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).

                                                                   

We have a President elect...finally

So it is done, finally and we have a new President-elect: Obama! Bring on the change

Some of the things he is planning on doing are on this website:

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

VOTE!!!!

Today is election day and it is time to get your asses out there and vote!! Do it, be done with it and watch Obama win...ha just kidding....not really.

Serious Gaming

For my final project I am thinking about making a social impact game in regards to safe sexual health. I am really excited to get started because I have always been a pretty big fan of gaming, and now I have the oppurtunity to make one. I have spent a lot of time on http://scratch.mit.edu/, which is a very simple and easy-to-use game creator, and I highly suggest checking it out. The games are very simplistic and fun to play when you are trying to pass the time by. I would suggest downloading the Scratch game maker because it is probably one of the most user friendly game makers that I have yet to find in doing my research.

More on social impact games....there are a lot of games out there that have a useful and hopeful concept to them (ie end world hunger etc.). In doing some research I was able to find this game called Virtual Village: Nepal and it involves helping the people of the village make a sustainable living in thier village. You have to download Adobe Shockwave if you don't already have it, and it is worth it. You should check it out: 

http://forgefx.com/casestudies/heifer/serious-game-for-change.htm

Voting day is tomorrow!!

If you haven't already, everyone NEEDS to vote tomorrow. There are a few places that people registered in Durango, Colorado can go to vote. Here is a link that tells you what you need to know...

http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?tid=547