Serious Games
The Wilson Center and Serious Games
Let the Games Begin: Videogames as a Development Tool
January 25, 2013 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Co-sponsored by STIP's Serious Games Initiative and USAID more
Gaming Our Way to a Better Future
Dec 06, 2012
As today’s policy challenges become more complex, it has become clear that American media — online news, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines— are not up to the task of explaining the problems underlying them or providing
citizens with all the information they need to engage in public conversations about them. Democracy cannot function properly without those conversations. But one new medium - videogames — may well fill the gap. more
November Meeting of the Federal Games Group
November 14, 2012 // 1:30pm — 2:30pm
Meeting of the Federal Games Group more
Political Perceptions: Budget Cutting, the Videogame
Oct 25, 2012Wall Street Journal Economics reporter and Wilson Center alum David Wessel writes a post about the serious game Budget Hero for the WSJ’s Washington Wire blog, featuring comments from Dave Rejeski and links to the game and the weekly Data Reports.
Another Game for Congress to Play
Sep 20, 2012"'Budget Hero' is not quite “Angry Birds” — yet it will leave you squawking mad about the ruinous consequences of politicians’ failure to reach a debt agreement," writes Dana Milbank about the latest edition of the game that allows players to play out budget scenarios using the budget policies of President Obama and Governor Romney as well as the impending “fiscal cliff.”
What People Are Saying about Budget Hero
Sep 17, 2012More than 1.3 million people have played Budget Hero, the popular serious game designed to help people of all ages understand the Federal budget and the trade-offs involved in the budgetary process. Here is a sampling of quotes from some of those players.
Let the Games Begin: Videogames as a Development Tool
January 25, 2013 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Co-sponsored by STIP's Serious Games Initiative and USAID
November Meeting of the Federal Games Group
November 14, 2012 // 1:30pm — 2:30pm
Meeting of the Federal Games Group
DC 12th Graders Seek to Be Budget Heroes on Eve of Presidential Election
November 05, 2012 // 2:00pm — 3:30pm
The day before Election Day, 100 12th-graders from Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy will play Budget Hero: Election Edition in teams and discuss their results. (This event took place off site at the Chavez Parkside campus in NE Washington, DC).
Gaming Our Way to a Better Future
As today’s policy challenges become more complex, it has become clear that American media — online news, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines— are not up to the task of explaining the problems underlying them or providing
citizens with all the information they need to engage in public conversations about them. Democracy cannot function properly without those conversations. But one new medium - videogames — may well fill the gap.