Back on the Chestnut Trail you meander along, around a curve and down a slight hill, when you see those bright juicy cherries strewn across the path. There are Cherry Trees just off the path on the left!
Cherry Trees:
Chore Wars
Chore Wars was designed as a simplified version of World of Warcraft with goals that resemble real world cleaning tasks. Being an alternate reality game, players work with real people such as roommates, siblings, or other family members. This is also a downfall to the game, you can only play if you know others that are playing the game. The designer created the game to help households keep track of what chores are being done and to inspire house members to do more work.
Users have the ability to design household chores and set point values based on the activity. A good strategy is to make less desirable jobs worth more points, this will attract other users to do the job. Households are also encouraged to create ways for players to redeem the points they earn.
The author of Chore Wars makes the point that you can win even if you lose. They mentioned this comment when discussing the record of points earned. They noticed that their husband had accumulated more points than they had over the nine months they played this game. This is a huge bonus for all the wives and mothers out there!
Review:
I was slightly disappointed that I could not play this game because I did not have other people to play this. It would be nice if there was a stimulation added so that people could see how the game works. This would be great to use in the classroom in conjunction with the Montessori Method. In a previous post you may have noted that Montessori had her students to real life activities as part of their course work. I love that idea for my classroom and a fun way to implement it would be through Chore Wars. Students can complete tasks in the classroom and earn points on Chore Wars. The image below will take you to the chore wars website if you would like to explore for yourself.
Chore Wars was designed as a simplified version of World of Warcraft with goals that resemble real world cleaning tasks. Being an alternate reality game, players work with real people such as roommates, siblings, or other family members. This is also a downfall to the game, you can only play if you know others that are playing the game. The designer created the game to help households keep track of what chores are being done and to inspire house members to do more work.
Users have the ability to design household chores and set point values based on the activity. A good strategy is to make less desirable jobs worth more points, this will attract other users to do the job. Households are also encouraged to create ways for players to redeem the points they earn.
The author of Chore Wars makes the point that you can win even if you lose. They mentioned this comment when discussing the record of points earned. They noticed that their husband had accumulated more points than they had over the nine months they played this game. This is a huge bonus for all the wives and mothers out there!
Review:
I was slightly disappointed that I could not play this game because I did not have other people to play this. It would be nice if there was a stimulation added so that people could see how the game works. This would be great to use in the classroom in conjunction with the Montessori Method. In a previous post you may have noted that Montessori had her students to real life activities as part of their course work. I love that idea for my classroom and a fun way to implement it would be through Chore Wars. Students can complete tasks in the classroom and earn points on Chore Wars. The image below will take you to the chore wars website if you would like to explore for yourself.
Sorry that you did not see a way to play. I think McGonigal played against her husband, who also is a gamer. And, I thought you indicated your husband was a gamer at times, but maybe he is not around or not interested. I know I tried it with my wife and daughter. My daughter is not much of a gamer, though.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it appears you have done the reading and at least looked in on the game a bit.
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