Lindsay Grace's Press Appearances

Press

Selected Press Appearances, Quotes and Features

2024: Featured: Kansei Economy, Leading the technological Innovation, Yomiuri Shimbun on July 6, 2024
2023: Quoted: News 18: Gujurati - 48 Hour Game Jam at Anant University (Television)
2023: Quoted: JAM PACKD, a 48-hour gamethon for social impact at Anant National University
2023: Quoted: How 8 nerds playing 'Dungeons ∓ Dragons' on Twitch sold out an arena, Insider, Cheryl Teh , October, 8, 2023
2023: Quoted: Girl Gamers Band Together Against 2023’s Final Boss: Loneliness, Allure Magazine, Sierra Leone Starks
2023: Featured: Astro Awani (Malaysian Television), It's About YOUth: Driving positive social impact through games, premier date, May 14, 2023
2023: Meantion: Regional Game Designers Participate In First Ever Yseali Game Changers Workshop, Bernama, Voon Miaw Ping
2023: Featured: Ruthless, Monopoly’s Secret History, PBS American Experience, premier date, February 20, 2023.

2022: Mention: First MENA Games for Change Summit in Abu Dhabi, staff writer, October 14, 2022
2022: Quoted: EdSurge.com, Can Video Games Help Early Learners Grow? , Eleanore Catolico, November, 2, 2022
2022: Mention: IGN Southeast Asia, ‘Games Bagus’ Initiative Encourages the Creation of Socially-Conscious Malaysian Video Games, Dale Bashir, May 27, 2022.
2022: Featured, Games Bagus, BFM 89.5 The Business Station [radio], Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 25, 2022
2022: Quoted, US Embassy lends a helping hand in empowering Malaysian game creators, The Star, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia , May 26, 2022
2022: Quoted/Feature, Games Bagus | Memperkasakan penciptaan permainan di Malaysia, Astro Awana [television], Kuala Lampur, Malaysia , original broadcast May 26, 2022 6:54 MYT
2022: Featured: A possible solution to video games' romance problem, Axios, Stephen Totilo, March 22, 2022
2022: Mention: Why Video Games Education Needs Harriet Tubman , Ms. Magazine, February 22, 2022

2021: Featured: Game Developer Explore the World of Black Games at GDC , April 22, 2021
2021: Mention: Game Developer , Here are your juries for the IGF 2021 Design, Student, and Visual Art Awards , March 29, 2021
2021: Mention: Game Developer, Watch live recordings of the GDC Podcast at GDC Showcase!, March 10, 2021

2020: Quoted: Miami Herald, "ICE order leaves foreign students helpless", Jimena Tavel an Monique O. Madan, July 8, 2020
2020: Mention: Venture Beat, "Games for Change honors Gordon Bellamy of USC Games", Dean Takahashi, July 8, 2020
2020: Featured: University of Illinois-Chicago alumni magazine, Good Gamer-Uniquely UIC, page 38, Staff, Spring, 2020
2020: Featured: GameKeys, Hidden Gem, Casual Games to Play, April, 16, 2020
2020: Featured: Game Developer, ""Video: How to talk about games with those who don't approve"", Staff, January 16, 2020

2019: Mention: Game Developer, "Come to GDC for fresh insights on exploring sex and emotions through game design", Staff, December 20, 2019
2019: Mention: Yahoo News, N3rdabl3, et al "Nintendo Labo Snags Games For Change's Game of the Year Award", Angela DiLella, June, 19, 2019
2019: Mention: Game Developer, "Detroit: Become Human, Nintendo Labo among Games for Change Awards finalists", Alissa McAloon, May, 2019
2019: Featured: NPR Marketplace, Tech: Is "Fortnite" any more addictive than Facebook?, Molly Wood, April, 23, 2019

2018: Mention, Filmmaker Magazine, A Sneak Peek at the 6th FilmGate Interactive Media Festival, Lauren Wissot
2018: Quoted: The Hindu, Playing with News, Shubhodeep Pal and Sindhuri Nandhakumar, August, 2018
2018: Quoted: Press.PL (Polish Language Magazine ), Gra Newsami, Marek Miller, May, 2018
2018: Quoted: GameDaily.biz, WHO Gaming Disorder: Real Concern or Just the Latest Moral Panic? , Amanda Farough , July, 2018
2018: Quoted: Press.PL (Polish Language Magazine ), Gra Newsami, Marek Miller, May, 2018
2018: Featured: Variety, ‘Fake News’ Game ‘Factitious’ Finds Following, Brian Crecente, June 28, 2018
2018: Mention: Variety, Games For Change’s Second Slate of Programming Announced, Stefanie Fogel, April, 26, 2018
2018: Mention: Technical.ly DC, Learn how games are going beyond entertainment at this event, Stephen Babcock, May 21, 2018
2018: Mention: Southcoast Today, Standard Times BSU to host Cape Verdean conference, April 17, 2018
2018: Featured: Game Developer, At GDC 2018, get expert insight on how to teach game dev around the world, March 15, 2018
2018: Quoted: TakeThis.org, The Hazards of Building an Empathy Game for VR, Nissa Campbell, January 8, 2018

2017: Featured, News and Observer (Raleigh), Beating sexual harassment is a challenge for women. An online game tries to show why. Aaron Moody, November 21, 2017
2017: Featured: Jakarta Post, Philippine Inquirer Online Game Answers Call call to fight sexual harassment Katrina Hallare, November 17, 2017
2017: Quoted, Netzpiloten Magazin (German Language),Spieleentwickler gegen Fake News, Christine Schmidt, August 21, 2017
2017: Quoted: NBC4 Washington, Get Your Game On At SAAM Arcade, Courtney Rozen, August 3, 2017
2017: Quoted: Nieman Lab, Games might be a good tool for fighting fake news. Here’s what three developers have learned, Christine, Schmidt, August 3, 2017.
2017: Quoted: NPR - All Things Considered ,Unity At The Ballpark: Lawmakers Come Together After Shooting , June 16, 2017
2017: Quoted: NPR- All Tech Considered, A Year Later, Pokémon Go Has Leveled Out And Left Fans Wanting More, Mollie Simon, July 1, 2017
2017: Quoted: Houston Chronicle, Fake news? Game seeks to train readers to separate fact and fiction in the media, Andrew Kragie, July 10, 2017
2017: Featured:Al Jazeera [English], US video games focus on historical accuracy, Shihab Rattansi, April 26, 2017 [Video]
2017: Quoted: Wallethub,2017's Most Gambling-Addicted States, April 25, 2017
2017: Mention: Washingtonian Magazine [print only], Guest List (a monthly round up people we'd like to have over for drinks, food and conversation), May, 2017
2017: Mention: Patch.com [Austin], Beat The Monday Blahs With Scintillating Conversations At SXSW, Tony Cantu, March 13, 2017
2017: Quoted: NRC Media, So Save the Tech Press, Three Solutions for the Media (Dutch Language), March 21, 2017
2017: Quoted: NRC Media SXSW #4: Fake News and News Games, Jan Benjamin, March 21, 2017
2017: Featured: Federal News Radio, Fact-checking in the era of fake news, Debra Roth and Nikki Cannon, March 10, 2017

2016: Quoted, NPR's Marketplace, Super Mario is back on mobile — but you'll need to pony up $10 to play it, Marielle Segarra, December 15, 2016.
2016: Featured: Diversity in Action Magazine, Diversifying the Video Game Industry, Sonya Stinson, September/October 2016
2016: Quoted, UK Telegraph, Blank Arcade to Showcase Game Creations, September, 8 2016
2016: Featured: DCIST, AU Game Designer Lindsay Grace Talks Hugs And Virtual Reality, June 20, 2016
2016: Featured: Black Enterprise, Meet the Game Designer Creating Video Games with Social Impact, May 17, 2016
2016: Featured: Vesta Investment [Chinese Language], How Pokemon Makes Money [Video]
2016: Featured: The Electronic Software Association: American Art Museum Indie Arcade
2016 Featured: Charleston Chronicle, Changing the Game: Playing for Social Good, March 10, 2016
2016: Mention: Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra)- Sharpen your community management skills at GDC 2016

2015: Featured: U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP)- Games for Change: Making a social impact
2015: Mention: Paste Magazine, The Third Annual QGames Conference A Launchpad, Not a Destination, November 5, 2015
2015: Featured: WAMU 88.5 (Washington DC NPR affiliate) - Kojo Nnamdi Show, The Evolution of Teenage Friendships in the Internet Era, June 25, 2015
2015: Featured: WAMU 88.5 (Washington DC NPR affiliate) - Kojo Nnamdi Show, Pop Culture Trends in Video Gaming, June 25, 2015
2015: Quoted: International Business Times, Streaming Is Changing How We Watch TV And Hear Music: Next Up For Disruption Is Gaming: March 25, 201
2015: Featured: GCN (Government Computer News) (w/ Tony Demarinis, Deloitte Consulting), Serious games scoring big in government, March 20, 201
2015: Featured : Texas Public Radio (w/ Aaron Delwiche, Trinity University), (KPAC/KSTX-San Antonio, KTXI,KTPR,KCHL): The Source, Can Gaming Save the World?, March 16, 2015
2015: Featured: Game Watch (Japanese language), Affection Games at GDC, [English Automated Translation - here], March 4, 2015
2015: Quoted: DC Inno, AU Game Lab Opened a Video Game Arcade at the Smithsonian, January 22, 2015

2014: Game Feature: Brightest Young Things (BYT), RECAP: INDIE ARCADE @ SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, December 10, 2014
2014: Featured: Al Jazeera English, The Stream (TV): Life lessons from the virtual world, November 19, 2014
2014: Image Feature (Big Huggin): Game Developer (former Gamasutra) Smithsonian plans pop-up arcade for December, October 28, 2014
2014: Quoted: Poynter.org: Games are serious business at news organizations, September 11, 2014
2014: Quoted: City Paper: Game On As Baltimore's gaming industry embraces the local arts world's DIY ethos, Gamescape expands, July 15, 2014
2014: Image Feature (Big Huggin): Technically: Gamescape features 25 local game dev teams, grows into new space, July 15, 2014
2014: Quoted: Ozy.com: Fast Forward. Making the World a Better Place By Playing Video Games, May 29, 2014
2014: Image Feature (Big Huggin): ACM SIGGRAPH, Online Game Art Show Uncovers Fascinating Indie Games, March 20, 2014
2014: Quoted: Bangkok Post, Kids battle to become heroic flood fighters, January 11, 2014

2013: Featured: PBS Media Shift, Journalism Schools Dig Deeper Into Video games, 11/24/13
2013: Video Game Fan Anxious to Find a Family (Wednesday's Child), NBC 4 Washington DC, 10/9/13
2013: Quoted: Le Monde Diplomatique (Danish),Critical Voices in Games (English automated translation here), 9/6/2013
2013: Reviewed: Kill Screen, The Game that Asks You to Hug a Real-World Teddy Bear is Here, 1/24/2013

2012: Reviewed: Philadelphia CityPaper, Re-View: Game On - "Lindsay Grace’s Big Huggin’, the tour de force of the exhibition", 10/18/2012
2012: Reviewed: Philadelphia Weekly, DIY Video Game Exhibit Asks "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?", 10/10/2012
2012: New Game to Help Chicagoan Kids Learn Chinese, The Examiner, 4/9/2012
2012: Quoted: ABC News, CBS News, Business Week, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, Yahoo Games News, et al (Associated Press): Video game maker linked to US prisoner in Iran(1/10/2012-1/11/2012)

2011: Quoted: ABC News, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Daily Herald, Backstage, Yahoo News, Arab Times, et al (Associated Press): Next Gen Video Games Let Players Control the Story , Actors Storytelling Are Key Elements in New Video Games, Video Game Makers Focusing on Storylines(7/12/2011-7/25/2011)

2010:Quoted: 91.7 WVXU Radio (Cincinnati NPR affiliate):Miami Tops at Game Studies-mp3 (5/2/2010 and 5/3/2010)
2010: Quoted: Dayton Journal News: Miami U. Students Meet Global Game Jam Goal(3/2/2010)
2010: Quoted: Dayton Journal News: Miami's Game Studies Minor Gaining Momentum(3/2/2010)
2010: Quoted: Oxford Press: Game Studies Minor Gaining Momentum (2/2010) (web)
2010: Quoted: Oxford Press: New Video Game in 24 Hours
2010: Quoted: The Cincinnati Enquirer: $15M gift Propels Miami University Interactive Media Studies Program (3/3/2010) (web)

2009: Quoted: Eight Forty Eight (Chicago Public Radio/NPR affiliate): Artists Wonder How Obama Might Change Art (1/19/2009) (web)
2009: Featured: Game Developer: IGF Festival Preview: Interview about Polyglot Cubed(12/12/2008) | Gamecareer Guide: Independent Game Festival Preview 2009 - Polyglot Cubed (12/12/2008)

Review - Blank Arcade:

2016: Review of Blank Arcade
2016: Abertay exhibition explores alternative game concept
2016: Blank Arcade at Hannah Maclure Centre
2015: The Best in It's Guild

Review - Smithsonian American Art Museum Indie Arcade

2014: Recap: Indie Arcade @ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Review: Make Me An Offer Exhibit

2009: Reviewed: New City Press: Review: Make Me an Offer/Gallery 350 Exhibition(12/30/2008)

Alternative Media:

2021: Podcast: Dr. Marc's Masterclass MAP Esports Podcast Network: Doing Things with Games, with Lindsay Grace
2020: Podcast: Critical Distance: Keywords in Play (episode 8), November 13, 2020
2018: Serious Game Market (Blog): @ Games For Change Serious Game To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Eliane Alhadeff , July 01, 2018
2017: VR ROOM, Changing VR at VR for Change
2017: Podcast: Tech Talk: Innovative Thinking at SXSW (Podcast), Center for Democracy & Technology, Mar 20, 2017
2016: Virtually Speaking II, A Better Chance Inc, Spring 2016
2015: Featured: It's all Journalism (Podcast), Games bring play, engagement to complex stories (May 18, 2015 -#146).
2015: This Spartan Life (Machinima: January 23, 2015) - Magfest and Lindsay Grace
2015: Podcast: No More Quarters (Podcast: January 26, 2014) - "No More Quarters Presents" – Lindsay Grace: On Video Games

Campus press: Other colleges and universities

Colby College (Maine): Getting Serious about Play, November 30, 2023

On campus press: University of Miami

Quoted: University of Miami: Spotlighting the video game industry,Janette Neuwahl Tannen, October, 24, 2023
Quoted: University of Miami:Fulbright Fellow from Egypt is learning all about VR, October 3, 2023
Quoted: University of Miami:Can you spot a deepfake?, Barbara Gutierrez, February, 03, 2023.
Feature: University of Miami: Instructor uses video games to promote social change, Barbara Gutierrez, January 31, 2023
Feature: University of Miami: Can artificial intelligence help journalists?, Barbara Gutierrez, July 21, 2022
Quoted: University of Miami: Graduate Student Shares Her Unique Experiences in the IMFA Program,Karina Valdes, August 25, 2020
Feature: University of Miami: Educating the public through game design, Karina Valdes, September 11, 2018

On campus press: American University and Others

Quoted: American University Online: Student Investigative Magazine, A Real Game Changer: The Gamble on Social Impact Games, Sara Winegardner, January, 2017
Quoted: StoryBench, The power of play: Why journalists should warm up to newsgames (Northeastern University School of Journalism), April 26, 2017
Quoted: American University Magazine, CTRL + Delete, Hackers, Criminals, Nation-states and the cybersceruity pros who fight them, (March 2016)
Featured: AU 2030: Lindsay Grace (February 2016)
Quoted: Princeton Review Ranks American University's New Game Design Program Top 25 (March 2015)
Featured: Love Games (February 2015)
Quoted: 2014-2015 Annual Report: Gaming for Good: Persuasive Play Leads to Wins for All
Quoted: AU Game Lab Presents Popup Video Game Arcade at Smithsonian (December 2014)
Quoted: Three Jolt Fellows Named at American University (December 2014)
Quoted: AU Alumni and Friends Meet Up for Fun, Games and Scholarship (April 2014)
Quoted: New Game Design Masters Taps into Player Psychology (April 2014)
Quoted: Eat. Sleep. Game (January 2014)
Featured: American magazine (Fall 2013)
Featured: "School of Communications: Welcomes Gaming Guru Lindsay Grace" (Fall 2013)

On campus press: The Miami Student (Miami University Student Newspaper)

Quoted: Video Games Offer Unique Educational Opportunities
Quoted: Miami University's video game design program earns national recognition
Quoted: Miami Hosts Global Game Jam Location

Government and Private Research Reports

2015: Foxman, Maxwell. 2015. Play the News, Fun and Games in Digital Journalism. Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
2009: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, Research and Analysis Unit Report. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Photo Credits:

2016: Fox News DC, Trump victory sparks students across America to unite in peaceful protests, November 9, 2016
2016: Teen Vogue, American University Students Are Protesting After a Banana Was Thrown at a Black Student, Kate Dwyer, September 20,2016