HeisinDC
06-02-2010, 12:36 PM
Hello,
We wanted to share the below press release with you announcing our win at the 7th Annual Games for Change Festival last week. We received the top award for our web-based video game U.O.Me. (pronounced You-Owe-Me), that was selected as "Most Likely to Succeed."
The award-winning game challenges players to pay off their share of the real national debt, which is $201,000 per person including unfunded entitlement program benefits. Players can make policy decisions and personal sacrifices to pay down the debt, such as raising the retirement age to reduce Social Security spending or cancelling cable television.
U.O.Me game is currently under development and is seeking donations in order to make the game available for free to the public. Visit www.uomegame.com for additional information.
Please feel free to contact us directly at unclesam@uomegame.com if you have any additional questions.
Thanks and we look forward to hearing back from you!
Eric and Nicola
See press release below...
CONTACT: Nicola Moore
202.321.1517
unclesam@uomegame.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2010
U.O.Me. Wins Top Award at International Games for Change Festival
Washington, DC - Public policy experts turned game producers Eric Heis and Nicola Moore won the top award at the 2010 Games for Change Festival this week for a web-based video game they are developing about paying off the national debt. Highlights from the Games for Change Festival included White House Chief Technology Officer: Aneesh Chopra and The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Ret.) serving as Festival keynote speakers.
The award-winning game, U.O.Me. (pronounced You-Owe-Me), will challenge players to pay off their share of the real national debt, which is $201,000 per person including unfunded entitlement program benefits. Players can make policy decisions and personal sacrifices to pay down the debt, such as raising the retirement age to reduce Social Security spending or cancelling cable television.
“We want to educate our generation about our nation’s debt problem and spark public dialogue about the policy tradeoffs necessary for debt reduction,” said Eric Heis, U.O.Me. game creator and policy outreach expert. “For example, the game will encourage players to share their results with friends on Facebook to find out if others agree with their policy choices.”
Heis and Moore’s success began last November when they were awarded a grant to jump start their game idea at the Democracy 2.0: Millennial Return on our Investment conference in Chicago, Illinois, sponsored by the Peterson Foundation and Mobilize.org.
“Our game will reach new audiences with nonpartisan policy education,” said Nicola Moore, U.O.Me. game creator and policy expert. “Our greatest challenge is trying to get others in our generation who stand to inherit $62 trillion of debt--to understand what that means for their future.”
U.O.Me game is currently under development and is seeking donations in order to make the game available for free to the public. Visit www.uomegame.com for additional information.
About U.O.Me.
Award-winning, non-partisan web based video game to educate the millennial generation about the national debt. To donate or to find out more, please visit www.uomegame.com.
About Games for Change
Called “an early Sundance of video games” for “socially-responsible game-designers” the Games for Change Annual Festival brings together leading nonprofit organizations, experts, and game developers to explore the increasing real-world impact of digital games as an agent for social change. The Festival is also a showcase for some of the most innovative new games in development. Now in its seventh year, the Annual Games for Change Festival is the biggest game event in New York City, and has events around the world. The seventh annual festival took place in New York City this week and attracted more than 400 participants. www.gamesforchange.org
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We wanted to share the below press release with you announcing our win at the 7th Annual Games for Change Festival last week. We received the top award for our web-based video game U.O.Me. (pronounced You-Owe-Me), that was selected as "Most Likely to Succeed."
The award-winning game challenges players to pay off their share of the real national debt, which is $201,000 per person including unfunded entitlement program benefits. Players can make policy decisions and personal sacrifices to pay down the debt, such as raising the retirement age to reduce Social Security spending or cancelling cable television.
U.O.Me game is currently under development and is seeking donations in order to make the game available for free to the public. Visit www.uomegame.com for additional information.
Please feel free to contact us directly at unclesam@uomegame.com if you have any additional questions.
Thanks and we look forward to hearing back from you!
Eric and Nicola
See press release below...
CONTACT: Nicola Moore
202.321.1517
unclesam@uomegame.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2010
U.O.Me. Wins Top Award at International Games for Change Festival
Washington, DC - Public policy experts turned game producers Eric Heis and Nicola Moore won the top award at the 2010 Games for Change Festival this week for a web-based video game they are developing about paying off the national debt. Highlights from the Games for Change Festival included White House Chief Technology Officer: Aneesh Chopra and The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (Ret.) serving as Festival keynote speakers.
The award-winning game, U.O.Me. (pronounced You-Owe-Me), will challenge players to pay off their share of the real national debt, which is $201,000 per person including unfunded entitlement program benefits. Players can make policy decisions and personal sacrifices to pay down the debt, such as raising the retirement age to reduce Social Security spending or cancelling cable television.
“We want to educate our generation about our nation’s debt problem and spark public dialogue about the policy tradeoffs necessary for debt reduction,” said Eric Heis, U.O.Me. game creator and policy outreach expert. “For example, the game will encourage players to share their results with friends on Facebook to find out if others agree with their policy choices.”
Heis and Moore’s success began last November when they were awarded a grant to jump start their game idea at the Democracy 2.0: Millennial Return on our Investment conference in Chicago, Illinois, sponsored by the Peterson Foundation and Mobilize.org.
“Our game will reach new audiences with nonpartisan policy education,” said Nicola Moore, U.O.Me. game creator and policy expert. “Our greatest challenge is trying to get others in our generation who stand to inherit $62 trillion of debt--to understand what that means for their future.”
U.O.Me game is currently under development and is seeking donations in order to make the game available for free to the public. Visit www.uomegame.com for additional information.
About U.O.Me.
Award-winning, non-partisan web based video game to educate the millennial generation about the national debt. To donate or to find out more, please visit www.uomegame.com.
About Games for Change
Called “an early Sundance of video games” for “socially-responsible game-designers” the Games for Change Annual Festival brings together leading nonprofit organizations, experts, and game developers to explore the increasing real-world impact of digital games as an agent for social change. The Festival is also a showcase for some of the most innovative new games in development. Now in its seventh year, the Annual Games for Change Festival is the biggest game event in New York City, and has events around the world. The seventh annual festival took place in New York City this week and attracted more than 400 participants. www.gamesforchange.org
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