Episode 25: We Wanted to Be Chicago

Unlocking Games by Chad Haefele & Brandon Carper

Mar 31, 20170:00Games & Hobbies

Released in early February, We Are Chicago is a serious game with serious goals: to put players in the shoes of a teenager amid the problems of Chicago's South Side. As Aaron you navigate the landscape of gangs, high sch...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Unlocking Games.

Episode 26: Being Big Brother in Orwell

Apr 3, 2017 - 0:00

First, an important note: This will be our last episode for a while. Brandon and I have both developed ou...

Episode 24: Getting Punched by Interesting People in This War of Mine

Feb 17, 2017 - 0:00

The game is more than two years old and based on an event from the 90s, but This War of Mine still feels...

Episode 23: Naked in the Desert on the Migrant Trail

Feb 3, 2017 - 0:00

With immigration and a border wall in the news this week, it's a good time to look at 2013's The Migrant...

Episode 22: Freezing Rain and Dysentery on the Voter Suppression Trail

Jan 20, 2017 - 0:00

Welcome back to season two! We're slightly shifting focus to social impact games: games that explore soci...

Episode 21: Agents and Avatars in Final Fantasy XV

Jan 6, 2017 - 0:00

Many games put you in the role of someone else. It's right in the name of at least one genre: Role-Playin...

Episode 20: Putting Console Controllers on Your Resume

Dec 30, 2016 - 0:00

Weâ€™ve talked often before about how games can use a GUI to teach you a skill or task useful in real lif...

Episode 19: Boom, Headshot!

Dec 23, 2016 - 0:00

Itâ€™s not often thereâ€™s breaking news in the world of academic articles on gaming, but a potential ret...

Episode 18: The Power of Not Believing in Yourself: Part 2 (Self-efficacy and Bloodborne)

Dec 16, 2016 - 0:00

Last week we talked about self-efficacy, particularly how it relates to the high difficulty of the Dark S...