Archive - 2006
June 27th
Games for Change IRC Channel
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 10:38If anyone is interested in a live Games for Change backchannel, please join me on IRC #06-G4C on freenode.net (irc://irc.freenode.net/#06-g4c)
Click on games for posts here about the conference, and the del.icio.us for other links. Also, be sure to say hello in the comments.
Liveblogging Games for Change – Steven Johnson
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 10:24Steven Johnson starts off his talk with a clip of when he was on the Colbert Report. Note to self. Try to find a copy of the clip online.
He has a lot of good quotes from a message board for Civilization 4. “How do you deal with religion? Barbarians? Etc.”
Live blogging, more welcoming remarks
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 09:52Benjamin Stokes asks us several questions.
“What is social change?:
“Games are emergent. How do we fund things that are changing so rapidly?”
He talks about the importance of cross-pollination. How do we take our experiences here and spread them to other communities of practice?
What field will build games for the public good?
Hopefully, the conference will help with some of this.
Liveblogging Games for Change – Opening remarks
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 09:35I’m sitting off to the side as one of the few places where I can plug in and keep my batteries charged for the day. They have provided information on the Wifi, but it is interesting to observe how few laptops there really are here. The list of attendees include a lot of people from the mainstream media, but there isn’t much for discussion about bloggers. If there are any other bloggers here, please, let me know.
Live blogging Games for Change - Registration
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 08:42I took a seven o’clock train into New York City from Connecticut. It was filled with the usual group of business men and women with their copies of the Wall Street Journal. I spent time thinking about how Games for Change isn’t really that new of an idea. We have always played games to learn and through learning somehow make the world a better place.
