Posted by Derek Yu Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:58:00 GMT
Final boss: global warming?
Posted in Adventure, Social Impact | 7 comments
You forgot the most important part…
“Discuss!”
Educational games are, in my opinion, an oxymoron, or a experiment doomed to fail (Parents still buy Math Blaster, though). They can try, I suppose.
Two words: Oregon Trail.
Yeah, I remember that game. I gave up on westward expansion and only moved when I had hunted the animal population in my area to extinction. I think my wagon train single handedly put the buffalo on the endangerd species list.
Dopetrail is much better! It teaches kids about the war on drugs ;)
http://www.dopetrail.com/
Where’s Al Gore when you need him?
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the name “Miss Lies.” Subtle.
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You forgot the most important part…
“Discuss!”
Educational games are, in my opinion, an oxymoron, or a experiment doomed to fail (Parents still buy Math Blaster, though). They can try, I suppose.
Two words: Oregon Trail.
Yeah, I remember that game. I gave up on westward expansion and only moved when I had hunted the animal population in my area to extinction. I think my wagon train single handedly put the buffalo on the endangerd species list.
Dopetrail is much better! It teaches kids about the war on drugs ;)
http://www.dopetrail.com/
Where’s Al Gore when you need him?
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the name “Miss Lies.” Subtle.