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Knight News Game Award
by Ian Bogost February 21, 2009
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Newsgames
Games for Change has announced plans to offer the Knight News Game Award at the 2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival in May of this year. Here are the criteria from the website:
Our definition of a news game - A digital game which is journalistic: it enhances people's ability to make decisions in a democracy. Our criteria for the Knight News Game Award:
A good news game does one or all of the following well:
A good news game does one or all of the following well:
- Uses fact-based or reality-based news and information to help people make decisions
- In its role as an investigative reporting tool, it exposes an unknown logic or new information, it acts as a system that uncovers a truth about a current event or issue
- It provides editorial or commentary on a current event or issue
- It clarifies or explains a current event or issue
- It is a well-designed game with meaningful gameplay
Entries are being accepted online until March 30.
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