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Updated on Sep 28, 11
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Computer game explores 17th-century village life
It doesn’t offer the adrenaline-rush of a shoot’em up video game, but Desperate Fishwives, a prototype game under development at USC, does have its own peculiar brand of intrigue.
With a backdrop of domestic conflict, premarital pregnancy, drunkenness, and witchcraft accusations in a 17th-century English village setting, Desperate Fishwives is designed to get the attention of high school and college students—and impart a subtle understanding of early modern history.
“We’re trying to introduce players to the social history of England at that time, but we want it to have a playful, cartoonish look,” said John Hodgson, a USC computer science graduate student who is writing the computer code to bring Desperate Fishwives to life.
“A lot of educational games are heavy-handed, chocolate-covered broccoli,” said Duncan Buell, a computer science professor involved in the game project. “One of the goals we have in this game is that you don’t have to realize that you’re supposed to be learning something.”
Buell and Hodgson are joined by film and media studies assistant professor Heidi Rae Cooley and English doctoral student Grace Hagood in using an NEH grant to develop Desperate Fishwives for beta release later this year.
Ian Bogost article that mentions 4Cs as "traditional" haha
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6 items | 2 visits
Once again, links that don't fit Diigo's categories. Some games are educational, some are beautiful, some are retro, some are just fun. My favorite links.
Updated on Sep 28, 11
Created on Jul 22, 09
Category: Others
URL: