Can Gaming Address Serious Issues?
Games are a great way to explore policy options because they allow the player to see both intended and unintended consequences of decisions, said Diane Tucker who directs the Center’s Serious Games...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland Students Play New Budget Hero: Election Edition
At the University of Maryland-College Park, students of public policy, journalism, and business gathered in groups at the Public Policy School to play Budget Hero and see how policies favoring their...
View ArticleAre You a Budget Hero? OHIO University Students to Play Popular Online Budget...
Public opinion polls consistently show Americans ranking the federal budget deficit as one of the most important issues in the coming election. But amid today’s partisan rancor, where can Americans go...
View ArticleDC 12th Graders Seek to Be Budget Heroes on Eve of Presidential Election
On November 5, on the eve of the presidential election, 100 12-graders played and discussed Budget Hero: Election Edition. Some of these students—who came together from the Capitol Hill and Parkside...
View ArticleNovember Meeting of the Federal Games Group
Please click here to view pictures from this event. Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center
View ArticleGaming Our Way to a Better Future
As today’s policy challenges become more complex, it has become clear that American media — online news, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines — are not up to the task of explaining the problems...
View ArticleLet the Games Begin: Videogames as a Development Tool
Co-sponsored by STIP's Serious Games Initiative and by USAIDDirections: Directions to the Wilson Center
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