Expanded Outline

I. Intro
A. While Mcdonald’s Videogame does a decent job of portraying the immoralities of the fast food industry, Super Chick Sisters is a more effective game for demonizing the fast food business and making players aware of animal cruelty.

II. McDonald’s Videogame
A. Basic gameplay and description
1. Object of the game is to earn the most money by any means possible
2. Similar to Sims or Tycoon games
B. Logos, ethos, pathos
1. Uses mostly ethos in that players have to perform some actions that may be unethical
C. Factors portraying McDonald’s in a bad light
1. Actions are played out quickly and without a lot of thought in the game
a. Is this how McDonald’s is in reality?

III. Super Chick Sisters
A. Basic gameplay and description
1. Object is to save Pamela Anderson from the evil Colonel Sanders, while saving chickens in the process
2. Similar to Super Mario Bros.
B. Logos, ethos, pathos
1. Uses ethos in the same was as McDonald’s Videogame
2. Uses pathos by imagery and telling of the horrible ways chickens are treated
C. Factors portraying KFC in a bad light
1. Imagery (buckets of blood, evil Colonel Sanders, chicken falling in grease, etc.)

IV. Why SPS is more effective
A. Animal Cruelty
1. Clearer, more focused message
2. Imagery
B. quality
1. Amount of gameplay
2. Monotony in MV
3. Retro
C. Difficulty
1. SPS has easier controls

V. Conclusion with restated thesis
A. If a game had to be chosen to educate people on the animal cruelty that is evident in the fast food industry, Super Chick Sisters would be a much more productive game than McDonald’s Videogame.

Thesis and Outline for Project #1

Thesis: While McDonald's Videogame does a decent job of portraying the immoralities of the fast food industry, Super Chick Sisters is a more effective game for demonizing the fast food business and making players aware of animal cruelty.

Outline:
I. Intro with thesis

II. McDonald's Videogame
A. Basic gameplay and description
1. Plot
B. Factors portraying McDonald's in a bad light

III. Super Chick Sisters
A. Basic gameplay and description
1. plot
B. Factors portraying KFC in a bad light
C. Major differences between games
1. Parts that make this game more effective with its message

IV. Why play one over the other?
A. Animal cruelty
1. Message
2. Imagery
B. Quality
1. Amount of gameplay
2. Monotony
3. Retro
C. Difficulty

V. Conclusion with restated thesis

3 Video Games

I played most of the games on the provided list, but some that really stood out to me were:

1) Click for Obama; I see this game as fitting into all three categories (advergames, serious games, and persuasive games). The game is obviously advertising the Obama campaign, it tests players on different facts about our government, and teaches the player about it if he/she doesn't get the answer correct, and it might persuade some players to look into what Obama stands for and to go out and vote.

2) ID the Creep; this is a serious game aiming towards teaching children and teenagers how to watch out for online predators. I don't think it's a very effective game. It only lets players pose as young girls, as if boys are never victims of online predators, and the conclusions of each activity basically show that girls are all trustworthy and alright to talk to online, while guys are not. As if girls could never have friends who are guys because any guy who happens to be online must obviously be a predator. Um...ok.

3) The Torture Game; I'm not even sure what category this game would fall under. It doesn't seem to be advertising anything. I can only guess that it's either a game to teach people different ways of torturing someone else, or it's a game trying to persuade people how fun torture really is or isn't (depending on what the player thought of the game). Based on the comments underneath it, some people liked it and some didn't. I thought it was a pretty pointless game, and it still confuses me.