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Blog Post 4

(Approximately 500 words)

Cite all of your sources including the game you chose to review, the

readings, podcast, and keynote speech by Tanya DePass

Due Sunday 11/15@ 11pm on your WordPress blog

• After listening to the podcast http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-games-move-us/

in mentor sessions, discuss if it is relevant to the game you played for the class (both

Journey and That Dragon: Cancer are highlighted).

• Listen to the talk from Tanya DePass, the keynote speaker from Smithsonian Museum’s

2019 SAAM Arcade 2019: Art, Video Games, and Empathy.

https://americanart.si.edu/blog/saam-arcade-2019-art-video-games-and-empathy.

What are your feelings and thoughts about her talk, and how it related to the game you

played?

• Discuss and review the game from the list that you chose. What game was it and what

was its format (meaning puzzle game, exploration game, arcade style game, simulation

game etc…)? What was the purpose of the game (educational, raise a social issue or

issue of diversity, news related, health related etc…)? Did it work as an engaging game,

if so or if not why? What was the game’s purpose and was that effectively relayed in the

game play?

• All of the games on the list received awards for not just their educational value, but

their ability to create empathy. After playing the game yourself, what are your feelings

about the game’s ability to create empathy or understanding.

• Finally, how was playing the game FOR YOU? What did you learn (if anything), what did

you like about the game