Description

When Evan read an article about the rate of suicide among veterans returning from war, it broke his heart. So he decided to turn that heart break into advocacy. He read about and researched the experiences of vets and created a game designed to share theirs stories with the world. Evan tells us about his process, why games have a special power to create empathy and activate, and what he hopes for the future of games with a purpose.

Show Notes

• AU Game Lab
• National Intrepid Center of Excellence
• Veterans Writing Project
• My Uncle From Nintendo
• USO
• Operation Supply Drop
• CodeNewbie on Patreon
• Tickets to Codeland Conf
• Walking Dead
• That Dragon, Cancer
• Wounded Warrior Project
• "Quitting Code" Twitter Chat
• CodeNewbie Podcast Episode 126 with Ray Acevedo
• Play For Change (Evan's game)
• Codeland Conf
• Codeland 2019

Picks

• Jane McGonigal's TED Talk "Gaming can make a better world"
• Freakonomics Episode "In praise of incrementalism"
• Elementary (tv show)
• Twinery
• Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
• Jane McGonigal
• Operation Supply Drop