Viral Vinnie Really Has Guts: Game Combines Learning, Indigestion
May 8, 2008
Who can resist a quiz game with digestive sound effects? I know I (and millions of others) can’t. If this sounds like something you, or perhaps a select number of your students would enjoy, check out Viral Vinnie’s Gut Instinct from the BBC.
Fear not, there’s more than great animation and gross sounds in this baby. The quiz subjects available are English (Language Arts), Maths (Math in the U.S.), and Science. The subject matter is at the upper elementary level. You can also set up league play, with up to 30 other players - have everyone simply select the same subject, choose “play people I know,” and type in the same League Name, and you’ll all be in the guts of it together. Your avatar is a stomach bug, and when you lose you get a shower in prophylactic yogurt, or stomach acid.
Imagine the fun in your computer lab! LEAGUES with gut noises, it’s like bowling after the chili cookoff/beerfest. -ALICE MERCER
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