Gaming for learning
Posted: August 2, 2007 Filed under: News/information and opinion 5 Comments »I was reading news about an online game in China where players can torture and kill the corrupt officials. The game “Incorruptible Fighter” is gaining so much popularity that since last eight days of its release it is reported to have been downloaded more than 100,000 times, leading the server to crash. Someone should contact that Chinese software company and ask them to make a Nepalese version; we won’t definitely be short of villains, will we? 
I came across another game in making, the first immersive (multiplayer) gaming environment directed toward ecological learning. Though this is just a game, it has huge prospect of being a tool of online learning in the field of environmental sciences. In this game (single or multiplayer) “you can join wolf pack and hunt, fight, and mingle, all while doing your best to survive”. The project is being developed by the Minnesota Zoo and Eduweb with support from National Science Foundation (NSF).
The first version is scheduled to be released in December 2007. Click this link to see the preview of what the game will look like .
The Chinese game seems really interesting!
Thanks for the link for the wolf quest. Enjoyed it.
Keshuvko said:..
Online game ko fashion chha sabai tira… I never liked it…
Vahsek’s Ramblings
Basanta ji,
I guess Wolf Quest (similar games) will be beneficial for kids, rather than them playing violent games, though Wolf Quest has potential to serve even the expert Ecologists.
Keshav,
I am not into gaming too, last I played was Super Mario Bro’s more than a decade ago. Talking about gaming I remember a funny incident, my roommate when I first came to USA was an African American from Chicago. I was explaining him how rural parts of Nepal are deprived from electricity, you wont believe what his response was. He said “Damn man, I don’t wanna live there, how the hell I’m gonna play my video game?”
Without electricity, all he could think of was him being unable to play video games
Prajwol,
The first game sounds interesting! I remember, my cousins (phuchhe haru) playing Vice City, which is a violent game. But the Chinese game will help to utilize the violence at right place.
But, still will it be good for children? I always opposed my cousins’ time spending on these violent games.
But I recommend playing real time game with Khume like people in Nepal. I had such game in my mind many times; while going to CDO office, ekantakuna etc. I had no option but to bribe for my passport 6 years ago. I have not dealt with the malpot thing yet, but CDO office is also a corrupt one. The best one to start with these days will be Department of Transport Management officials.
Prof. LOL
I understand you….I would like you to read two of my previous post: firstly this and secondly this and tell me what do you think about it.