Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

How did gamers use the computer gameFoldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
People use this game to help others who do and dont have AIDS.
Who can particpate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?
Gamer's with no background in biochemistry to solve puzzles. What can critical thinking do for science? 

It can save a life and cure disease's.
If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be? 

It would be lung cancer because my grandmother died of lung cancer.

Friday, September 9, 2011

How old were you on September 11, 2001?
I was 3 years old when both of the towers fell.
When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?
I first learned about the attacks when I was 8 years old my mom  told me. 
What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?

I think they were freaked out because they thought they were going to come over here.


What was the issue with this game?
In the game you have to shoot the planes so they do not get to the towers.
How do you feel about it?
To me it sounds like a crazy game because they made a game that's based on what really happened so I actually would want to play that game to see what its like.
What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game?
That people think its funny just because its a game,but it actually happen 
How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?
The only way I could think of making the game real and true is if we posted all the facts and created the real version.