“Purposeful Games” from MIT CMS

Hi classmates!

Here’s a topical podcast produced by the MIT Comparative Media Studies department.

Excerpt from the description on the CMS website:

“In the last few years a new trend of designing video games intended to fulfill a serious purpose through impacting the players in real life contexts has emerged. These games claim to raise awareness about social and political issues such as inequity, injustice, poverty, racism, sexism, exploitation, and oppression. Their intent is to reach a specific purpose beyond pure entertainment. But what are the specific attributes of purposeful games and how can they be researched? Which game design challenges arise and how are they addressed? How do players make meaning of their game play experiences in general? And what is the future of purposeful games research?”

You can listen to the podcast via the above link.

See you Saturday.