jesse schell

make games not war

Games for Change Festival 2011: Jesse Schell, "Make Games, Not War" from Games for Change on Vimeo.
so what the hell is wrong with us - even hello kitty
is it that we are just inherently evil or is it just about the medium

a world where:
you can do anything
no one can get hurt
communication is pretty much impossible

will games help people think.. doesn't matter how people look, just how they behave and speak

violence is a way for me to show you how much i am hurting right now

nothing feels better than the feeling that someone else cares what i become

ah  i love the fred rodgers tape..

a war for human attention
fighting the war:
persuaders - make a buck
fulfillers - want to fulfill wishes/fantasies
artists - want to make important statement, bring something to light,
humanitarians - how can we make things that will make us into better people

for 2 weeks at the olympics we put down all our flags and forget all the silliness and care about nothing other than being kids again
if we were better game designers.. couldn't it be the olympics all the time.

wow - great talk

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via Craig's post on dmlcentral


my only question.. olympics - who can throw the ball the farthest, who can skate the prettiest..
i don't know..

well - and curious about badges