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Gaming the Syrian civil war
From time to time undergraduate political science students have done independent studies projects with me in which, as part of the course assignment, they complete a conflict simulation game design. Currently one such student is undertaking such a project about the Syrian civil war--those who are interested can follow his efforts at PAXsims: http://paxsims.wordpress.com/tag/gaming-the-syrian-civil-war/
So far it is shaping up to be a really great game.
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Permalink Reply by Jon Compton on -
Happy to evaluate it for publication at One Small Step if he's interested. I've been looking for a viable design on the topic.
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Permalink Reply by Rex Brynen on -
I'll let him know--he might well be interested.
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Permalink Reply by John Kantor on -
A perfect model of chaos is chaos.
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Permalink Reply by Kim Kanger on -
Syria will no doubt be an interesting game topic. But it is a bit delicate though since it is still unfolding in front of our eyes. It feels a bit awkward playing a tragedy as it actually happens to real people at the same time.
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Permalink Reply by Rex Brynen on
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In this case, of course, the purpose of the game design is to explore the real, ongoing conflict for analytical and learning process. I certainly agree on the delicacy of gaming a current war, but some of us are professionally required to study such things!
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