My Game Choice

The game I chose to play this semester for EDUC: 222 Video Games and Learning is Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story for the Nintendo DS. There are many reasons that led me to choose this game. First, I decided that I would choose a genre of video games that I am not as familiar with as others. In the past, I have usually found myself more interested in the puzzle and strategy type games rather than the action and role-playing games (RPG). I thought that this would be a great opportunity to leave the zone of the games I am comfortable and experienced at playing and choose a game that is a bit different than what I am used to. After narrowing down the category, I did some research and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story seemed to catch my eye. Reading numerous online reviews and talking with friends who had played the game before assured me that I had made a good choice on a game to play.

In playing this game, I hope to learn many things. I believe that one learning principle that I will find embedded in this particular video game is the idea of becoming another person and and bringing out your personal values and goals through your character in the game. I believe that this game is good for teaching about identity because during the game you can change from being Mario & Luigi to being the traditional "bad guy" Boswer. I think that it will be interesting to see how I react to playing as the different characters, throughout the game.