{"id":5562,"date":"2015-09-06T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2015-09-06T08:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T14:47:33","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-slave-tetris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/06\/the-rise-and-fall-of-slave-tetris\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a serious game still be effective if no-one plays it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about putting a cutsie skin on tetris when the blocks are made to represent slaves (i.e. people) and the &#8216;board&#8217; is a slave ship. I think I get the idea they are trying to portray &#8211; maybe it&#8217;s enough just to see the concept without actually playing the game?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedgamer.com\/2015\/09\/slave-tetris\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/slavetrade2-660x4001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>The story of an accidentally cringe-worthy children&#8217;s game about the Atlantic Slave Trade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/armedgamer.com\/2015\/09\/slave-tetris\/\">The Rise and Fall of &#8220;Slave Tetris&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5562'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5562);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5562);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5562);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about putting a cutsie skin on tetris when the blocks are made to represent slaves (i.e. people) and the &#8216;board&#8217; is a slave ship. I think I get the idea they are trying to &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/06\/the-rise-and-fall-of-slave-tetris\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,379,12,14,396,24],"tags":[44,389,127,225,76],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-game-design","category-games","category-general","category-serious-games","category-teaching-learning","tag-american-society","tag-educational-technology","tag-game-design","tag-game-based-learning","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1rI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5303,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/23\/can-serious-games-encourage-persistent-behaviors\/","url_meta":{"origin":5562,"position":0},"title":"Can serious games encourage persistent behaviors?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Studies on the use of reinforcement have shown that unpredictable reinforcement schedules lead to behavior changes that persist the longest. \u00a0Since games are driven by cycles of player actions and corresponding feedback, is it possible to provide unpredictable reinforcement in a serious game? 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