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"Grand Theft Auto"ing Edutainment Software
Mon Aug 22 2005
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Grand Theft Auto might be the worst game series ever, in part because it might be the best.
Grand Theft Auto might be the worst game series ever, in part because it might be the best.
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Almost Microsoft-esque, GTA has absorbed and fairly seamlessly integrated different genres, including driving games, first person shooters, fighting games, gambling games, flight simulators, adventure games, shopping games, role-playing games and more.
Almost Microsoft-esque, GTA has absorbed and fairly seamlessly integrated different genres, including driving games, first person shooters, fighting games, gambling games, flight simulators, adventure games, shopping games, role-playing games and more.
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My last post got me thinking. What if one took a GTA approach to edutainment software?
My last post got me thinking. What if one took a GTA approach to edutainment software?
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What if you could create, over multiple iterations, an experience that both included a generic, open ended "real-world" environment with specific missions to increase capability?
What if you could create, over multiple iterations, an experience that both included a generic, open ended "real-world" environment with specific missions to increase capability?
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You could absorb:
You could absorb:
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Pet simulators/trainers
Pet simulators/trainers
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Lemonade stands
Lemonade stands
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Tycoon (designing interactive environments, such as store layouts and zoos)
Tycoon (designing interactive environments, such as store layouts and zoos)
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Designing (building cars for example, or new computers, or new clothes. If a persistant world had a GTA visual structure, you could see hundreds of people wearing your trendy new hats as you walked down the street)
Designing (building cars for example, or new computers, or new clothes. If a persistant world had a GTA visual structure, you could see hundreds of people wearing your trendy new hats as you walked down the street)
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Business building/ logistics
Business building/ logistics
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Logic games
Logic games
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Historic settings
Historic settings
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Physics simulators
Physics simulators
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Medical/vet
Medical/vet
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Ecosystems/genetic engineering
Ecosystems/genetic engineering
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Space
Space
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Traffic Emergencies
Traffic Emergencies
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Negotiation simulators
Negotiation simulators
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Trucks, dinosaurs, dating, status, shopping, horses could co-exist in different locations as themes and reward structures. Mathematics could exist as an optional but useful lens. Multi-player and massively multiplayer would of course be optional key components. Building up business empires, huge houses, and vast social networks could start at humble activities, including creating great inventions and training animals. You could call in favors, as well as generate more and more people loyal to you. You could live in the stables, or labs, or making deliveries, or in the operating room as well if you wanted to.
Trucks, dinosaurs, dating, status, shopping, horses could co-exist in different locations as themes and reward structures. Mathematics could exist as an optional but useful lens. Multi-player and massively multiplayer would of course be optional key components. Building up business empires, huge houses, and vast social networks could start at humble activities, including creating great inventions and training animals. You could call in favors, as well as generate more and more people loyal to you. You could live in the stables, or labs, or making deliveries, or in the operating room as well if you wanted to.
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I'm in!
I'm in!