Public Newsroom #10: Interactive Storytelling with Games

6:00 pm — 8:00 pm

The serious games movement is changing the way people think about interactive gaming and its potential to tell stories in a new, compelling way. Empathy games, a subset of that movement, aim to put the audience into the shoes of the protagonist, allowing them to explore a world that may be unfamiliar to them. Led by Michael Block, programmer for We Are Chicago, and Ashlyn Sparrow, lab director at Game Changer Chicago Design Lab, we’ll talk about how the gaming community in Chicago works with youth and social justice.

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