Comments on: I’ll Wait For The Hiroshima Edition, Thanks http://www.galacticmu.com/games/ill-wait-for-the-hiroshima-edition-thanks/ Press your spaceface close to mine Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: battlegate http://www.galacticmu.com/games/ill-wait-for-the-hiroshima-edition-thanks/comment-page-1/#comment-127 battlegate Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:55:58 +0000 http://www.galacticmu.com/games/ill-wait-for-the-hiroshima-edition-thanks/#comment-127 I think the problem people are having with the game is that its a game. That making the Holocaust, specifically children's experience of it, seem in any way fun or entertaining might do more harm than good. I'm not saying that's the developer's intent, I just think that if this is an attempt to educate it's a misguided, poorly thought out one. If we're going to teach non-Jewish children about what it was like (and I say non-Jewish because believe me, if you're a Jewish kid you don't need a DS game to understand the Holocaust) then the lesson should be handled in a sober way and put in a larger context. And really all you need for this particular lesson is a copy of Frank's diary. And personally I think literally demonising Nazis, tuning them into fantasy boogeymen is bad for kids. One of the most valuable lessons children can learn about them is that they were regular people, that all people are capable of what they did. I don't know, this just seems like someone trying to take advantage of the whole dark shit for kids trend, while benefiting from a sure fire press magnet of a topic. You know, like maybe he should have called it The Holocaust: A Series of Unfortunate Events. I think the problem people are having with the game is that its a game. That making the Holocaust, specifically children’s experience of it, seem in any way fun or entertaining might do more harm than good.

I’m not saying that’s the developer’s intent, I just think that if this is an attempt to educate it’s a misguided, poorly thought out one. If we’re going to teach non-Jewish children about what it was like (and I say non-Jewish because believe me, if you’re a Jewish kid you don’t need a DS game to understand the Holocaust) then the lesson should be handled in a sober way and put in a larger context. And really all you need for this particular lesson is a copy of Frank’s diary.

And personally I think literally demonising Nazis, tuning them into fantasy boogeymen is bad for kids. One of the most valuable lessons children can learn about them is that they were regular people, that all people are capable of what they did.

I don’t know, this just seems like someone trying to take advantage of the whole dark shit for kids trend, while benefiting from a sure fire press magnet of a topic. You know, like maybe he should have called it The Holocaust: A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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