{"id":50,"date":"2008-06-03T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/games\/2008\/06\/03\/g4c2008-values-at-play\/"},"modified":"2013-09-26T14:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T19:47:42","slug":"g4c2008-values-at-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/games\/2008\/06\/03\/g4c2008-values-at-play\/","title":{"rendered":"G4C2008: values at play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary Flanagan (Tiltfactor, Values @ Play) — “a humanistic approach to game design.” How to think about \/ change existing gameplay to incorporate human values? How to embed human values\/principles into design processes such as game design? Some of the values include privacy, creative expression, diversity, cooperation\/, commons, community\/collective decision making, altruism\/sharing, inclusivity?<\/p>\n

V@P recreating iterative design process to examine human values.<\/p>\n

Studies to test impact of V@P curriculum on designers. “Grow a game” brainstorming cards. (Verbs, Challenges, Games, Values). Stages of Concern Instrument to measure changes in attitudes about values-conscious design.<\/p>\n

Findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The big issue with making activist games is a perceived conflict between fun and the seriousness of the social issue (don’t want to make light of that issue). Going too serious leads to strange unintended consequences, e.g. Jena 6 game ends up seeming racist — therefore need to maintain the values.<\/li>\n
  2. Students’ three strategies: (1) the unwinnable game; (2) appropriate mainstream games for activist purposes; (3) most difficult to accomplish — invent new mechanics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    See V@P public contest<\/a> — deadline July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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