http://blog.studiocypher.com/articles/2007/03/25/ludium-ii en-us 40 Curious games for curious people <p>Studio Cypher is working with Ted Castronova on the second Ludium conference at Indiana University. The first one, which we also worked on, was a big success, and we look forward to the next one. From <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13232">the article at Gamasutra</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Indiana University&#8217;s Synthetic Worlds Initiative has announced Ludium II, its second conference bringing together experts from academia, industry, and government to create a consensus platform that answers, &#8220;What policies should real world governments have with regards to synthetic worlds?&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>...</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Designed by Studio Cypher <span class="caps">LLC</span>, the game has attendees play as delegates of a political party convention who must agree upon a common platform, and, <span class="caps">SWI</span> hopes, &#8220;will lead the group to a set of policy recommendations believed by most participants to be important, sensible, and feasible.&#8221;</p> </blockquote> Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:07:00 -0700 urn:uuid:9eb53be1-ec21-437d-b856-2022f80aac47 Ian Pottmeyer http://blog.studiocypher.com/articles/2007/03/25/ludium-ii announcement