Students Work To Create A Digital Game With Social Purpose

Creating a fun game may seem an unlikely way to tackle the serious problem of domestic violence. But that’s the task facing a team of college students in quaint Vermont. An added challenge: The digital game has to be appealing and accessible to young people half a world away, in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. As part of a broader campaign against gender violence, the United Nations wants to reach children, particularly boys, before stereotypes sink in. Read more at:
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/10/19/game-to-take-on-domestic-violence/

Comments

[Daniel Poynter]

This is a great idea! =)

Here are some other interesting games:

World's first massively multiplayer forecasting game. Watch the videos. Play the game. Invent the future. Created by the Institute of the Future:
http://www.superstructgame.org/

World Without Oil: http://worldwithoutoil.org/

And a Wired article about a game preparing people for earthquakes and the "next big one"
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/la-preps-for-th.html

As undergrads, my friends and I created a game to take on another challenge -- information overload. If you're interested: http://DigitalLiteracyContest.org