{"id":11815,"date":"2025-02-05T21:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11815"},"modified":"2025-02-05T23:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:07:51","slug":"thoughts-on-games-played-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11815","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Games Played in Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The McDonald\u2019s Game<\/strong>: This game cleverly exposes the dark side of the fast-food industry It\u2019s effective because it makes players complicit in unethical choices, reinforcing its critique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monopoly<\/strong>: A classic example of capitalism in action \u00a0It was originally created to critique monopolies but became a celebration of\u00a0wealth and with the version we played in class it made the experience much more realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cool Spot<\/strong>: A blatant advergame for 7UP that, despite its smooth animation and fun platforming mechanics, lacked meaningful engagement beyond its branding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The McDonald\u2019s Game: This game cleverly exposes the dark side of the fast-food industry It\u2019s effective because it makes players complicit in unethical choices, reinforcing its critique. Monopoly: A classic example of capitalism in action \u00a0It was originally created to critique monopolies but became a celebration of\u00a0wealth and with the version we played in class &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=11815\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thoughts on Games Played in Class&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,144],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2","category-game-review","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11817,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11815\/revisions\/11817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}