Did I Really Run a Session @ eDemocracyCamp?
Apparently, I did…
Democracy & Online Games: a Discussion
eDemocracyCamp, April 19th, 2009
On the drive down to eDemocracyCamp in Washington DC, I innocently tweeted that I would love to have a conversation about the role democracy has in online games and how some online games have been designed to focus on democracy. This sorta led to me running a session, something I wasn’t really prepared for, but was certainly happy to do. I’m not very knowledgeable on this topic — just very interested.
Honestly, after I saw the topics of the other sessions opposite mine, I started thinking about which one I would attend when no one showed up for mine. But that was not the case at all and it turned out to be an interesting conversation.
Relevant Links Mentioned or Referred to…
Web Sites
Gene Koo’s excellent Valuable Games blog
Resources
Directory of Online Budget Simulators / Games (via Valuable Games blog)
Playing with Good and Evil: Videogames and Moral Philosophy (pdf)
Books
Everything Bad is Good for You (video of author at “Handheld Learning 2008”)
Game Examples
Chore Wars :: Claim Experience Points for Housework
EVE Online - a massive multiplayer online roleplaying space game …
Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action
MyFootballClub - The world’s first web community owned club<
Note: In looking up these links, I have come across many more which I plan to share in a future post. Also, one of the participants in the discussion, Aaron Ginoza, who runs the Ninjacletic blog, is also exploring this topic and will be sharing more on his site.
