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  • Published on December 30, 2020 - 17:38 GMT

    Culture Overlord: A New Video Game Released That Explores Media’s Impact

    Culture Overlord is a free video game designed to encourage media literacy among young people, especially regarding healthy dating relationships. BROOKHAVEN, GA, USA, December 30, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Culture Overlord, the winning video game from the 13th annual Life. Love. Design Challenge is now available. In Culture Overlord players get to control high school student Dan as he deals with love, friendship, and school but not in the usual way. Instead of directly controlling Dan's actions …

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  • Published on October 16, 2020 - 15:54 GMT

    Winners Announced: Video Games Exploring Culture’s Influence on Dating

    13th annual game design contest by nonprofit org challenged game designers to create a violence-free video game about cultural impacts on dating attitudes. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, US, October 16, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In recognition of the role that one’s culture has in shaping the attitudes and beliefs that young people have toward dating, an Atlanta-based charity challenged video game developers to create video games that explore these influences. Since 2008 the nonprofit organization Jennifer Ann’s …

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  • Published on March 10, 2020 - 20:11 GMT

    New Game Design Challenge Offering $10k for Violence Prevention Video Game

    2020 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge theme is CULTURE: Can you create a video game about culture's influence on dating ... without any violence in the game? ATLANTA, GA, USA, March 10, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Jennifer Ann’s Group announces the “13th Annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge” with a first place prize of $10,000. Since 2008, Jennifer Ann’s Group (JenniferAnn.org), an Atlanta based nonprofit charity, has run an annual video game design challenge to produce and publish prosocial …

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  • Published on February 21, 2020 - 17:42 GMT

    Lamplight Hollow - a Video Game About Gaslighting - Featured at DreamHack Anaheim

    Lamplight Hollow, explores the form of psychological manipulation called gaslighting and will be featured this weekend at DreamHack Anaheim. ATLANTA, GA, USA, February 21, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Lost in a lucid dream, dropped into a dungeon, Lamplight Hollow may sound like a typical fantasy adventure video game, but dig a little deeper and players soon discover an experience that plumbs the depths of psychological manipulation. Lamplight Hollow makes a public appearance this week at DreamHack …

    Distribution channels: Amusement, Gaming & Casino, Culture, Society & Lifestyle ...
  • Published on September 9, 2019 - 20:47 GMT

    Winners Announced: Video Games about Gaslighting

    Annual game design contest by nonprofit org Jennifer Ann's Group challenged game designers to create a violence-free video game about gaslighting. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, September 9, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In recognition of the ongoing problem of the use of gaslighting in abusive relationships an Atlanta-based charity challenged video game developers to create video games about gaslighting to teach young people about this form of psychological abuse. Since 2008 the nonprofit …

    Distribution channels: Culture, Society & Lifestyle, Education ...
  • Published on June 14, 2019 - 21:02 GMT

    A Free Video Game about Consent is a Finalist for the 2019 Games for Change Awards

    Rispek Danis (the Respect Dance) is a 2019 Games for Change Awards Finalist in the category of Most Significant Impact ATLANTA, GA, USA, June 14, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The 2019 Games for Change Festival has announced its finalists for this year's Games for Change Awards and included among the nominees is a free video game about consent. 'Rispek Danis' (the Respect Dance), is a culturally appropriate and lively game about consent created for youth in Vanuatu, a country with one of the …

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  • Published on March 19, 2019 - 18:53 GMT

    $10,000 Prize for Gaslight Game Challenge

    Charity Jennifer Ann’s Group announces the “12th Annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge” with a 1st place prize of $10,000 for a video game about gaslighting. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S., March 19, 2019 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Jennifer Ann’s Group announces the “12th Annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge” with a first place prize of $10,000. Can you create a video game about gaslighting . . . without using violence in the game itself? Since 2008, Jennifer Ann’s Group (JenniferAnn.org), an Atlanta …

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Jennifer Ann's Group is a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity preventing teen dating violence. Since 2008 the charity has produced over 60 serious games about issues impacting young people including bystander awareness, consent, healthy relationships, media literacy, and teen dating violence prevention. This evidence-based approach to violence prevention through serious video games has been shown to be effective at changing unhealthy attitudes or beliefs after a single game session.

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