Musings and findings about teaching with games. Created by the learning community of EDTEC 670 at San Diego State University.
Friday, September 29, 2006
East joining West in video-game world with a new infusion of Japanese flavor
A piggyback to Marci's comments I found this article on the SD Union-Tribune site talking about Japan's influence on American pop culture. It refers to kids who grew up playing "Final Fantasy" and "Pokemon" have paved the way for more games with a greater Japanese influence. One game in particular "Okami" uses the ink-and-watercolor art of old Japan. I saw the trailer and it reminded me of Speed Racer cartoons I watched as a kid before there was video games. The writer rates three games with Okami receiving 4 out of 4 stars. "Rule of Rose" and "Cooking Mama" didn't rate very high. It would be interesting to know if the games actually taught something about Japanese culture as a by product of playing them or do gamers only focus on the goal of winning. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/tech/20060927-0704-games-japan.html
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That okami game sounds so cool, I love japanese art. I'm always surprised how much sex and gore gets into eastern video games and yet they have way less problems with violence than americans do, go figure. Did you see the new movie with keanu reeves that came out a little bit ago with the shaded cartoons?
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