Notes for January 18, 2011

Interests and Ideas

John:

Computer Hardware

Cooking

School

Wilson:

1)      Education for kids in science and math

a.       Undereducated

b.      Under challenged (more potential)

c.       Fun math and science can educate and encourage critical thinking

d.      Fun but don’t realize that it’s teaching you something

e.      Ex:  Zork

2)      Gay rights

a.       People are under-/mis-educated about gay people

b.      Discrimination (not really seen as discrimination)

c.       Game could show how hard being a lesbian couple would be

d.      Racial mix

e.      Human rights

3)      Skepticism/ atheism

a.       Rational thinking

b.      Psychological bias’

c.       Science/Logical

d.      Conspiracy theories

Tom:

1)      Child Obesity

a.       Genetic s vs. parenting

b.      Tips on eating schedule

c.       How to deal with emotions

d.      Beating in

e.      Goal (get ready for the prom)

f.        Sims-ish

Russell:

1)      Over Marketing

a.       YouTube, Pandora, Hulu

b.      Products

c.       Blatant product placement

d.      Political signs

e.      Advertisement war (AT&T vs. Verizon, Mac vs. PC)

2)      Journalism

a.       Fear-mongering

b.      Editorialist vs. Journalism

c.       Sensationalism

d.      Scare Tatics

e.      Blurred line between facts & opinions

Jeff:

1)      Mountain Dew

a.       Promote how good it is

2)      Road Rage

Sex education

Kiva

Tom’s Shoes

Language learning- role-playing game (spy game)

Homework

1)      Take an existing mobile-type game and write how you would make it into an alternative genre game

a.       Strong agenda

2)      Take something you feel strongly about.  Try to come up with a game that represents that agenda. (support your opinion.  Why would this game work?)