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June 28, 2006

NPR Morning Edition covers Games for Change conference & Darfur thesis

As is clearly evident, I am documenting many of the news items relating to my thesis project here in my blog. I certainly don't intend to bombard this community with the news, but I do consider it a great repository for this documentation and thus I continue... thanks all for your eyes and ears and support!

Another NPR story is here, for the show Morning Edition. It's an honor to 'inhabit' the same space as projects such as PeaceMaker and A Force More Powerful - meeting the creators at the Games for Change conference has been fantastic and inspirational. I cannot help deducing, however, that our project is quite modest in terms of scale by comparison - and you know... I am wondering if this is not part of its strength in some ways... I must admit, I have always considered the fact that there was so much I wanted to do but couldn't and didn't a flaw, a negative - but this forced simplicity and forced constraints may have lead to some unwanted, unplanned and yet very meaningful decisions.

June 27, 2006

Darfur project traffic numbers

The newest numbers for Darfur is Dying: 700,000 unique visits in seven weeks. This is difficult for me to absorb and I do wish there was access to more profound analysis in order to fully understand these numbers and the ramifications of the gameplay.

I am currently at the third annual Games for Change conference in NYC - great folks and great ideas abound. However, persistent problem for all: funding funding funding. I am honored to be participating on a panel tomorrow entitled "Mixing Gravity with Entertainment".

June 11, 2006

Associated Press on Darfur

Quite an encompassing write-up about the Darfur project is here, from the Associated Press.