{"id":3492,"date":"2017-03-02T00:04:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/former-white-house-digital-media-adviser-mark-deloura-wins-ambassador-award\/"},"modified":"2017-03-02T00:04:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T07:04:14","slug":"former-white-house-digital-media-adviser-mark-deloura-wins-ambassador-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/former-white-house-digital-media-adviser-mark-deloura-wins-ambassador-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Former White House digital media adviser Mark DeLoura wins Ambassador Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark DeLoura, the former digital media adviser at the Obama White House, won one of the game industry\u2019s highest honors tonight: the Ambassador Award.<\/p>\n

DeLoura was an advocate for the understanding the game industry in the federal government, and he made it clear that he believes games can be a force for social good during his acceptance speech. He won the award as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrate Mark for his tireless work as an advocate and educator,\u201d said Chris Melissinos, a former winner of the Ambassador Award.<\/p>\n

DeLoura said, \u201cPeople at the White House knew me as the guy with the big fat Pikachu at my desk.\u201d Among his accomplishments: He organized the first game jam at the White House.<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, DeLoura praised the diversity of skills and creative inspiration that drives game developers to create original works of art.<\/p>\n

He said praised how games help give voices to underrepresented minorities, veterans, women, and, \u201cOf course, immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we think games can do more and be more,\u201d it is incumbent on game developers to use their talents to help others, DeLoura said.\u00a0\u201cIf we don\u2019t stand up for the rights of others, we\u2019ll never hear their voices.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that game developers can change the world through games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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