Professor Creates Shakespeare Video Game
Daniel Fischlin, a university research chair in English at Canada's University of Guelph, noticed that students couldn't relate to Shakespeare. So he created a VIDEO GAME called 'Speare based on the play, "Romeo and Juliet." Players score in the game, which is vaguely similar to Space Invaders, by capturing "knowledge "spheres" from enemy spacecraft and successfully re-assembling them into lines from the play. There are no "levels" in this game, only five "acts." And you can play it ONLINE. To play, or not to play....
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Look up 'Arden'. It's a Shakespeare-world MMO being developed... Multiverse engine.
That's more like it. But would the kids be into that? You'd already have to be something of a Shakespear nerd to join in (unless it was required). -Mike
Some students and other aspiring game designers came up with new ideas for a Shakespeare learning game:
http://gamecareerguide.com/features/559/results_from_game_design_.php
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