Comments on: Peacemaker http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shanhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-106341 Shan Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:11:50 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/#comment-106341 Talking about "serious games": http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com Entertained (and educated) me for a couple of hours... Talking about “serious games”:

http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com

Entertained (and educated) me for a couple of hours…

]]> By: brinking - nabeel hyatthttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-106033 brinking - nabeel hyatt Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:36:16 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/#comment-106033 <strong>Building a company with an agenda - up high or down low?...</strong> Our green home is featured on the cover of today's Boston Globe Magazine, along with a fetching photo of my wife and kid (they smartly focused on the attractive 2/3rds of the family). The focus in the article is how you would never know the house was ...

Building a company with an agenda – up high or down low?…

Our green home is featured on the cover of today’s Boston Globe Magazine, along with a fetching photo of my wife and kid (they smartly focused on the attractive 2/3rds of the family). The focus in the article is how you would never know the house was …

]]> By: Community » More Reviews :: PeaceMaker - A Video Game to Promote Peacehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-105817 Community » More Reviews :: PeaceMaker - A Video Game to Promote Peace Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:04:32 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/#comment-105817 [...] Koster, the former CCO of Sony Online announces PeaceMaker. He compares it to Hidden Agenda and Balance of Power (Chris Crawford) and adds: “The fact [...]

[...] Koster, the former CCO of Sony Online announces PeaceMaker. He compares it to Hidden Agenda and Balance of Power (Chris Crawford) and adds: “The fact [...]

]]> By: Raphhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-105350 Raph Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:57:37 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/#comment-105350 Is <i>A Force More Powerful</i> in the same sort of abstract "negotiate and set policy" genre though? That's what I meant... there's a rapidly increasing number of serious games about policy issues, but those are the other three I've seen where you get put in the role of policy decisionmaker in that way. Is A Force More Powerful in the same sort of abstract “negotiate and set policy” genre though? That’s what I meant… there’s a rapidly increasing number of serious games about policy issues, but those are the other three I’ve seen where you get put in the role of policy decisionmaker in that way.

]]> By: Noah Falsteinhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-105327 Noah Falstein Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:37:42 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/02/02/peacemaker/#comment-105327 Well, there's also "A Force More Powerful" which came out about a year ago - not a lot of PR though. http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/ I think it's at least as significant, particularly since it's not only a trainer for nonviolent protest, but designed to be moddable so that one can customize it to a specific political situation you might wish to train for. Well, there’s also “A Force More Powerful” which came out about a year ago – not a lot of PR though. http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/ I think it’s at least as significant, particularly since it’s not only a trainer for nonviolent protest, but designed to be moddable so that one can customize it to a specific political situation you might wish to train for.

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