 | What a way to kick off the 2022 Games for Change Festival! The energy was electric throughout Day 1, which included 20+ sessions across 4 unique programming tracks: Health & Wellness, Games for Learning, Civics & Social Issues, and XR for Change. The day also gave participants the opportunity to take part in our XR Immersive Arcade and G4C Award Nominee Arcade to celebrate the year's best social impact games and immersive experiences. Here are some highlights of Day 1!
 | |  | Take This joins Raising Good Gamers!
Eve Crevoshay, Executive Director at Take This, and 2022 Vanguard Award Winner, joins the Raising Good Gamers Leadership team, an initiative between Games for Change and Connected Leaning Lab created to catalyze positive change in the culture and climate of online gaming for youth.
XR4C Continues to Grow!
In 2017, G4C announced the XR for Change (#XR4C) initiative to develop a community of practice to use immersive media to address real-world challenges, create empathy, and drive social change. Strengthening the purpose behind this XR Impact initiative, here are a series of announcements made during Day 1 about the growth of the program: -
To support On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World), a three-part virtual reality documentary series on the threat of and fundamental injustice surrounding nuclear weapons, G4C will partner with Meta for an impact campaign and research/ -
G4C will partner with Anagram/Floreal on the award-winning VR experience Goliath on an impact campaign and as Executive producers of the following three episodes in the series. The campaign will tap into a vast body of knowledge and best practices developed by G4C and its community on issues related to mental health, accessibility and inclusion, and social behaviors in online gaming communities. -
G4C will also partner with The Choice, a series of intimate, interactive VR experiences where women share their complex emotional journeys towards choosing abortion. The impact campaign will support the use of virtual reality to ensure the experiences of pregnant people are at the center of public and policy conversations about reproductive justice and maternal health. | |  | Tomorrow will be another exciting, jampacked day featuring another 20+ sessions! Here's a preview of what you can expect for an equally inspiring and insightful Day 2:
HOW DO WE AWAKEN: A DEEP DIVE INTO THE IMPACT CAMPAIGN OF ON THE MORNING YOU WAKE (10:45 - 11:30 | Times Center Main Stage)Michaela Ternasky-Holland (XR Creative Strategist & Impact Producer, Games for Change), Alex Glaser (Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University), Ray Acheson (Director of Disarmament, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom), Sharon Weiner (Senior Resident Fellow, Carnegie Corporation of New York)
This panel features key figures within the impact campaign of the award-winning virtual reality documentary On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World). Featured panelists represent a spectrum of roles within their year-long impact strategy surrounding the threat and disarmament of nuclear weapons. Learn about the strategizing, creating, funding, and producing behind this virtual reality experience that has recently been screened not only at major international film festivals but also with key impact partnerships, such as the Times Square Arts Alliance, the Nobel Peace Center, and the United Nations.
CO-FOUNDING GLOW UP GAMES: INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING ABOUT BLACK AND BROWN JOY (2:45 - 3:05 | Central Park West)
Latoya Peterson (Co-Founder / CXO, Glow Up Games)
Loving games led Latoya Peterson and Mitu Khandaker to start the first all-women of color founded studio, Glow Up Games, and launch their first title based in the world of HBO's Insecure. But in their three years of existence, they have faced funding inequities, the trials of game development, and a global pandemic. This session will cover the realities of starting, growing, and scaling a studio with an emphasis on storytelling around black and brown joy.
PEABODY AWARDS IN A SHIFTING FIELD: RETHINKING INTERACTIVITY
(3:45 - 4:15 | Times Center Main Stage)
Dr. Jeffrey Jones (Executive Director, Peabody Awards), Yasmin Elayat (Co-Founder, Scatter)
This is the first year the Peabody Awards is honoring new interactive and immersive projects, including in gaming, as part of its mission to recognize stories that matter. Join the executive director of the Peabody Awards, Jeffrey Jones, along with Peabody Board Member Yasmin Elayat, for a fireside chat on the significance of electronic media's oldest award recognizing interactivity in storytelling and how this recognition holds the potential to enhance the broader cultural recognition and understanding of these forms | |  | We hope you all took advantage of connecting with each other this afternoon at the G4C Meet and Play activations! Join us again tomorrow for a variety of fun networking activities to spark engagement between you and your fellow attendees. Here's the scoop on networking opportunities during Day 2:
Speed Networking! (5-5:45 pm and 6-6:45 pm)
Speed Networking was a hit once again! If you missed it tonight, make sure to come by Radio City from 5-5:45 pm and 6-6:45 pm to make your next great connection at #G4C2022!
Meet the Speakers (5:00-6:45 pm)
Join the first-ever 'Meet the Speakers' activation at the Games for Change Festival! Attendees will have the opportunity to mingle with presenters, have informal conversations, and ask any questions they might have!
Topic Tables (5:00-5:45 pm and 6:00-6:45 pm)
Join G4C's speakers and experts for small group conversations on today's most relevant topics in games and XR. These Topic Tables are an excellent opportunity to ask questions and get to know leaders in the field in an informal and lively setting.
Beat! That! Heat! A Climate Action Game Show (5:00-6:45 pm)
Beat! That! Heat! is an interactive game show where players compete and collaborate as they contribute to climate solutions. Part Jeopardy, part 90s Nickelodeon Double Dare & part mayhem, all in service of cooling down the planet and enjoying ourselves in the process.
Crooked Poker (5-5:45 pm and 6-6:45 pm)
Crooked Poker is a cunning card game of wits and deceit. Take on your opponents at the poker table to win the pot. But watch out; everyone in this game is a two-faced fraud who will stop at nothing for the prize.
Place-Based Games Networking and Showcase (5-6:45 pm)
Come see how games connect us more deeply to place, local history, and our neighbors - including outside. Participate and meet new people with a goal to spark dozens of small discussions about the role of play in outdoor spaces, and how to tap into game design for community life. | | | Share your experience with us! Let us know what you think on social media by using the hashtag #G4C2022 and tag us in your photos. See you on Day 2! | | | | |
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