Game

Game

Description
Please?choose?one?of?the?following?topics:
a.?Serious?games
Games?are?commonly?associated?with??fun??or??entertainment’,?which?is?often?associated?with?the?concept?of
play.?However,?games?have?been?used?in?very?serious?situations?from?encouraging?exercise?on?a?daily?basis?to
being?implemented?in?military?strategies.?For?this?assignment,?find?and?play?a?persuasive,?educational,?or?serious
game.?Links?to?such?games?can?be?found?on?Wikipedia?or?at?the?Games?for?Health,?or?Games?for?Change,?or
Brainpop?websites,?among?other?places.?
Write?a?critique?of?this?game,?discussing?and?evaluating?whether?it?succeeds?as?a?game?and/or?as?a?tool?for?social
change.?Is?it?a?”good”?game?(you?can?provide?your?own?definition?here)??What?challenges?do?you?see?in?using
games?for?purposes?other?than?entertainment??What?potential?is?there?for?using?games?for?purposes?other?than
entertainment??Is?this?game?capable?of?changing?the?world?in?a?positive?way??Why?or?why?not??How?do?you
envision?the?future?of?serious?games?
b.?Games?&?Society
Games?are?neither?made?nor?played?in?a?vacuum.?The?society?in?which?games?are?embedded?influences
everything?from?what?kinds?of?games?are?made,?to?the?content?of?those?games,?to?how?those?games?are
perceived.?Games?are?social?artifacts,?and?so?may?embody?different?aspects?of?society.?Write?a?critique?of?a
single?video?game,?discussing?how?that?game?either?(a)?reflects?the?society?and?culture?in?which?it?is?created?or
(b)?is?embedded?in?a?broader?sociocultural?system.?What?social?elements?influence?this?game??What?does?this
game?tell?us?about?the?society?in?which?we?live?