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CREEPY......
Jul. 7th, 2013 07:56 amA couple yrs ago, when my brother upgraded to the new I-Pad, he gave me his old one. Still under his name, I get access to most of his stuff, which works out because we have similar tastes...but not exact.
Case in point, 'Plague Inc.', a game on the pad. Basically, the point of the game is to wipe out Humanity. You create a disease and let it loose in the country of your choice. You get "DNA Points" for how many Infected and how many killed, which you use to "upgrade" your bug. You are racing against labs trying to create a cure.
The saddest thing about this game is that it IS educational. I played it and it really does simulate both microbiology AND epidemiology...as well as sociology and psychology. Riots, gov't crackdowns and collapse as services are curtailed either due to prevention or lack of workers.
Certainly not for the Shooter crowd. This game'd bore the Hell out of them. Might be a good one on those days you really hate the world in general and Humanity in particular though;>...
Cheers,
Pat
Case in point, 'Plague Inc.', a game on the pad. Basically, the point of the game is to wipe out Humanity. You create a disease and let it loose in the country of your choice. You get "DNA Points" for how many Infected and how many killed, which you use to "upgrade" your bug. You are racing against labs trying to create a cure.
The saddest thing about this game is that it IS educational. I played it and it really does simulate both microbiology AND epidemiology...as well as sociology and psychology. Riots, gov't crackdowns and collapse as services are curtailed either due to prevention or lack of workers.
Certainly not for the Shooter crowd. This game'd bore the Hell out of them. Might be a good one on those days you really hate the world in general and Humanity in particular though;>...
Cheers,
Pat
