{"id":6004,"date":"2010-05-11T17:32:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T07:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2010-05-11T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T07:32:43","slug":"gobion-rowlands-joins-games-for-change-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=6004","title":{"rendered":"Gobion Rowlands Joins Games for Change Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

G4C 7th<\/sup> Annual Festival begins New York May 24-27, 2010<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York, NY (May 10, 2010) \u2013 Games for Change<\/strong> (also known as G4C<\/strong>), the leading global advocate for making and supporting digital games in the public interest, announced today that Gobion Rowlands, the Chairman of Red Redemption Ltd, the Oxford, England based independent developer of socially positive computer games that brought climate change to the international gaming marketplace, has been named a member of its Board of directors. He is the first non-USA Director.<\/p>\n

Gobion Rowlands said “I am extremely proud to join the board of such a dynamic and game changing festival and organization. Games for Change is known worldwide as a unique global leader promoting the use of social impact games to tackle the challenges facing us in the 21st century to educate and entertain.”<\/p>\n

Games for Change will host its 7th<\/sup> Annual Festival in New York City May 24 \u2013 27 at Parsons \u00a0The New School of Design located at 66 \u00a0West 12th Street in Manhattan. This year\u2019s Festival http:\/\/www.gamesforchange.org\/fest2010<\/a> has attracted a star studded lineup of speakers including its keynote presentation by Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer. Other confirmed speakers include former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, \u201cLaw and Order: SVU\u201d executive producer Neal Baer, Army Brig. Gen. Loree K. Sutton, Director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) and Digital pioneer Alan Kay.<\/p>\n

Alex Quinn, Executive Director of Games for Change said \u201cWe are thrilled to have Gobion join the Games for Change Board of Directors. \u00a0Our organization will benefit tremendously from\u00a0his international perspective and\u00a0expertise as an award-winning producer of socially positive games.\u201d\u00a0The Games for Change Festival is the only festival dedicated to the growing movement of Digital Games for Social Change; convening leaders from government, philanthropy, academia and the game industry to raise the sector of impact-focused games.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gobion Rowlands environmental gaming industry expertise has led him to be appointed a \u201cFellow of the Royal Society of Arts\u201d (FRSA) in 2008, a \u201cFellow of the Royal Geographical Society\u201d (FRGS) and a “Fellow of the Royal Institution” (FRI) in 2010 and an \u2018in demand\u2019 speaker and writer on numerous subjects including serious computer games, social enterprise, climate change and communication. Red Redemption\u2019s newest climate change game is \u201cFate of the World\u201d due for release in the 3rd<\/sup> quarter of 2010. http:\/\/www.red-redemption.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

G4C 7th Annual Festival begins New York May 24-27, 2010\u00a0 New York, NY (May 10, 2010) \u2013 Games for Change (also known as G4C), the leading global advocate for making and supporting digital games in the public interest, announced today that Gobion Rowlands, the Chairman of Red Redemption Ltd, the Oxford, England based independent developer<\/p>\n

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