Games and Journalism??? EOJ 7-9
Elements of Online Journalism
"Games are mainly for entertainment, but given creativity and hard work, online news can take this to a higher level where people are not only entertained but also enlightened about issues" 25
I said earlier today in EL 405 that this semester is the first one time where I am seeing the point of taking the courses in this major. One area keeps pouring into another. I'm designing a campaign website in CA 100; last week, we had to evaluate a corporate website and its usability. I'm not bragging by any means, but I feel that I may have completed the assignment better than some others because I've had Writing for the Internet.
In EL 405, we have been designing games. Before that, we were learning how to create 3-D animation and environments in Blender. I finally see the point (I seem to be saying this a lot lately).
I immediately thought of Kayla's IF game from EL 405 when I read the above quote. It took historical and current world events and integrated them as choices. I had a browser open during the entire time I was test playing, looking to make sure I made the right choices. Her game is an excellent example of integrating news and games. It made the player(me) think about what was going on in the world; by using the web browser, I was being informed as I was playing.
"Games are mainly for entertainment, but given creativity and hard work, online news can take this to a higher level where people are not only entertained but also enlightened about issues" 25
I said earlier today in EL 405 that this semester is the first one time where I am seeing the point of taking the courses in this major. One area keeps pouring into another. I'm designing a campaign website in CA 100; last week, we had to evaluate a corporate website and its usability. I'm not bragging by any means, but I feel that I may have completed the assignment better than some others because I've had Writing for the Internet.
In EL 405, we have been designing games. Before that, we were learning how to create 3-D animation and environments in Blender. I finally see the point (I seem to be saying this a lot lately).
I immediately thought of Kayla's IF game from EL 405 when I read the above quote. It took historical and current world events and integrated them as choices. I had a browser open during the entire time I was test playing, looking to make sure I made the right choices. Her game is an excellent example of integrating news and games. It made the player(me) think about what was going on in the world; by using the web browser, I was being informed as I was playing.
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Is it informative, or does it entertain? I feel that a combination of those two characteristics could work. I just do not think that a teenager would get much out of a video game that was teaching the news. Maybe add some popular music, trivia, and other oddities and a productive game may be produced.