She was attending the Games for Change conference in New York City in October 2005, at which mtvU announced that they, in partnership with the Reebok Human Rights Foundation and the non-profit International Crisis Group, were launching the Darfur Digital Activist Contest for a game that would also be an advocacy tool about the situation in the Darfur conflict.
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The game was officially released at a Save Darfur Coalition rally on 30 March 2006 and the first official player was American speed skater Joey Cheek.
This includes a number of subcategories that dive into different ways to incorporate gaming elements into journalistic work, whether they be long-form documentary news games (JFK Reloaded), games that simulate real-world systems (Sweatshop or Darfur is Dying), interactive infographics (Budget Hero), or quiz/puzzle-based games (Scoople).
Darfur | As I Lay Dying | My Dying Bride | As I Lay Dying (band) | Sultanate of Darfur | Dying Fetus | Central Darfur | As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy | South Darfur | Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur | Dying Young | Dying Wish | The Adventure of the Dying Detective | No Prayer for the Dying | Live Like You Were Dying | In My Time of Dying | Dying to Belong | Dying Slave | Dying Like Ophelia | Dying Is Your Latest Fashion | Dying in the Sun | Dying God | Dying For It | Dying Earth | Dying Breed | Dignity in Dying | Darfur is Dying | Beside the Dying Fire | Awareness of Dying | As I Lay Dying (novel) |