Designing games that change perceptions, opinions and even players' real-life actions
Friday, May 26, 2017 - 07:11
in Psychology & Sociology
In 1904, Lizzie Magie patented "The Landlord's Game," a board game about property ownership, with the specific goal of teaching players about how a system of land grabbing impoverishes tenants and enriches property owners. The game, which went on to become the mass-market classic "Monopoly," was the first widely recognized example of what is today called "persuasive play."