{"id":16136,"date":"2026-02-26T11:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16136"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:32:58","slug":"week-6-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16136","title":{"rendered":"Week 6 Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>5 Simulation Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Workplace Bias Simulator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Players take on the role of a hiring manager reviewing resumes. Subtle differences (names, schools, gaps in employment) influence candidate perception.<br>Goal: Reveal unconscious bias and show how structural inequality affects hiring decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Living Paycheck to Paycheck<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>A month-long budgeting simulation where players manage rent, food, transportation, medical bills, and surprise emergencies.<br>Goal: Show how poverty isn\u2019t about \u201cbad choices\u201d but limited options and systemic barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social Media &amp; Identity Simulation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Players create a profile and make posts while managing peer approval, family expectations, and professional consequences.<br>Goal: Explore speech communities, identity performance, and social pressure (ties nicely to your sociology themes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Immigration Journey Experience<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Players navigate paperwork, language barriers, job searching, and cultural adaptation in a new country.<br>Goal: Build empathy for immigrants and demonstrate structural challenges beyond individual effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Campus Power &amp; Privilege Game<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Players experience college life from different perspectives (first-gen student, wealthy legacy student, working parent, etc.). Access to internships, networking, and free time varies.<br>Goal: Show how opportunity is shaped by social capital, not just motivation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Simulation Games Players take on the role of a hiring manager reviewing resumes. Subtle differences (names, schools, gaps in employment) influence candidate perception.Goal: Reveal unconscious bias and show how structural inequality affects hiring decisions. A month-long budgeting simulation where players manage rent, food, transportation, medical bills, and surprise emergencies.Goal: Show how poverty isn\u2019t about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/?p=16136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week 6 Questions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,90],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-16136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-design-studio-2","category-serious-game-ideas","tag-marked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136","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\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16144,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16136\/revisions\/16144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmu.andrewyames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}