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Digital Games Target Social Change

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Keri SchreinerAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Volume 28, Issue 1

Pages 12 - 17

https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2008.4

Published: 01 January 2008 Publication History

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The field of games aimed at social change is young and ripe with opportunity, and several recent announcements of corporate/public-sector partnerships to develop such games are further fueling hopes for its success. However, given the cost of creating a digital game—which can creep past $10 million in some cases—and the as-yet-to-appear killer app, the possibilities remain dogged by challenges.

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Campbell LGunter GKenny R(2019)Evaluating Social Change GamesInternational Journal of Game-Based Learning10.4018/IJGBL.20191001039:4(31-44)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/IJGBL.2019100103
Bai ZLiu BLee KArnedo JNacke LVanden Abeele VToups Dugas P(2019)Piggy Banksy: A Transformational Playground for Social Change Through Playful Co-CreationExtended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts10.1145/3341215.3356254(349-356)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2019
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Cooper STreuille ABarbero JLeaver-Fay ATuite KKhatib FSnyder ABeenen MSalesin DBaker DPopović ZHorswill IPisan Y(2010)The challenge of designing scientific discovery gamesProceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games10.1145/1822348.1822354(40-47)Online publication date: 19-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1822348.1822354

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IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Volume 28, Issue 1

January 2008

74 pages

ISSN:0272-1716

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Campbell LGunter GKenny R(2019)Evaluating Social Change GamesInternational Journal of Game-Based Learning10.4018/IJGBL.20191001039:4(31-44)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2019
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Bai ZLiu BLee KArnedo JNacke LVanden Abeele VToups Dugas P(2019)Piggy Banksy: A Transformational Playground for Social Change Through Playful Co-CreationExtended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts10.1145/3341215.3356254(349-356)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2019
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Cooper STreuille ABarbero JLeaver-Fay ATuite KKhatib FSnyder ABeenen MSalesin DBaker DPopović ZHorswill IPisan Y(2010)The challenge of designing scientific discovery gamesProceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games10.1145/1822348.1822354(40-47)Online publication date: 19-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1822348.1822354

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