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Press ArticlesOperation: Climate Control Press CoverageHere are some of the press so far on Operation: Climate Control:Sustainable Industries Journal 
Red Redemption and our various games such as Operation: Climate Control feature in an article in this month's Sustainable Industries Journal:"The fastest-growing component of the media sector worldwide, the video game market, is a $37.5-billion-ayear industry — and that’s excluding hardware and related merchandise. Video game spending has already surpassed domestic revenue from movie ticket sales, and this year it’s well on the road to overtaking music spending by nearly 20 percent. The industry could reach $50 billion by 2011, according to a recent report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Today, “serious games” — online and console video games tackling social and environmental issues — aim to influence the way people think about gaming, and the way they think about current issues. A handful of pioneering firms say they see the business potential for games with a purpose. Take Operation: Climate Control, for example. A slick, online video game aimed at educating school children about environmental issues, underwritten by the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Operation: Climate Control was created by Oxford-based Red Redemption, a company that develops environmentally conscious games and interactive media." [Read More] The Guardian Operation: Climate Control, and the DEFRA Climate Challenge Fund, are featured in the Guardian G2 Section, page 14 written by Leo Hickman, the Guardian's Environmental Correspondent. The characters from OCC are the main image for the article. You can read the article online (without the lovely pictures) [ HERE ]. Or see the scanned in version: [ HERE ] Climate Challenge Press CoverageHere is some of the press so far on Climate Challenge:Play This Thing 
Global Warming TradeoffsThe ideal global warming game, it seems to me, would be a detailed simulation of the global climate as well as the global economy -- and preferably one that would allow you to tinker with the assumptions, both at the macro and micro level. At the macro level, I'm imagining scenarios ranging from "We're all doomed!" to "Bah, the Copenhagen Consensus has it right," and at the micro allowing you to twiddle individual knobs (e.g., "nuclear power plants are safe as houses" to "they go blooey with alarming frequency"). Climate Challenge is not the ideal global warming game -- but it's surprisingly engaging. [Read More...] El Pais 
Dos juegos reproducen las catástrofes del cambio climático
'Stop Disasters' y 'Climate Challenge' enseñan, con estadísticas reales, a reducir el impacto de las catástrofes generadas por el calentamiento global
"Eres el presidente de las Naciones Europeas. Tu objetivo es luchar contra el cambio climático y convencer a los demás gobiernos que hagan lo mismo. El futuro está en tus manos". Con estas palabras se inicia Climate Challenge, un juego de Red Redemption desarrollado para el portal Ciencia y Naturaleza de la BBC. Convertido en presidente de las Naciones Europeas, el jugador tiene 100 años, divididos en 10 niveles de 10 años, para reducir las emisiones de dióxido de carbono, principales responsables del calentamiento del planeta. Al mismo tiempo debe preservar los recursos naturales y mantener el nivel de desarrollo económico, para no perder el apoyo de los votantes, ser reelegido y llevar a cabo su tarea: reducir las emisiones a los niveles requeridos para detener el calentamiento." [ Read More ] (article in Spanish). LA Times Article 
Gaming gets its consciousness onA growing movement of "activist" videogame designers is showing that not only can you make good games about problems like global warming, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the childhood obesity epidemic but that gaming itself can be a powerful medium for spreading awareness and getting people involved. These game makers are not offering the escapist trances so many of today's mega-budget games provide. On the contrary, they want to wake you up. [Read More...] or [Read the scanned article] Big Issue in the North 
Games Without Frontiers
"In breaking news, the president of the EU has just been crudely ejected from office after leaving the entire continent facing economic ruin. Following decades of suffering the government's increasingly intrusive legislation and tax hikes, the populace had simply had enough. The sad thing is, this all happened right on the eve of Europe reducing its carbon emissions to practically nothing. Environmental equilibrium has finally been achieved, but at what cost?" [Read More...] Sunday Times The Climate Challenge game made by Red Redemption for the BBC.co.uk Science and Nature site and ClimatePrediction.net have been featured in an article in today's (21-JAN) Sunday Times [Read More...] or [Read the scanned article] Gamasutra Q&A: How Climate Challenge Could Change Minds Environmental simulator Climate Challenge is the latest title from Oxford based serious games developer Red Redemption. The Flash game was funded by the BBC, and is playable on the broadcaster’s website. [Read More...] Climate Challenge: Can Pro-G save the world? Pro-G wrote: Pro-G is never one to back away from a challenge, unless it involves trying to reach level 70 on World of Warcraft in under 28 hours, so when the BBC announced it was giving us the chance to stop the cataclysmic effects of climate change with a new web game, we bravely stepped up to the plate. The world needs saving and there is only one video games site that's up to the task. That's us - in case you were wondering. [Read More...] Renewable Energy Magazine Renewable Energy Magazine wrote: From January 16, people around the world will be able to test climate change and its effects thanks to a new initiative launched by the BBC (British Broadcast Corporation). We all will then be given a (virtual) chance to stop this global and worrying concern. The game, which will test the players' ability to drive a clean Europe from 2000 to 2100 by making smart choices affecting humanity. Among the numerous factors to be controlled for such a demanding task, the BBC has included food, water and energy production and delivery. Players will be the Politicians responsible for delivering the expected results... [Read More...] Celsias Blog Celsias wrote: Here’s your brief. You’re president of the European nations, and you have to find solutions to our climate change blues. But, you have to do it whilst retaining enough popularity to remain in power. Got it? Okay - go and get the job done. It was my first attempt at politics. I must admit that leaping in at a multi-national level was a little stressful, but I didn’t do too badly. There were no assassination attempts, and I met my climate change targets. I think my not having enough money left to pay for the 2040 Olympics annoyed a fair chunk of my constituency, but we got past that. I mean, who needs the distraction when you’re trying to save the planet, right? [Read More...] WorldChanging.com WorldChanging.com wrote: Worldchanging ally Serge de Gheldere sends along this fiendish time-suck: Climate Challenge. We like serious games and we think climate change is the most pressing issue of our day, but sending us this little flash-based simulation of the choices a European leader faces attempting to steer a better course -- well, that's just unfair. This thing is catnip for climate geeks. Go waste an hour. [Read More...] Christian Today Christian Today wrote: Interactive Climate Change Game to Launch An interactive climate change game, entitled Climate Challenge, will be launched by BBC, 16 January 2007. Climate Challenge builds on the BBC's Climate Chaos collaboration with Climate Prediction, the world's largest computing experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. [Read More...] Play Girlz Play Girlz wrote: The BBC will be launching a new game called Climate Challenge on January 16th [Read More...] Pipex Entertainment Pipex Entertainment wrote: Review: Climate Challenge The interactive climate change game 'Climate Challenge' on the BBC.co.uk interactive network is funded by the BBC and produced by Red Redemption. It builds on the BBC's Climate Chaos collaboration with www.climateprediction.net - the world's largest computing experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. [Read More...] QJ.net QJ.net wrote: Al Gore must be ecstatic over BBC's forthcoming interactive climate change game, Climate Challenge. Produced by Red Redemption Ltd, a leading developer specializing in scientific, educational and environmental games, Climate Challenge builds on the BBC's Climate Chaos collaboration with the world's largest computing experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. [Read More...] And here are a few more: |
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