Tag Archives: newsgames

A Day at my School – Un juego para denunciar el bullying en nuestras escuelas

(You can read the English version of this article here) Hoy es un día especial para nosotros en On Serious Games. Normalmente, desde esta web hablamos de los excelentes juegos serios que grandes compañías editan, pero hoy, queremos hablar de uno de nuestros propios juegos : ‘A Day at my School‘ un pequeño juego o newsgame que pretende concienciar y denunciar el ... Read More »

A Day at my School – Denouncing Bullying through games

(Puedes leer la versión en español de este artículo aquí) Today is an especial day for us. Though usually we talk here about others’ super cool serious games, today we are going to talk about one of our own games: ‘A Day at my School‘ a game that pretends to create awareness and denounce bullying in schools. Recently the news ... Read More »

September 12th: a Toy World – The First Newsgame

In 2003, Gonzalo Frasca created ‘September 12th: A Toy World’, the first Serious Game to be considered a Newsgame, this means a game with journalistic purposes. This polemical Serious Game aims to create debate around the war against terrorism. However, the game alerts: ‘This is not a game. You can’t win and you can’t lose’. Absolutely true. Since its release, ‘September ... Read More »