Advergame, serious game and persuasive game assignment

For my persuasive game, I played Fat World. This game really made me think about the eating choices I needed to make for my character to ensure that they would not become obese and get a disease or die. Even in making choices like having french toast for breakfast instead of eating a low-fat omelet I was upping the chances of my character getting diabetes. This game really made me think about the choices I make when eating... like going to McDonald's for lunch when I don't have time to do something healthier. I guess everything you eat plays a role in your health, even if you think that one burger won't hurt me, once a week times a year really adds up. This game has really made me think about the eating choices I make, and probably how I need to eat healthier.

For my serious game I played Oil God. In this game I have to try and double the price of oil in less than 5 years using various acts of god (hurricane, tornado etc) and through war, economic and political changes. This game was awful because when I set two oil producing countries to war, gas prices sky rocketed, and through a few acts of god, I was able to raise gas from $1.46 to almost 3 dollars a gallon. Political changes, like going from a republican country to a communist nation really altered the price of gas too. It made me think how economics and politics play a huge role in gas price. When I did an act of god, the effects only last a few days to weeks and prices dropped again however political and economic changes had a much greater affect on lasting price hikes. this game really tries to show how and why gas prices are so high.

For my advergame I played an M&Ms game called green vs. red. You have to trap your opponent and change their M&M color to green (if your red and vice verse) to try and get as many of your color on the board as possible. Who ever has the most of their color on the board at the end wins. This was a fun game because it was addicting and made you really want to win. Every time someone goes they can take more of your color, so the outcome is unknown until the very end. Also, every time red took some of my green M&Ms I wanted to retaliate as quickly as possible. Did it really make me want to eat M&Ms? No not really, but it was fun and I would go back and play again so I guess this game worked in the sense that it will get me back to the website, and maybe next time I will look around and find something good to eat and go pick it up at Publix.