19/18
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Unfortunatley not but good luck!
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 7:56 PM, Thomas J. Allen <tal...@navgtr.org> wrote:
Anyone know how to reach John Hunter? He might like War of Awards, especially after seeing this year's show and how conflict was resolved by parties who had no way of finding common ground based on experience.
Schedule a Meeting: https://thomasallen.youcanbook.me/
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Lilly L <lill...@gmail.com> wrote:
John Hunter created the "World Peace Game" which is a classroom simulation game and unusually young target audience (4th graders): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_UTgoPUTLQ--Path Out, by a Syrian: http://path-out.net/
On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:25:02 UTC, daniela de angeli wrote:Dear Games for Change community,
I am a Research Associate in Computer Science at the University of Bath. I am currently researching how games can be used for socio-political impact, so how specific games can influence the social behaviour of a player or can be used for political purposes. I was wondering if you could suggest me any archive/book/publication where I could find relevant games or if you yourself can think of any game. I am looking for any type of game, including for example digital, mobile and board games. Thank you in advance.
Daniela De Angeli
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