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Creative Games sans Violence?

Posted by Cliff on from the engaging-the-intellect dept.

jolyon_jnr asks: "I'm looking for games to use in an unusual educational setting: a school within a Juvenile Detention Centre. I don't set policy, so the 'no violence' is a fixed criteria. I want to engage students' creativity and problem solving skills, without using 'boring educational software'. I've thought of Lemmings and The Incredible Machine. What other suggestions can you offer? Please bear in mind that most students have very low literacy levels, but will learn if motivated sufficiently."

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  1. hmm by NevarMore · · Score: 0, Troll

    What about Axis & Allies? It's a strategy game based on WWII.

    And are there any rules against pornograhpic games?

  2. time to boycott...something! by G+Neric · · Score: 0, Troll
    I don't set policy, so the 'no
    violence' is a fixed criteria.


    dude, this is slashdot, home to people who think like RMS, Jon Katz, Jamie McCarthy... you know, frothy thinkers. you have to believe, like the rest of us, that (1) violent games aren't bad, and (2) any principle (regardless of its truth-value) is worth sacrificing everything for, or at least threatening too.

    So, you should dress in black and engage in civil disobedience till this misguided no-violence policy is changed. Or, at least till XP is released, then protest that instead. While waiting to be noticed, call the EFF: surely they will take this case. Also, try to induce your employers to violate the GPL. That will surely get those "loosers" in a world of hurt.

  3. Re:Suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Try not spending my tax money so criminals can play video games. Maybe they should try reading a book.