AcademicSaucer
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Slave tetris was very real unfortunately.
Fuck!
Slave tetris was very real unfortunately.
before everyone raises their pitchforks... the trailer suggests this is an educational game. although I agree it is extremely tacky in presentation.
It may well be, but do you want a kid to learn about slavery like this?
Well, to be fair, they are from Sweden, so it's likely their only experience with racial sensitivity is leaving food out for the trolls.Weird. I suppose it's possible that they just lost the plot when approaching the issue with good intentions.
I'm confused. What happened in 2013 and what happened in 2015?
There's a slave trading humanoid rat. Oh sorry, I forgot about the country Ratlandia which disappeared once the slave trade all but dried up.
Fuck!
Well, to be fair, they are from Sweden, so it's likely their only experience with racial sensitivity is leaving food out for the trolls.
I'd like to think this is just a bit misguided "satire", but the edutainment awards and their webpage speaks otherwise. Their games are available on other services, as well:
http://shop.seriousgames.net/?___store=english
I don't think the subject matter or its presentation are out of line for the target audience of 2nd-5th graders (8-12 y.o.). Slave Tetris is every bit as offensive as it should be, because, yes, that shit actually happened.
Slave tetris was very real unfortunately.
A satirical look at slavery is going to be lost on 8-12 year olds so if that was the intent they really screwed up.
Can you kill the enslavers in this game.
Can you kill the enslavers in this game.
Well there is that board game "Train", where players try to efficiently pack train cars full of people. Then at the end of the game you find out you were really sending people to a concentration camps.
I can imagine a "game" about slavery that actually teaches the player something, but this sure isn't it.
No, but you can smart off. The mouse warned me if I lost too much trust, I'd end up back in chains.
I think people need to keep in mind that back in our day, we played an edutainment game where you could intentionally kill off your family by drowning them, starving them, or giving them dysentery. This overall seems at least in that same ballpark.
What actually happens when you mouth off? Are there actual consequences? Divergent story branches, or just a Game Over, essentially?
I think people need to keep in mind that back in our day, we played an edutainment game where you could intentionally kill off your family by drowning them, starving them, or giving them dysentery. This overall seems at least in that same ballpark.
What actually happens when you mouth off? Are there actual consequences? Divergent story branches, or just a Game Over, essentially?
I just tried this game out and I tried to imagine if I were a kid playing this. My honest opinion (I just hit Africa before quitting). Meh, I guess I could see this being educational in a way. Or a gateway to read more into slavery.
I used to play an old Sierra game called Pepper's Adventures in Time where I went back to colonial times in America and it was goofy enough to get me to read a history book on my own.
I don't think (and hope) that this product is purposely being distasteful. I think it might be trying to inspire kids to get into history. I guess it sort of worked. I didn't know anything about Slave Tetris before seeing this.
But that shock of seeing this on Steam. Whew.
No, but you can smart off. The mouse warned me if I lost too much trust, I'd end up back in chains.
I think you could definitely make a compelling game about the atrocities of the slave trade. But having anthropomorphic mice and slave tetris doesn't really drive that point home.Who actually thought this would be a good idea for a game?
I think you could definitely make a compelling game about the atrocities of the slave trade. But having anthropomorphic mice and slave tetris doesn't really drive that point home.
sounds like a parody if you ask me, slave tetris?
At this point, they might as well change the banner to:
Greenlight is a hot mess right now; this game is far from the only example.
Yup. Hopefully this will be a wake-up call to Valve though. Greenlight is a hot mess.
They know it is, they're just taking their sweet time with a replacement.
I think the idea is kinda cool, honestly.
Oh yeah, they have commented on the situation already, haven't they? ...Maybe this'll speed thing up? Blargh.
And what idea would that be?
That """screenshot""" is an actual diagram of how slaves were packed on ships.How old is this? I feel like I saw that slave tetris screenshot ages ago.