Hi All:
After getting the 14 year old girl captured, I managed to get water twice with the 13 year old.
I actually tried to water the crops in the camp, but they dried up soon after I poured on the water. I could only water about 3 crop fields before I have to run for my life for water again.
Yeah, I think the point of this game is that for people of Darfur, the quest for survival is almost a futile task, unless the world intervenes to save them. I certainly had a sobering experience playing the game through. I didn't leave me with a very good feeling since last night (when I first started playing it). I tried the game twice, and I'm still not feeling good.
This game is really depressing, but I would definitely ask students to play this game and write a reflective piece on what the main argument of the game is.
The end screenshot certainly conveys the game's main argument that the US must take action to assist in the survival of the Darfur People.
See screenshot here:
http://flic.kr/p/cx1kkGI think it's a very powerful game that satisfies the "Big G" game requirements that a game should address the worldly concerns outside of itself, according to Dr. James Paul Gee:
"Jim Gee's June 20th Keynote from Games for Change"
http://new.livestream.com/g4c/jamespaulgee