GTA IV = education (!)

Well, after completing a review of Civilization IV as an education game alongside Dr. Nalaka, I was asked to consider writing another educational game review, but this time for GTA IV. Yep, you read that right. No kidding. 

This is going to be, putting it mildly, challenging. I’m not new to having to write hard sell documents. I used to write six or seven 20-30 page examination moderation reports every year to examination syndicates at Oxford and Cambridge explaining and then persuading them why students below a certain mark range should pass in a subject. But GTA IV as a learning device…! That’s going to take a lot of creativity and persuasion i.e. spin.

For those of us who’re playing GTA IV, you’d know the game is vulgar, violent, crass, full of morally corrupt characters, and very adult plot devices. Yep, all the things that make a game fun, but really not the sort of thing you’ll want your 12 year old kid to play.

Maybe I should get one or two GET students to help me in this. After all, they’re no doubt far ahead of me in GTA IV; I’m only at 52% game completion. Any volunteers? But either way this goes, writing this review is going to be fun.:)

The game’s hero, Niko Bellic, likely before he offs some unlucky dude.