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"The Games for Change Festival highlights world-class presenters and speakers from various communities and brings them together to share their work, stories and knowledge all on the same stage."

"The past and future of videogames, part of the opening festivities for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's "Art of Video Games" exhibit."

"gaming marketing and social entrepreneurship" organization celebrarting its 8th annual festival this week

Abstract: "Movers and Shakers is a tablet - based serious game that explores how subversive game design can foster meaningful conversational conflict beyond outside the game's digital screens . This two - player strategy puzzle was developed at the Singapore - MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and is used as a research tool to ex plore novel challenges in multi player serious games. The project provides insights into the affordances and challenges of mobile serious games for co - located players."

Abstract: "Location-based mobile gaming combines gameplay with physical ac tivity. We have developed a game, O- Mopsi, based on the concept of orienteering, which can be played on mobile phones with GPS receiver and Internet connection. In order to complete a game, a play er must visit a set of targets that are photos chosen from a user-generated geotagged database. Game crea tion, management and live tracking can be done using a web interface. The game was presented at an annual international festival whic h is aimed at introducing science and technology to school children and the overa ll feedback received from the players was positive. "

Scheduled for MIT Stratton Student Center 84 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 Saturday, September 14, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM (EDT) Contributions accepted via Kickstarter

"Recap from the 10th Games for Change Festival, Part One"