Monday, May 01, 2006

Virtual Worlds at USC

A LOOK AT FOUR FINALISTS IN THE COMPETITION TO CREATE A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY GAME.


The USC Center on Public Diplomacy has been flogging the finish of its Virtual Worlds competition these past two weeks. VW is a competition to see who can best “design a prototype or modify a game incorporating the fundamental characteristics of public diplomacy,” whether that’s through a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) or another mechanism.

LAVoice discusses four of the finalists here; Global Kids Island looks especially interesting, piggybacked as it is in Second Life, which already has its own real estate, economy, etc.

The overall winner will be announced in Los Angeles on May 8.

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