InGame Director Stephen Knightly recently spoke at the TEDxAuckland conference about ‘games that do good.’
Stephen’s talk aired on TVNZ7 during December 2010 and you can watch it on TVNZ OnDemand here.
Here is a PDF copy of the presentation. (1.5 MB PDF)
Some of the key points of the talk are:
- Violent games are only the visible tip of the iceberg. The vast majority of games are constructive and family-friendly.
- Game players are incredible diverse, from 98-year olds in Dargaville to moms on Facebook.
- The ‘Serious Games’ movement is all about creating fun games that also have a serious purpose beyond pure entertainment.
- Many serious games have been clinically trialled and had positive results.
- Games inherently teach us things – even if it is only ‘how to get to the next level’.
- Games teach us about the world. They are often world-simulations. Therefore they include worldviews and can teach values as well as content.
