By Jamaal Ryan
On the day after Valentine’s Day
in 2006, high school honors student Jennifer Ann Crecente (the niece of Polygon
News Editor Brian Crecente) had fallen victim to dating violence and was
murdered by her ex-boyfriend. It’s a terrible story, one that hurts for me to
hear as my mother was physically abused by my father.
In her
memory, Jennifer’s father founded Jennifer Ann’s Group,
an organization geared towards building awareness for dating violence and
abuse. Since 2008, Jennifer Ann’s Group has held contests for video games that
raise dating abuse awareness while avoiding the use of violent gameplay. This
year’s winner was The Guardian, which is available for free on
Android now. Driven on both a personal and a professional level, I set aside
time to play it. Read more.
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