EPISODE · Oct 18, 2024 · 7 MIN
Can Games Keep Up with the News? Inside the Newsjam Experiment
from Game Studies for Everyone · host Learn Video Games / Mindtoggle LLC
In this episode of Game Studies for Everyone, we explore the exciting potential of newsgames as a tool for delivering timely news in a fast-paced media world. Based on a Newsjam—a 36-hour event where participants collaborated to create newsgames based on current events. Can games be created quickly and effectively by non-experts? We’ll discuss the findings, including how teams with game development experience produced the most impactful games and what this means for the future of news delivery. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3196697.3196702
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In this episode of Game Studies for Everyone, we explore the exciting potential of newsgames as a tool for delivering timely news in a fast-paced media world. Based on a Newsjam—a 36-hour event where participants collaborated to create newsgames based on current events. Can games be created quickly and effectively by non-experts? We’ll discuss the findings, including how teams with game development experience produced the most impactful games and what this means for the future of news delivery. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3196697.3196702
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