Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mini Game

Was it hard to make your mini game?
No not like I thought it would be, it turns out, it is simple. except the score it was a bit confusing.

What was the best part of this topic?
When I finished the mini game, thats's the thing I enjoy the most. Finishing the mini game.

The worst part?
putting the score on the mini game was the worst part. i kept getting stuck on it until I realized I didn't need to convert a text into a symbol

Gamers solve scientific problems

How did gamers use the computer gameFoldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
It had a cure in the game which was found afterwards.
Who can particpate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?
Anyone can specially gamers.
What can critical thinking do for science?
It gives out more ideas and it helps scientist have more theories.

If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be?
it would be cancer because it's one of the uncurable diseases that we have today.


Friday, September 9, 2011

9/11

How old were you on September 11, 2001?

During 9/11, I was 3 years old

When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?

I learned
about the tragic moment when I started 1st grade.

What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?

My parents became more paranoid, and I became curious asking myself, Why are they doing this?

What was the issue with this game?

It is insulting the ones that terrorized our country which is not good because they might come back and do something again.

How do you feel about it?

I don't like the game because it's not the right thing to do, it just makes things worse.

What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game?

It brings memories to people which may not like, and the major reason is that the ones that terrorized the twin towers may take that game as an insult and make a comeback.

How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?

By making an educational game with trivia and no violence.