Journal 12 – Serious Games

14 10 2009

Dafur Is Dying is about the crisis in Dafur. Innocent people are getting murdered and there is a lack of resources in Dafur. Innocent people risk their lives everyday to get water from a well for their farms, to cook, to clean and to drink. The game does this by the texts in the game and the choice of avatars. When choosing the avatar, the game recommends that you choose a child because they are more able to hide from the rebels. The message is also conveyed through the graphics, like when the avatar runs between hiding spots. Also when one of the avatars gets caught, the chosen avatar becomes unplayable.

Driver Seat is about the issue of senior drivers. This game provides a context for the game and each level and activity. The game provides different levels which will impair the player as if they were a senior citizen. Some of the controls are a little delayed, or not as responsive which force the player to take care and slow down when playing the game. This conveys the message well because whilst playing I had to slow down, just like senior drivers do on the roads.

Super Columbine Massacre RPG does not convey a message, but tries to give the player an insight into what Eric and Dylan were thinking. However the accuracy of the events and thoughts are questionable. This game goes through all the events that occured on the day of hte Columbine Massacre. There are speech bubbles, interactive items and conversation between Eric and Dylan and some of the NPCs which give an insight to what they were thinking and what caused them to do such an act.

Oiligarchy is about oil drilling and the effects on the inhabitants of the places being oiled. The message is conveyed through the behaviour of the NPCs. When oil rigs are built or when the land is explored, the animals move away and disappear and the inhabitants rebelled against me and destroy the oil rigs that I built. I had to bribe politicians and rebels, ignore environmental issues to succeed in this game. A war is even started when I went looking for oil in Iraq.

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