Ex Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Designing Video Game
by Tim Stevens, posted Jun 5th 2008 at 1:56PM
When former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stepped down from the highest bench in the nation and went into retirement in 2005, she was all but guaranteed a raft of speaking engagements, thanks to her years as one of the most influential people in the nation. Few would have pegged her as a future video game designer, however. But video games are exactly what she's working on now: O'Connor is currently spearheading a project to create an educational game about America's justice system.The game, due out September of next year, will be called 'Our Courts' and is being developed with James Paul Gee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. According to O'Connor, the game will enable kids to "step into the shoes of a judge, a legislator, an executive -- teach them how to think through and analyze problems, take action and voice opinions to their elected representatives."
All this sounds nice and educational, but we're not sure exactly where the "game" (a.k.a. "fun") part comes in, and it's hard to imagine kids learning much more here than they would through a book. But, hey, we won't judge a game by its packaging entirely -- we're hoping that learning the important lessons about the US justice system turn out to be a ball! American sorely needs it. [Source: Wired Life]
