1) Darfur is Dying
I chose to play the Darfur video game since we had played it before during our last class and it was a funny game, but it had a good point behind the humor. The main concept of the game may be offensive toward some people since in reality numerous people who live in Darfur are going through the same situations that are presented throughout the game which has a funny side to it. The issues in Darfur are extremely bad and the video game has somewhat of a purpose. At the end of the game their's a link that leads to a good organization which is basically focused on helping the people in Darfur by asking for donations and offering others ideas on how to the struggling people in that nation. This game is a serious game and an persuassive game since the situation is serious and is actually occuring right now in Darfur. It's also persuassive since it's trying to say that we should help the people in Darfur in anyway that we can by donating money to the websites organization.
2) Packaging Man
I chose this game because I thought that it was going to be Pac Man and it turned out to be similar to Pac Man except it's called Packaging Man. I think that this game is adver game since it's probably trying to advertise for another version of Pac Man. It could also be persusassive I guess since it's very similar to Pac Man the creator is probably trying to get the player to choose to play this game over Pac Man since they are almost just a like in many ways. I liked this game even though I lost when I was playing, but other than that it was fun since it's exactly like Pac Man so I knew what I was doing throught the whole process. This game was fun overall and I would choose to play this if there wasn't any Pac Man to play.
3) McDonald's Video Game
I chose this game since it seemed interesting and I thought that it would be something positive about McDonald's, but it turned out to be against the food chain. This game is an adver game against McDonald's foods and how it hurts the environment since their's numerous chains throughout the world. Something that was neat was that they had a group of men talking about how the environmental activists are trying to hurt the business by saying numerous, bad things about the fast food restaurant. Their was an obesity association basically saying that McDonald's is one of the main causes of obesity in America and how it's not a good thing to serve loads of unhealthy food to people around the world. I thought this game was ok since it did show some reasons why some activists are against McDonalds. I like McDonalds and the comment about obesity is true in some way, but they are not forcing people to purchase their meals on a daily basis. It's up to the person to choose what they should eat and how much should they consume in order to take care of their health.
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Carion, I agree with you when you say that McDonalds isn't forcing these people who are suffering from obeisity to eat their meals. I feel that when deciding what to eat, people should make healthy and responsible decisions. Putting the blame on McDonalds and other fast food chains is just an excuse for their irresponsibility. McDonalds also offers healthy alternatives such as salads and fruit so organizations such as the one you mentioned in your blog should focus on helping those people who are overweight make healthy choices instead of blaming McDonalds for people's bad choices. I did not play this game but your response makes me want to check it out. Good Job!
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