Below is a summary of tweets from March 24th, 2012

@TwiceShax: #Unmanned is a game concerned with trivialities of life, and manages to make it both challenging and annoying. Didn’t care for it. #HNRS353 – 23 Mar 12 21:02

@ShortyGeorge27: #HNRS353 SPENT: This game is used to make people pay attention to the problem of homelessness and provides them with a way to help out. – 23 Mar 12 18:15

@ShortyGeorge27: #HNRS353 SPENT: This was an interesting game that, as I believe was intended, got a bit stressful, and felt like the odds were against you. – 23 Mar 12 18:13

@krystinhope: I JUST WANNA PLAY PORTAL. #HNRS353 – 23 Mar 12 17:58

@gabrlewielis: #spacetime Ha. Started the monster’s heart beating. *”If I only had a heart” plays in the background* #hnrs353 – 23 Mar 12 04:30

@gabrlewielis: #spacetime i think my true love just got eaten… Gorgeous game though. Def art, though not just for the imagery. #hnrs353 – 23 Mar 12 04:27

@emily_sawyer: #HNRS353 Spent: Useful for education and empathy. Also useful as an opportunity to act on that education and empathy by donating. – 23 Mar 12 03:48

@emily_sawyer: #HNRS353 Spent: Simple decisions in realistic scenarios remind you that this happens to real people. – 23 Mar 12 03:46

@gabrlewielis: #dys4ia Very interesting and effective imagery. Really draws you into the emotions — empathy I suppose. #hnrs353 – 23 Mar 12 03:39

@jimbo_limbo_: #hnrs353 Spent use: Could be used for electioneering b/c of how it informs the player on issues related to broad social issues – 23 Mar 12 03:36

@jimbo_limbo_: #hnrs353 Spent gameplay: Strategy/puzzle game that highlights life issues in the context of a game: quality of life vs winning the game – 23 Mar 12 03:36

@gabrlewielis: #dys4ia fascinating game–though more like an interactive story. Not sure i was actually playing anything. #hnrs353 – 23 Mar 12 03:36

@jimbo_limbo_: #hnrs353 Stop D! use: Could be used as a promotion/awareness for the importance of prepairing for disasters in 3rd World countries. – 23 Mar 12 03:35

@jimbo_limbo_: #hnrs353 Stop D! gameplay: Plays like an RTS game but in an emotional, real-world setting that gets the player to reflect on an issue – 23 Mar 12 03:35

@jimbo_limbo_: #hnrs353 ImmorTall use: Electioneering: governments and the military are cold and insensitive – 23 Mar 12 03:34

Below is a summary of tweets from March 22nd, 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

Below is a summary of tweets from March 20th, 2012

@jimbo_limbo_: This American Life retracts hugely popular episode on Apple and China http://t.co/gXQ9qlLS via @arstechnica @samplereality #hnrs353 – 18 Mar 12 21:09

Below is a summary of tweets from March 18th, 2012

@TheNickFrantz: #hnrs353 The Apple Story? Fake? http://t.co/j063dzt5 – 17 Mar 12 22:16

@kolereddig: @samplereality #HNRS353 Mario+Portal=? http://t.co/vutGbxm1 – 17 Mar 12 21:48

@AugustusNapolon: #HNRS353 Don’t know if anyone else has tracked the ME3’s ending debate between players and devs. Interesting can’t wait to see what happens. – 17 Mar 12 02:51

@krystinhope: @samplereality That’s so interesting. #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 18:22

@sisypheantask: RT @samplereality: This American Life retracts its Mike Daisey episode about Foxconn http://t.co/K7s77LN6 #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 17:48

@samplereality: This American Life retracts its Mike Daisey episode about Foxconn http://t.co/K7s77LN6 #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 17:46

Below is a summary of tweets from March 18th, 2012

@TheNickFrantz: #hnrs353 The Apple Story? Fake? http://t.co/j063dzt5 – 17 Mar 12 22:16

@kolereddig: @samplereality #HNRS353 Mario+Portal=? http://t.co/vutGbxm1 – 17 Mar 12 21:48

@AugustusNapolon: #HNRS353 Don’t know if anyone else has tracked the ME3’s ending debate between players and devs. Interesting can’t wait to see what happens. – 17 Mar 12 02:51

@krystinhope: @samplereality That’s so interesting. #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 18:22

@sisypheantask: RT @samplereality: This American Life retracts its Mike Daisey episode about Foxconn http://t.co/K7s77LN6 #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 17:48

@samplereality: This American Life retracts its Mike Daisey episode about Foxconn http://t.co/K7s77LN6 #HNRS353 – 16 Mar 12 17:46

Below is a summary of tweets from March 16th, 2012

@samplereality: My #HNRS353 students are probably frustrated with how slowly I’m grading their most recent work. But at ~45 minutes/paper, it takes time. – 15 Mar 12 18:30

@jimbo_limbo_: Field trip, anyone? #hnrs353 http://t.co/JPP3Ubc9 – 14 Mar 12 18:26

@acyeash: #hnrs353 RT @reutersmedia Demographics, local tastes fuel Arab video game industry http://t.co/rAcZdn9J – 14 Mar 12 16:59

Below is a summary of tweets from March 14th, 2012

@jimbo_limbo_: Portal is so much fun. Perhaps the most interesting fps game I’ve played. #hnrs353 #puzzlegames – 12 Mar 12 01:54

Below is a summary of tweets from March 14th, 2012

@jimbo_limbo_: Portal is so much fun. Perhaps the most interesting fps game I’ve played. #hnrs353 #puzzlegames – 12 Mar 12 01:54

Below is a summary of tweets from March 10th, 2012

@samplereality: And you’ll never get it back. RT @EpicDang Didn’t even realize how much time I wasted while playing Syoban Action #hnrs353 – 09 Mar 12 02:40

@EpicDang: Didn’t even realize how much time I wasted while playing Syoban Action #hnrs353 – 09 Mar 12 01:36

Below is a summary of tweets from March 9th, 2012

@TheNickFrantz: #hnrs353 Who else had to look up the definition of “fidelity”? – 08 Mar 12 20:17

@samplereality: @krystinhope This is drawing class? I’d like to see some sketches of the ideal stereotypical hardcore gamer! #hnrs353 – 08 Mar 12 19:15

@krystinhope: @samplereality Nope. They’re talking pretty stereotypically. #HNRS353 – 08 Mar 12 18:51

@samplereality: @krystinhope Anything that defies the typical stereotypes? #hnrs353 – 08 Mar 12 18:47

@krystinhope: A couple of people in my drawing class are talking about “hardcore gamers” and what they’re like. @samplereality #HNRS353 – 08 Mar 12 18:45

@falingwithstyle: “let me just show you a few clips. I love these clips.” #HNRS353 – 08 Mar 12 17:28