Eagle U Team Leader Patrick Bannan is the designer and artist for Impact Games, a world renowned pioneer in creating compelling interactive experiences around current events. His company recently launched Play the News, an engaging, community-driven experience - imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that brings interactive gaming elements to the online news-media industry changing the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement.
What that means is this:
Every day the talented team at Impact Games combs the headlines looking for the very best 'current events' to turn into short games that anyone can play, from anywhere, for fun or information, and it's all completely free.
The cool thing about these news games is that they actually put you in the shoes of the people making the decisions, allowing you to both “voice your opinion” (what SHOULD happen) and “predict the future” (what WILL happen), creating an experience totally unique to any newspaper you've read, or broadcast you've watched. All of that gets wrapped into your own socio-political profile where you can track your rank and score, and debate with the community about the whys and the hows of major world issues.
This is very much ‘the beginning’ in the grander scheme of things, and they have already received a very strong response from their community and major media companies alike who see the potential in this type of engagement. Make sure to check it out NOW at http://PlayTheNewsGame.com
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