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March 24, 2006, 12:28 PM ET
A Nobel Project
If U2's Bono can be talked up as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, maybe it's not crazy to think that a video-game designer could one day be in line for the honor.
Programmers at this year's Game Developers Conference entertained that notion: The conference's third annual Game Design Challenge asked them to dream up concepts for games that could win the international prize. The two previous competitions -- both won by Will Wright, creator of the Sims -- required designers to design games about love and the poetry of Emily Dickinson. But this year, planners chose the Nobel Prize concept to reflect growing interest in the field of "serious gaming."
This year's winner was Harvey Smith, the lead designer of a video game called Deus Ex. Mr. Smith's game concept, "peace bomb," requires players to form real-life flash mobs that perform civic-minded tasks. (CNET News)
For more on serious gaming, see an article from The Chronicle by Andrea L. Foster.
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