College Professor Requires Students to Study Portal
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Someone was not paying attention during their playthrough. There was some meaty stuff under those puzzles.The Austin said:
And no, it wouldn't be at home in a physics class, because really at this point momentum and gravity are things we should get by now.
Not really. It's expected that anyone who's gotten through high school, let alone get into college, should be able to read. And if you get into college, you should be able to read at a level required to get through Hamlet. Even if you don't read very often, you still possess the capability.Crono Maniac said:
Though in most cases, I'd imagine that a majority of the people getting into the class have read books often over the past few years, because a majority of those people have recently graduated from high school where they needed to read the textbooks there to graduate the first time around.
Contrast that to the fact that there are some people who will hardly ever play videogames at all, let alone a first-person puzzle game. Plus the challenge required to get through Hamlet, where you simply need to read the words, is nowhere near the same thing as being required to solve puzzles using a mechanic that has little-to-no real life application.
And on a side note, someone who's deaf might have a wee bit of trouble trying to analyze Bach.
About time someone realised the learning potential in interactive medias like videogames. Up 'till now it seems that videogames has been a scapegoat for violent actions. "Oh, so he blew away his school, you say? It's because of all those darn videogames."
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You know, over here I tried to use the Silent Hill series in a semi-important essay about the human psyche, and the teacher auto-failed me without reading it. "I said artistic medium, not video games. Grow up", was the analysis from the esteemed professor. Who knows? Maybe when this gen grows up, more professors will be like this Michael Abbott.
EDIT: Although I do think that maybe this as a *requirement* was a bad idea. I know us gamer types don't really notice, but it is as that one guy said- for non gamers, the disconnect between user input and 3d motion in a gameworld can be really offputting, and difficult to adapt to. And portal, being a game that (near the end) requires good timing, isn't the best place to start. He should at least allow those unable to complete it to watch a Let's Play, or something.
You know, over here I tried to use the Silent Hill series in a semi-important essay about the human psyche, and the teacher auto-failed me without reading it. "I said artistic medium, not video games. Grow up", was the analysis from the esteemed professor. Who knows? Maybe when this gen grows up, more professors will be like this Michael Abbott.
EDIT: Although I do think that maybe this as a *requirement* was a bad idea. I know us gamer types don't really notice, but it is as that one guy said- for non gamers, the disconnect between user input and 3d motion in a gameworld can be really offputting, and difficult to adapt to. And portal, being a game that (near the end) requires good timing, isn't the best place to start. He should at least allow those unable to complete it to watch a Let's Play, or something.
they should make the american education more like this, imagine studiying history while playing a ww2 game lol, so much to learn
Well... I suppose that from a narrative perspective, GLaDOS and Chell are actors on a very intentional stage. GLaDOS, as the director, and Chell as the protagonist?
I'd imagine that it also feature elements of mankind's neverending quest to "find out what's there", even if there is no reason for it- which GLaDOS "gleefully" notifies you several times in the game (though I can only remember one such instance, but also that we can adapt to a given situation, and that when we have adapted, we are rewarded with progress?
'Course, it's awesome that a game is made into a college course: but I'd really like to know what made the professor decide that "Hey! I can use this game a metaphor to really sink in these philosophical concepts!".
I'd imagine that it also feature elements of mankind's neverending quest to "find out what's there", even if there is no reason for it- which GLaDOS "gleefully" notifies you several times in the game (though I can only remember one such instance, but also that we can adapt to a given situation, and that when we have adapted, we are rewarded with progress?
'Course, it's awesome that a game is made into a college course: but I'd really like to know what made the professor decide that "Hey! I can use this game a metaphor to really sink in these philosophical concepts!".
Regardless of whether this is a good idea or not, it's a huge advancement for video games as a medium.
How about game journalism classes where you write reviews, features and so on. They should also try a videogame art class where you play Okami and Okamiden.
Wierd you say that...their was a educational programme here in the UK a few years back called Time commanders which they played a game of Rome: total war (abiet highly modified) in which they played a series of important battles in romes long history. They also talked about the history of the battles and who won, it was extremely good.Straying Bullet said:
