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April 23, 2007
Edward Castronova announces Ludium II, a Conference-Game on Virtual Worlds and Policy
Posted by Bob Jacobson
Professor Edward Castronova has announced Ludium II, a conference built around a game that will examine virtual worlds and possible policy responses. It's part of his continuing groundbreaking work at Indiana University's Synthetic Worlds Initiative.
According to Ed, the reigning sage of online-game economics and policy,
The consensus Platform will emerge from the game CONVENTION that has been designed specifically to help disparate groups of people come to common understandings. The game, designed by Studio Cypher LLC, puts conference attendees in the role of delegates to a political party convention whose objective is to hammer out a common platform. CONVENTION’s incentives will lead the group to a set of policy recommendations believed by most participants to be important, sensible, and feasible.
The rules of the game are available at http://arden.blogs.com/swn/2007/03/ludium_ii_annou.html.
What a great idea! After all, isn't all policymaking a game to win, in real as well as virtual worlds?
The Ludium II conference and game will take place June 22-23 at Indiana University. Registration starts today. For more information and to register, visit The Ludium II website.
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BOB JACOBSON is fascinated by the experience of experience. A planner and technologist, Bob has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning & Design from UCLA. He's been a policy researcher, technology CEO, science writer, and consultant. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied cellular telephony's impacts on transborder communities in the Nordic Arctic Circle. Bob edited Information Design (MIT Press 2000) and is now writing a book on the theory and practice of creating edifying, transformative experiences.
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