Broadcast on Monday, May 8, 2006
Today the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy announces the winner of a video game competition designed to improve global relations. The finalists include "Peacemaker," a game in which players assume Palestinian or Israeli leadership positions with the goal of creating a lasting peace.
Creating games to improve cultural understanding is serious business, but Joshua Fouts, director of the Center on Public Diplomacy at USC, says the games themselves probably won't succeed if they come off that way.
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