Since Susana Ruiz' presentation in class, I visited some of the websites she mentioned and even played a few of the games just to get some perspective. The game that I played was hosted by METRAC (see link below) and it's called "What it is," which is a game that talks about sexual violence. It's a digital game that shows you (the player) as a silohuette and you move your avatar around the environment to speak with people. Once you come up on a person, you are prompted with a question. If you get the question right, you score 20 points. If you go towards the red exclamation points, you get an extra 5 points. I thought it was interesting that instead of picking an avatar that resembled you, it was actually a silohuette that carried no label or classification for sex or gender. I just wonder if it's better that way? Or if it's better to be able to design your avatar to be male, female, or transgender. Either way, I would like to see digital games like these at schools for young students to play with.
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