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October 17, 2005
Serious Games at USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Announcing the Reinventing Public Diplomacy Through Games Competition
USC Center on Public Diplomacy is looking for people to showcase their talent with a bit of world class game-making. The challenge to the game mod community, and current and aspiring game designers is as folllows: design a prototype or modify a game incorporating the fundamental characteristics of public diplomacy.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Announcing a competition to design, conceive, and build a game or game prototype that employs the principles of public diplomacy. How can video games improve public diplomacy?
What comes to mind when you think of diplomacy? Some ideas include cross-cultural communication, conflict negotiation, shared goals, and international exchange of knowledge. For more on our definition of public diplomacy, please visit our website.
(Thanks to Barry Joseph of Global Kids for the notice.)
PS: Washington Post Article On Serious Games: Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance
"Is democracy "fun"? Castronova thinks aspiring game designers should have more than enough to work with for such a project. "You could look at the U.S. Constitution as a big game," he said. "We've been playing it for 200 years. And we love it."
Posted by pweil at October 17, 2005 12:27 PM