People generally think of video games as being for fun and nothing else (I do myself.) And so people aren't going to play a game about homelessness to increase their awareness of the problem, at least not most of them, they'll play it to have fun. It just seems tacky to me.BRIK wrote:Why can't games be used for social issues? Anyway to get the point across.
A game about homelessness
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prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
Re: A game about homelessness
It's not tacky, I see it as a great way to get a point across. Not everyone watches the news or read newspapers, they may not have any interest in those at all. They may like playing games though and if a point needs to get across to them then this is the perfect solution to do that.BoringSupreez wrote:People generally think of video games as being for fun and nothing else (I do myself.) And so people aren't going to play a game about homelessness to increase their awareness of the problem, at least not most of them, they'll play it to have fun. It just seems tacky to me.BRIK wrote:Why can't games be used for social issues? Anyway to get the point across.
I don't see why you think games for educational purposes are okay but this isn't, this is educational as well. It's point is to raise awareness.
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Re: A game about homelessness
I told my sister-in-law to give it a try, and she immediately made everyone else try it too. She still holds the high score of $954 and no floating debts which she got on her first try. When we all finished we made a $10 donation. Good game for a good cause is good. I bought $40 worth of ramen (I've done this in real life before) and nothing bad happened either time. MSG is not harmful despite it's bad rep.
