EL 250 Darfur is Dying
I remember playing this game in one of my earlier classes. I do not think this game is as exploitative as the Columbine. I say this due to demographics. We, western society, are not well educated on Darfur. Only by what we read and hear on the news. But a game like the Darfur RPG is more realisitc because we have been exposed to such incidents. Like last year, the young man from SHU who was shot by the police after a standoff with them. The Virginia Tech shootings,and also the man who went into a school in Lancaster, P.A. and shot himself and others. I would say that the m ore we are knowledged on a subject, the more we enter our own comfort zone. Darfur is Dying was all about escape. Escape from the evil militia.
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A game like Darfur is Dying will certainly raise awareness. It's a shame that we have to resort to video games to do so, but at least the media is finding new ways to open the eyes of the public. Before college, I wasn't even aware of the hardships faced by Darfurians.
Posted by: Jessie Krehlik | January 14, 2010 12:44 PM