Real Lives Information
Real Lives is a 2001 educational video game designed by the company Educational Simulations. It allows players to live out lives of randomly generated people on Earth. Players are allowed to choose their occupation, living conditions, social activities, and start families, but all their decisions are affected by available statistical data. For example, if your character was born a girl in India, a database of Indian girl's names would be consulted as well as a database of Indian last names, Indian cities, Indian health statistics, etc. Throughout the game player's lives can be affected by random events such as floods, outbreaks of war, disease, car accidents and other major life changing events. Players get to play from the moment of birth until they die.[1][2][3][4][5] New features in the 2010 edition include a three dimensional face for the player character and his or her relatives, the ability to start a business as an alternative of finding jobs and Google Maps connectivity.
References
- ^ Review at about.com
- ^ Gudmundsen, Jinny (April 13, 2004). "Learn about others' lives with interactive role-playing". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/jinnygudmundsen/2004-04-13-jinny_x.htm. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ Review at PopMatters
- ^ Lang, Dan (September 1, 2008). "Real Lives: Interactive Life Simulation". Teach. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1809993411.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ Crogan, Patrick (December 1, 2008). "Real lives 2004: the devil you know...". Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191350989.html. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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