Belonging In Games Games...on the radar

By Brian Smith

The Belonging Initiative, in collaboration with Plan Institute and Aitken Leadership Group, is supporting the development of games that are fun and accessible for everyone, games that take play beyond computers and into the spaces around us, games that require people working together. BIG stands for Belonging In Games. They are hosting a competition to see who can invent the best BIG game.

I have been pleasantly surprised at the swell of support we have received for this project. Particularly from the serious game community. Serious games are a relatively new genre of games that want to use the forum to make the world better. Here are a few links to sites and people that have expressed their support. Seems we might have hit on something particularly cool with this project...

Future-making Serious Games blogged about us this morning.

Serious Games blogged about us on Monday.


The Elans are continuing to show ongoing support as they work toward their prestigious awards show.

Their tagline, "As the Movie Industry goes to Hollywood for its Oscars, the world of Video and Animation will come to Canada for its Elans."

Jane McGonigal wrote and expressed her support a coupe of days ago. By the way, Jane's work was really our first exposure the possibilities of immersive gaming. We were truly inspired by her article "This Is Not a Game: Immersive Aesthetics & Collective Play."