The game Darfur is dying is addressing the …show more content…
You are told how to move the avatar but not how to complete your goal. When I had to forage for water, I spent a lot of time looking for the water. I was going in circles for a good ten minutes. The first time I played the game I lost all of my characters to the Janjaweed militia. After that, I played again and was able to get water.You are also not given any indication on how to survive on your own. I had no idea what to do in the camp failing at the game again and having to start over again. Despite that it left me clueless on what I was doing, I believe it is quite realistic. I don’t think that refugees are given instructions on how to survive so the game also gave us that experience. Given that I have to say I did not enjoy the game very much but it present the social issue of refugees quite well in my opinion. It does not give a lot of information but in reality how much can we experience of a social issue through a game? Most people would want to experience in real life to actually know what it feels like and what is going