The first game I played was called “5 minutes to kill yourself.” It was a really fun and entertaining game to play. It was a game from the adult swim website. The game was about this guy that was really stressed out at work and literally wanted to kill himself. So you literally had 5 minutes to kill him. While walking around the office building, you had to find things that would harm the guy. The items would add up to the overall health of the man, and if you injured him enough before the 5 minutes were over, he would be dead. Of the three categories of games, this would have to be a “serious” game. It shows how stress in the workplace can really get to someone to the point that it would make him want to kill himself. The purpose was to entertain and inform of the stresses at the workplace. The audience would be for anyone bored playing on the computer. This game is geared towards a newer genre and has a fun spunky style.
The second game I played was called “amateur surgeon.” Out of the three I played, this was definitely the most fun. This was also from the adult swim website. It was about a pizza delivery guy that was a “wanna be” surgeon. While on a delivery, he hit’s a man with his car. The man he hit was actually a surgeon and he walks you though steps on how to fix him. You go on different levels, performing surgery on different people. This could also be considered a “serious” game. This could actually be realistic, although very unlikely. The purpose of this game was to entertain and also possibly teach you some surgical skills. The audience would be bored people online playing videogames and other “wanna be” surgeons.
The last game I played was “fat world.” This game was a lot more interactive than the other two. You create a world with your own character and interact with the rest of the world. You experiment with the politics of nutrition and the relationships between social and economic conditions of health. You make your own diet and plan an exercise regimen. You can try to live to be 100 or try and die in a day. Its all up to you and its very fun. This would have to be a “persuasive” game. It is trying to inform you and persuade you on how life is. In the game you can vote for political decisions regarding many types of issues.
