RED CLASS: Thesis and ROUGH Outline

Thesis:

While “Operation: Pedopriest” and “Faith Fighter” are
critical perspectives of religion, “Operation: Pedopriest is grittier and more emotionally reactive.

I.                    Thesis Statement

II.                  Faith Fighter

a.       Game Mechanics similar to Mortal Kombat

b.      List of Beliefs

                                                               i.      Contenders

c.       Censored Version

                                                               i.      Muhammad’s face is blacked out.

III.                Operation: Pedopriest

a.     Game Mechanics -   Army game Theme

                                                               i.      Silencer

1.       Quiet/Intimidate

2.       Delay the police

                                                             ii.      Priests

                                                            iii.      Kids

                                                           iv.      Adults

                                                             v.      Molestation

 

IV.                Common Themes

a.       Portrayal of religion in a critical light

b.      Intimidation, death, suppression in the name of religion

c.       Both critiques have a basis in real life.  We live it and these games offer a better understanding and dialogue.

V.                  Differences

a.       FF – lighter tone rather than the deeper context of religious bigotry/intolerance.

b.      OP

                                                               i.      See the priests molesting kids

                                                             ii.      You as a Silence have to intimidate the adults from contacting the police

                                                            iii.      If police are dispatched you must delay them from seeking their target

c.       Extremely offensive – molestation in general

VI.                Summary

a.       As shown FF does lightly encroach upon the real issue of religious intolerance

b.      OP is more visually detailed and leaves less to the imagination for interpretation.

                                                               i.      Direct artistic attack on the Catholic Church and its ethic violations

1.       They show this by actually animating molestation by a priest

ID The Creep (Third Video Blog)

I would consider "ID the creep" a serious/training video game. It in its own way it trains the player the difference between a potential online creep vs someone who is not. It puts the player through three tests. The first test concerns online chatting. There are buzz words that need to be looked for and that should not be answered. The most seemingly nice questions actually help the creep identify who the user is. I would have to say that this is a game geared toward budding internet surfers particularly children. This allows the children in a safe atmosphere the training needed to identify when someone is a creep and when someone is not. The second battery is email. You need to identify which email is creep originated. Again it allows the player to read the subject but to get a feel for what the email will be about. The third and final trial is an Instant Messaging test similar to the chatting test. In order to proceed to each level you must identify all the creeps. As I stated earlier, I would consider this a training game. The safety of everyone's children is paramount and if this game can assist in that assurance it is well worth it. The thought of someone creeping around on the internet in itself is scary however when they use that imagery against you in this game it can be considered pathos driven. There is dark cloud of fear that is used in this game which reflects a lot of how it is in real life.

Scott Campbell - Red Class: Two Video Game Blog

Click for Obama:
 http://www.click4obama.com/

When looking at the selection of games provided I was drawn to one particular.  The Click 4 Obama game was something that initially made me wonder what does that mean.  What does it mean to click for Obama?  Once I started playing the game it was very much like a quiz show but centered around history, world and local politics and geography.  I myself being fond of these types of games found that I was drawn in immediately.  All of the "Question and Answer" fun aside as you answered more and more questions correctly to the right of the screen a jigsaw puzzle of Barack Obama started to come together.  When you complete a puzzle you, in essence, "clicked" to help get more advertising online for Barack Obama for President.  The website states that its goals are to Challenge Americans to lean more about American History, Government, Politics, Race Relations, and Current Events, to provide everyone an easy opportunity to become involved in the future of America and support Barack Obama's dream to bring about real change in Washington.

The graphics, game and results were persuading the user to push to answer more and more questions.  The more people visit the site, the more advertisers will want to be there the more money can be donated to "Barack Obama for President" the more good you are doing by staying and playing.  The game was not necessarily persuading someone from, let's say, the far right to come to aid Barack on his conquest for the White House.  This game is geared to engage those who are curious about the game and for those who are Pro-Barack and want to help increase the advertisements.

The core game itself calls to your logical and ethical side.  The questions ranged from "What is the capital of Minnesota" to "How many people have died in Darfur".  Whether you get the question right or wrong it will let you know and the reasoning behind the answer.  It is an initiative to inform the user within the construct of a game.  Possible to better equip them to make Barack as the choice for our next president.  The site does support Barack however the layered questions asked did not seem to push you to want to vote for Barack it was only meant to inform the player.

Super Chick Sisters: 

http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/superchicksisters/index.asp

I noticed this game when in class and thought I would give it a go.  The premise of the game is not too far away from the beloved Super Mario Bros. games I played as a child.  Funny enough, the Super Mario Bros are in the plot of the game.  Replace our lovable plumbers with two chicks, as in cute, 'peep'-like, baby chickens and you 'for the most part' have the game dynamics.  What is different however is that as you progress there are additional characters along the way such as picketers, snails, rats, etc.  When you pass one of the characters described they will talk to you and give you a tid bit of information about Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Some of these include but not limited to, KFC cut the beaks off of the chickens, KFC de-feathers chickens using scalding water, KFC drugs the chickens to be fat and immobile, and they address poor living conditions and maltreatment.  As you progress through and get to the checkpoint there is a KFC flag that you run to and replace with a PeTA flag.  

I generally knew of atrocities regarding the KFC chickens but never specifics.  However reading all the conversations from the characters really made me not want to go there again.  This obliviously is a persuasive, serious game that plays on all of the parts of an argument.  Logically, Emotionally and Ethically I could not eat chicken that has been put through the things they describe.  All this aside, I do question the truthiness of the claims made by this game.  I will however do my own research and become a better informed consumer when it comes to my chicken preferences.