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Monday, 31 July 2017
quote [ In recent years, there has been an influx of games centered on social and political issues from sexism to racism to the refugee crisis. In one of the latest, you rescue animals in a slaughterhouse.
If you don't have time to call your senator, stage a protest or partake in a rescue mission at a slaughterhouse, you can at least save some chickens on your phone. Thanks to the new animal rights app Paintball Hero, created by 17-year-old game developer Skylar Thomas, animal liberation is now as easy as click, swipe, win. ] #psychology #social justice
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damnit said @ 10:43pm GMT on 31st July
You have to be really invested in a game to change your behavior. One-off activism games will make you think and then you'll forget about it like most change.org or gofundme causes.
An MMO might have the same effect that adults who grew up reading Harry Potter have regarding racism.
damnit said @ 10:45pm GMT on 31st July
You have to be really invested in a game to change your behavior. One-off activism games will make you think and then you'll forget about it like most change.org or gofundme causes.
An MMO might have the same effect that adults who grew up reading Harry Potter have regarding racism.
If I thought games could create changed behavior outcomes IRL, I'd have to never play GTA or its ilk.
GTA is primarily understood as escapism rather than taking it all in the same way you do with books. RPGs and MMOs are closer to books in engaging the reader's minds and being a part of that world.
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damnit said @ 10:43pm GMT on 31st July
You have to be really invested in a game to change your behavior. One-off activism games will make you think and then you'll forget about it like most change.org or gofundme causes.
An MMO might have the same effect that adults who grew up reading Harry Potter have regarding racism.
If I thought games could create changed behavior outcomes IRL, I'd have to never play GTA or its ilk.
GTA is primarily understood as escapism rather than taking it all in the same way you do with books. RPGs and MMOs are closer to books in engaging the reader's minds and being a part of that world.
I don't want that result, so that makes me pretty skeptical.