Online Virtual World Game To Recreate Historic Community Experience

Project to recreate Oakland's 7th Street will enable users to experience it's historic jazz & blues club scene in a virtual world.

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July 4, 2007, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...what's different is that were trying to use video games to reconnect people with their community, their culture, and their heritage. There is a serious games movement that is trying to use video games to educate people.

We have two target audiences, which makes our goal harder: We are targeting kids who play games as well as older adults who might really remember 7th Street. We're not trying to produce a game for national consumption. Mostly it's an attempt to help a local community understand its past."

FULL STORY: Oakland: Video Game Aims to Revive Community

Monday, July 2, 2007 in Poynter Online

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