Third World Farmer was great and totally appropriate for kids. Stick Figure RPG was nice, but had a few things that were NSFS(not safe for school). Basically, some swearing and a few other things. It had drinking, smoking, buying drugs, and bar fights.
I actually didn’t mind it, to tell the truth. I explained to my “test class” that it had some more mature content and I want them to make wise choices. After class, my kids told me some of the more mature things they found that were inappropriate for school. Again, it was mostly some actually swearing and some inappropriate drug situations.
While I think it’s mostly fine for school and wouldn’t mind my 7th Grader child using it for a lesson, I have to err on the side of “PG” at most, not even PG-13. Parents can be crazy sensitive and one call to the school can be a total pain.
Anyway, I tried Stick-figure RPG 2. It was worse. It has a porn shop, which is wayyyyyy unacceptable for school.
Anyone know a clean life-simulator kind of thing? The idea is to illustrate 1st-world living vs. third-world living. The 3rd World Farming game works fairly well for third world.
Oh, any Facebook game doesn’t work, as facebook is blocked at school.
I’d gladly accept any educational games you know of that are online as well.
Read my whole post. The kids are not the problem. It’s the parents. I never suggested it was too shocking for the kids. As a teacher, you kind of have to pander to the most sensitive parents(well, nearly the most anyway).
I actually liked the game. It was mostly pretty good for kids and I discussed the drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol in it with my test class. Ultimately, I have decided against the game, though. It’s my butt on the line if someone calls in about it.
Alter Ego has a few “adult situation” moments which are fairly tame (the game was originally a home computer game from the mid 1980s) and even the supposed racier bits come with a warning and option to skip them.
You can play through it yourself if you’d like and make your own determinations. While a single play through won’t show you everything, it should give you a feel for it. You’d know better than I would what counts as “appropriate” with touchy parents.
I thought about that one but you either download a trial that can be used 3 times or pay for a license. And an educational license is $1 per student at the school (whether they’ll use it or not).
It also can make the player’s character a homosexual which may not fly in the school setting, depending on the local climate.
