Posts Tagged ‘Flash games’

How effective are Flash games at educating patients?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

A new Flash game called ‘Privates’, made by Channel 4, has launched in the UK. Players control a squad of condom-hatted soldiers who run around the pubic region shooting sexually transmitted diseases with anti-viral bazookas (yes, really – watch the ‘Privates’ trailer if you want to see for yourself). So is this dumbing down to an absurd level, or does this kind of thing actually work?
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