Frankenstorm 2012

This past Thursday, Hurricane Sandy hit the Bahamas with winds and torrential winds.
The storm is supposed to hit the Northeast side of the U.S either Monday evening or early Tuesday morning.
  They are calling this storm "Frankenstorm" because this storm is the mother of all storms. It's supposed to be many storms in one and bringing horrible weather to the U.S



I do have family who lives in Pennsylvania. They are my cousins and they have lived there since 2008. But I do not have any family that lives in New York.
  If I were to make a hidden object game about the "Frankenstorm", I would have it take place in the Northeast and have the people in danger of being in the storm looking for things that would help them survive during this catastrophic event.
My Ten Objects:
Can and packaged food
Water bottles
Battery operated Flash light and batteries
Battery operated Radio
Blankets and Pillows
First aid kit and medicine
Fire Extinguisher
Cell phones with all emergency numbers and charger
Sanitation and personal hygiene items
Portable charged heater

  What I would want my player to learn would be: How to prepare and be safe for when a storm hits and what to do when it does.
Also what to bring to survive in the storm if you're going to be in a certain place for a long amount of time

Choosing a Learning Topic 1-5

My big subject area is psychology
One really important thing I learned about psychology is that stress affects everyone, everywhere. And a lot of people don't know how to handle properly.
 People should learn the right and wrong  ways to handle stress.
My hidden object game will teach people the proper way to handle stress and the best ways to do so.
The title of my game: "Find the Right way"

My Vision. (Planning Game Scene)

My scene, that I envision, would have to be a child's or teen's room that suffers from huge amount of stress and/or depression.
There will be factors of depression present in the atmosphere, such as: Thoughts of suicide, hurting oneself, taking drugs, drinking alcohol, and being abused by another.
I also want the scene to have the environment of a depressed person, like dark, dull colors and someone who likes to be isolated from others instead of being around others.

  I am very excited to make this scene because there are a lot of teens that suffer from depression and stress and they don't know how to handle it properly. Instead they go the wrong way and begin hurting themselves through different aspects.

Get Well Malala

Malala Yousafzai

Class Dismissed

Back in 2008, on January 15th, girls in Swat, Pakistan were banned from school and from earning an education. One of the many being Malala Yousafzai, began taking a stand by blogging her activism through writing. She believes in her rights to have an education and stands up for them 2 Days ago she was shot by people of the Taliban because of her activism. She's in critical condition now and has had a great deal of security watching over her, even though her father is against it. Speaking of her father, he is also wanted by the Taliban, so at times he will have to leave his home so he won't draw attention to his family Now that they have threatened Malala and followed through with that threat, they are now placing another threat on her saying if she doesn't die now, next time she certainly will. In the Documentary, When Malala and her father returned to their home, they were overcome with sadness and happiness because their home was still in tact but the rest of Swat Valley was ruined. When Malala returned home, she was most happy about coming back to her books and book bag. She was happy about this because it gave her hope to keep fighting for her rights to an education. The school re-opened in July. I believe....

Pac Man's 30th Birthday!

Pac-Man, the most popular coin operated game, turned 30 today. This game has been popular for many years and has even out-ranked many games that are considered to be popular today. On May 22nd, 1980: The Japanese game-makers "Namco" created Pac-Man At first Pac-Man was on a machine, but as technology progressed, it was put on the Atari!!

Register to Vote!!

2012 Debate

What Did you Understand?
I understood most of what I saw and if I didn't, I asked my Aunt.

What Was confusing to you?
Not A lot was confusing to me, but there were parts where they were talking about raising the taxes for big companies and then lowering taxes for people who don't have a high income.

Who do you think did a better job of expressing their views and plans for confronting the Social Issues affecting our society today?
Although I hate to admit it, I think Mitt Romney did a better job of expressing his ideas in the amount of time he had. Doesn't mean I agree with what he Said!!
He kept saying to lower taxes for  big companies so they can make a huge profit and have jobs for people.
Then Obama was talking about how to raise taxes on big companies and lower taxes for low income families.

Rule # 2

Rule 2: Find objects that fit a specific category or criteria We could put different objects in the Teens rooms and see if the player can identify all the objects don't belong there. I Like this topic for a hidden objects because Teens can relate to what's going on in the game and maybe might have problems going on in their life that they need help with.