Comments on: The ambiguous politics of the first Australian Games For Change festival http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/2012/11/26/the-ambiguous-politics-of-the-first-australian-games-for-change-festival/ Videogames, criticism, and culture Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hosking Claire http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/2012/11/26/the-ambiguous-politics-of-the-first-australian-games-for-change-festival/#comment-268 Hosking Claire Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:16:34 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/?p=769#comment-268 So any random object in my house that isn't explicitly for 'fun' is 'for change' just because it could be used for something else, and that something might be change? Games for Miscellaneous Purposes. Games where someone has articulated a benevolent intent. Games that identify a particular problem outside of gaming itself to address (besides boredom). The last one might be the closest to a unifying theme for the conference, and if it had been pitched that way I might have been tempted to go. So any random object in my house that isn’t explicitly for ‘fun’ is ‘for change’ just because it could be used for something else, and that something might be change?

Games for Miscellaneous Purposes. Games where someone has articulated a benevolent intent. Games that identify a particular problem outside of gaming itself to address (besides boredom).

The last one might be the closest to a unifying theme for the conference, and if it had been pitched that way I might have been tempted to go.

]]> By: moonkid http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/2012/11/26/the-ambiguous-politics-of-the-first-australian-games-for-change-festival/#comment-266 moonkid Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:06:36 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/?p=769#comment-266 Nice write-up, Dan! Sounds like it was a waste of space. It baffles me why anyone would create a conference called "Games for Change" without having any idea what they mean by the word "change". Nice write-up, Dan! Sounds like it was a waste of space.

It baffles me why anyone would create a conference called “Games for Change” without having any idea what they mean by the word “change”.

]]> By: Ruprecht http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/2012/11/26/the-ambiguous-politics-of-the-first-australian-games-for-change-festival/#comment-265 Ruprecht Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:50:51 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/game-on/?p=769#comment-265 Wow, and that conference was $795 a head? Sounds like many people who spoke didn't get the appeal of games ... this is a problem generally with the notion of using "gamification" to make people into happy little workbots. Wow, and that conference was $795 a head?

Sounds like many people who spoke didn’t get the appeal of games … this is a problem generally with the notion of using “gamification” to make people into happy little workbots.

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