The first game i played was called Orphan Feast. In the game, you play the part of a creepy old man, named Thomas, who looks similar to the Grim Reaper. The objective of this game is to collect as many orphans in Thomas' napsack as you can. As you walk down the streets you have to kill fat ladies and authorities that bring your health down whenever they make contact. In order to kill them and injure the babies, you are given a scythe as well as other throwing items. You must injure the babies before bagging them and if you fail to do so than they will bring your health down aswell. I would classify this game as a persuasive game. The game is persuading parents to stop putting their children up for adoption, by showing young orphans being beaten and kidnapped. Although this game is somewhat disturbing to play, I believe the message behind it is a good one. If people see orphans roaming the streets, being beaten and kidnapped, than they will feel sympathy for the young children and want to help.
The next game I played was called five minutes to kill yourself. You play a business man who roams around the office building in search of ways to hurt himself. The game provides dangerous office supplies such as paper slicers and staplers as well as employees who will beat the shit out of you if you talk smack to them. If you aquire enough injuries from the supplies and employees under 5 min than you kill yourself and win. I would classify this game as a persuasive game. The game is similar to the first game in that it portrays a disturbing image in order to catch the players attention and get a positive message across. I believe the game portrays a traditional business man in a traditional business office trying to kill himself in order to convey the message that you must find a job that interests you in order to enjoy life.
The third game I played was called Catch The Sperm 2. Throughout the game, sperm and other weird objects fly by the screen. In order to prevent the sperm and objects from reaching the egg, you are given a condom gun, which you move up and down depending on where the sperm are located. I would classify this game as educational because it educates and informs people to use condoms to prevent diseases and unplanned pregnancies. This game, like the other two games, is a bit gross but portrays a good message. It supports safe sex through the use of condoms, as well as the fight against AIDS, with signs that go bye in the background stating "stop AIDS." Although this game has a positive message, I do not think it is very effective in getting the point across because it fails to show the consequences of unprotected sex.
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I think the first two games that Anthony wrote about were trying to portray positive messages, but ended up being more educational then persuasive. The first game is not necessarily persuading parents not to put their children up for adoption, but rather educating people on what sometimes happens to orphans. After playing this game, it may make you do something to help stop the abuse Orphans receive, but I think the goal was to show the truth about how Orphans are treated. The second game is also educational in my opinion because the game is not persuading you into getting a new job, but educating you on how unhappy some people can be at their jobs. This is obviously very dramatic and excessive, but it gets the point across that being happy at a job is very important. I agree with Anthony's view of the last game because just using a condom to cover the sperm does not truly educate teens on the negative affects of unsafe sex. It has the potentional to be a very educational game, but it is just too vague to promote safe sex.
I would agree with you about the game called Orphan Feast although i did not play the game it definitely sounds like the creator of this game i trying to persuade others not to put babies up for adoption or to help the orphan kids and adopt them. I saw the sperm game but didn't play it and i agree with you that it could be an educational game about safe sex, but i would say that it could be a persuasive game trying to persuade young adults to have safe sex as well.
It seems like you enjoyed the three games you played and they all seem very interesting. I did not play any of the games that you talked about, but the sperm game I did see on the list and thought is sounded different. I do agree with you about it being an educational game and the message behind it has good intentions.
I agree with your thoughts on Catch the Sperm 2. The game may be trying to be educational but it seems like STD's and pregnancies are turned into a joke with the sperm gun and messages popping up.
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