Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

It s never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies so when Brenda Romero s daughter came home from school asking about slavery, she did what she does for a living she designed a game. She describes the surprising effectiveness of this game, and others, in helping the player really understand the story. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or les