Reading
- Professor Jenkins goes to Washington by H. Jenkins
- Videogame Controversy in Wikipedia
- If videogames kill, what about the Bible? on CNET
Learning Activity 2-B-1
Culture Shock
[Assignments]
35 points
- Visit the PBS Culture Shock website and go through the activity.
- In a word processing document, explain your reaction to the statistics on the results page in light of what you have learned and read for this topic.
- Post your document to Assignments 2-B-1: Culture Shock.
Learning Activity 2-B-2
Game Review
[Forum]
20 points
Please note that you must have the most current version of Flash installed on your computer to play the games in this acitivity.
- Play one game from each of the following websites:
- Write a review for each of the games you played, focusing on the following questions:
- Do you think these games are violent?
- What is the purpose of these games?
- How do you think violence is depicted in these games and what do you think it’s its purpose?
- Is this violence a necessary element to make a game "good"? Why or why not?
- Define what you mean by good.
- Put both reviews into a post to the Forum. Respond to one classmate’s post by using the review questions above if you would or not play the games that they reviewed. Give an explanation of why or why not.