Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
Well, they untangled the structure of a protein that could be used to eliminate the AIDS virus in humans.

Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?

Well, they allow any gamers to solve this problem, like they don't have to have a background to solve puzzles that continue to mystify scientists today, so it can be any gamer.

What can critical thinking do for science?

Well, it can help them find out things that they didn't know like how to face the HIV in our lives.I t say that the new refined structure provides new insights for the design of antiretroviral drugs.

If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be?

Well, now that the question is asked I would like to solve the mystery of diabetes.I am so interested in this one because my mom's family has it and I think that it would be really interesting if we can do any gaming with this type of disease or illness

Mini Game

Well, this task should have been easy for us because the majority of us had done this for three years straight.For me, this task or project was easy in different sections of it.For example, the first four steps were too easy for me, but when it got to steps five, six, seven, and eight, you had to do a lot of coding and look at the instructions in the mini game, so that way you can understand what you are doing in the new version of Flash.At first, I really had trouble putting the codes in because I noticed that my codes that were right, were not working because maybe I didn't make an object into a symbol or maybe I forgot to put an instance name, but when I got help from other people, I began to understand them because I made a little mistake.The best part of making something in Flash, is that you can be creative and make things do what you didn't do the past two years because we have the newest version.Well, I think that it may sound weird, but I also like to work with the codes.I know that it sounds like weird because so many people have trouble with it.I only like putting it because I think that it makes you better at putting codes in and then you get used to putting them.What I don't like about creating the Mini Game, well, referring back to what I said about me liking to put codes in, I also don't like to put them.One reason is because it takes a lot of time to be correcting it.The second reason is that, you get frustrated with it.Well, I in many situations, get frustrated and even get mad because I know what the mistakes are and that I'm just mad because I'm tired of looking back and forth what the problem is and rarely don't know what is the problem.In my opinion, that is really not an excuse because you can ask help for a friend or teacher and we also have a resource we can use and that is the Wiki Tips or maybe Making a Mini Game, so we all have the help we need.Also, I wan to say that Flash is not really a hard thing to use, I think that people make it and feel like it is boring.

9/11

How old were you on September 11, 2001?
Well,I was 3 years old when I still didn't go to school and didn't about the tragedy that had happened to out twin towers.

When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?

Well, the first time that I knew was by my mom that had told me more about because at that time,I was looking at the news and they had mentioned something about "The Towers that Collapsed."I didn't really know about that,until I asked my mom about it.She said that it was a tragedy that happened about the twin towers that were destroyed my some terrorists.

What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?

My parents didn't really get involved with the tragedy that happened,but they did know that there were millions of people that were involved and they ended up dying.I think that it was sad what had happened to all those innocent people that didn't do anything to those people that like to destroy.

What was the issue with this game?

The issue was that the game was about the 9/11 tragedy and that they made a game that was about it.Many people didn't like it because, there were many people that died because maybe they were inside or outside, maybe they were family members.This game that they made or idea,I didn't like it because it keeps on repeating what happened 10 years ago.

How do you feel about it?
I don't like the idea because there were many lives that were in there, and they think that it is okay to make a game about it that has been happened in real life?I mean,it's really not funny,fun,or with laughter, it was a big deal.Imagine you in the towers or even outside the towers?

What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game?
I think that it is bad because lots and lots and lots of people did die outside or inside the twin towers and making it a video game is really not fun because,they are just making that video for money?I just think that they don't have any respect or at least feel sad because those people were millions, even kids.I just think that it's not good for them to create a game that did happen in real life.

How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?

I think that I can make an appropriate game by just making it in a trivia game.