Gaming, Beyond Entertainment
Gaming isn’t just about entertainment anymore.

Developers — including high school students — are now creating games designed both to educate and engage people of all ages on pressing social issues.

Global concerns such as poverty, hunger, climate change, and the genocide crisis in Darfur have already been addressed in games that help players understand the complexities involved and explore creative solutions.

As a direct extension of our mission to constantly innovate and provide The Ultimate Visual Experience™, AMD is proud to help advance this movement of evolving digital games into powerful tools for improving our world.

Harness the Power, Learn Life Skills
AMD Changing the Game, an initiative of the AMD Foundation, is designed to help youth at the middle and high school level harness the power of digital games with social content, while learning critical education and life skills. Through the process of developing and playing their own issue-themed games, AMD Changing the Game participants will develop essential skills in science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM skills.

At the same time, students will explore critical thinking, problem solving, project leadership, and contemporary themes of social responsibility. Attention to these critical developmental areas will in turn help participants expand their future educational and professional opportunities as citizens of the 21st Century.

Partners
AMD Changing the Game will support the following non-profit partner organizations that serve our mission:

• Girlstart (Austin, TX)
• Global Kids (Brooklyn, NY)
• Institute for Urban Game Design (Washington DC)
• Science Buddies (Carmel, CA)
• 5th Annual Games for Change Festival (New York, NY)

Learn more about our AMD Changing the Game partner organizations

AMD is also working with PETLab, a joint project of Games for Change and Parsons The News School, to create a social issue game development curriculum for youth. The curriculum is expected to be piloted in the fall of 2008.

Staying Current
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