Game continued...

My group and I have finally just finished our game! It is such a relief to have it done and over with. While I had a good time doing it, it was pretty hard to do and very frustrating. While I'm happy to have created the game and be done with it, I wish I had more knowledge, or time, or something because there were some things that we could not figure out. No matter what we did. So, all in all the game will be ready to play soon, with a few glitches :( 

Wear a Condom

My group and I are finally done with our game, kind of. We have been creating the game on the game-maker Scratch, which I'm pretty sure is more for kids than adults, but it seemed user-friendly so it looked like a good choice. This seemed like a good idea, and ultimately it was, but we are continuing to have minor problems that will not seem to go away. We have our game created, and it is working semi-properly, but the game creator is so frustrating! Things seem to change on their own, or we will put in code and it doesn't do anything remotely close to what we wanted, and blah, blah, blah.. 

I just had to get that out...

It's been a while...

Classes are back in session and break is over :( It defintely wasn't long enough if you ask me, but what can you do? I was fortunate enough to have the chance to leave the little town of Durango for a while and make a trip up to Denver to see my sister. I think that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because of the delicious not-so-good for you food, the large amounts of it, and all of the acceptable turkey naps.

While going to Denver was nice, coming back was not so fun. Staying as long as I could, I decided to make the trip home on Sunday; bad idea. Because of the snow not only did people freak out, but they decided to drive about 15 mph all the way from Denver to Colorado Springs. It was not too fun and I'm happy that it's over with.

 

Thanksgiving Break!

Thanksgiving Break is here!! I must say that it has been a long semester so far and I think that a lot of us have been ready for this for a while. Not only is it nice to have a small break, but there is going to be lots of good food also! I hope that everyone has a good Thanksgiving and a well-deserved break :)

Respones to Rox's post

I know what you mean :( Less than one week!
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STD game

My group and I just finished creating our characters for our game "Wear a Condom," and I am really excited in how they turned out. It was a pain in the ass to get them done with them being deleted, followed by having the wrong format for Scratch etc, etc, etc... Bottom line, they are finished and I am super happy :)  Now I definitely don't have any photoshop skills but I did the best I could and I would have to describe the STD's as....cute, I guess? That sounds strange, but it's true. We uploaded the characters onto the game and now we are proceeding to just kind of experiment and see what kinds of things we can do them. Hopefully it all turns out well.

Stick it to the Man

My labor history class is holding a movie festival this week with a theme of "Stick it to the Man." We will be showing two more movies; one tonight and one tomorrow both from 6pm - 9pm in Noble Hall 115. Tonight the movie "A Day without a Mexican" will be showing and there will be a worker's rights workshop before the showing of the film. "One day California wakes up and not a single Latino is left in the state. They have all inexplicably dissappeared, chaos, tragedy, and comedy quickly ensue" (imbd.com). This film takes a look at the relations the US has with Mexico and Mexicans. It should be an entertaining yet funny movie that informs us of the situation between borders. 

The other film that we will be showing, tomorrow night at 6pm, is "The Take." This is a documentary about Argentinian workers who take back their work place. It is an uplifting movie that brings a happier ending and hope to workers all over. "In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale. With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada's most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century" (imbd.com).