Below is a summary of tweets from March 21st, 2012
@
likethe3letters:
#HNRS353 ImmorTall questions ethics. Do you save yourself or help others in war? Is it fair for the civillians to be attacked in war time? –
21 Mar 12 23:44
@
likethe3letters:
#HNRS353 Immortal lacks juiciness with no reward for protecting the people. The lack of color & use of unsettling music evokes a sad emotion –
21 Mar 12 23:41
@
fieryredsam:
#HNRS353 Dys4ia: Critical reaction- 8bit style was useful to avoid “graphic” images that would possibly make it less accessible to the users –
21 Mar 12 23:24
@
fieryredsam:
#HNRS353 Dys4ia: Great educational tool to inform people of the realities of being transgender. Confused that people were “insulted” by this –
21 Mar 12 23:20
@
wetkarl:
#hnrs353 Unmanned: cute and funny to mess around with though hard to know what it wants youtodo exactly. A little slow but fun to replay –
21 Mar 12 21:59
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Spent.” Empathy, but more personally so than the others. Imagining what it is like to live in the real world, with real problems. –
21 Mar 12 21:36
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Spent.” Was actually very interested in this game. Enjoyed the simulation. Thought to myself, “This will be me in a few years.” –
21 Mar 12 21:35
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Stop Disasters.” Empathy. Building houses in a village, knowing that the residents are about to be victims of a major disaster. –
21 Mar 12 21:30
@
tsunamitracker: RT @
zhigh1226 #HNRS353 “Stop Disasters.” Took far too long to take off. Got bored before the disaster even happened. Still waiting for… –
21 Mar 12 21:30
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Stop Disasters.” Took far too long to take off. Got bored before the disaster even happened. Still waiting for that tsunami… –
21 Mar 12 21:28
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “ImmorTall.” Empathy. Playing the role of a strangely large person protecting other people. The explosions made it kind of artful. –
21 Mar 12 21:23
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “ImmorTall.” Perplexed at first. Still perplexed. The gunfire and explosions were cool. Oh, crap. The girl got killed by a bomb. –
21 Mar 12 21:15
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Unmanned.” Empathy. My interpretation: putting yourself in the shoes of a lone American solider who was dropped into the Sandbox. –
21 Mar 12 21:08
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Unmanned.” Actually liked it. Being chased by Pakistanis confused me. Got excited when the Predator drone flew across the screen. –
21 Mar 12 21:04
@
zhigh1226:
#HNRS353 “Dys4ia.” Maybe empathy (identifying yourself with a hormonally stressed-out female teen). Seems laughable enough to be a prank. –
21 Mar 12 20:52
About Professor Sample
Mark Sample is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at George Mason University, where he researches and teaches contemporary and experimental literature, electronic literature, graphic novels, and videogames.
