Students create games for contest
By Claire Reynolds
Imagine a video game where players win not because of how many cars they steal or zombies they destroy, but because of the strength of the player's rhetoric and persuasion.
This idea, along with five other prototypes for nonviolent and non-sexist video games, were presented Thursday night at the third annual "Game Court" competition.
The event, hosted by UT's Science, Technology and Society Program and the Electronic Game Developer's Society, showcased students' video game ideas for the computer, X-Box and even one designed specifically for the upcoming Apple iPhone.
"This event highlights the creativity of college students in tackling the problem of creating games that are fun to play but not socially destructive," said graduate student Paul Toprac, Game Court coordinator and instructor in the Science, Technology and Society Program at UT.
Six groups of students, from UT and Austin Community College, submitted their ideas for a new video game in 20-minute presentations that were evaluated by a group of judges from the gaming industry and one UT professor.
One of the judges, Jools Watsham (Dementium: The Ward), the owner and creative director of Renegade Kid, a new video game company, said although he has worked in the production of violent video games, he thinks the nonviolent ideas of the competition have good direction.
ich würds gerne mal testen ^^ es hat halt einen reiz, mehr nicht.
Als wären gewaltlose Games eine Ausnahme!
