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This War Of Mine is going on Polish school reading listsI’m gonna let it shine
I’m gonna let it shine
Students in Poland could soon playThis War Of Mineas part of their education, as developers 11-Bit Studios today announced the grim survival game set in a war-torn city will be on next year’s school reading list. It’ll be recommended for those studying sociology, ethics, philosophy, and history, and will be available free to schools. While schools have used games for years, it’s pretty neat for a game to get so formally recognised - and such a non-edutainment game.
“WhetherThis War of Minetruly succeeds in saying anything more than ‘war is hell’ I don’t know. Equally, I’m not at all sure it needs to,” our former Alec said in his 2014This War Of Mine review. “We play a lot of wars, and it is surely only fair to sometimes be reminded that war is not really about a muscle-bound American man saving the day. It makes its point very well, in that it is harrowing, it is careful, and its increasingly deadly Groundhog Day approach supports rather than disrupts the atmosphere of extreme strife. It’s without doubt effective and impressive at what it does. Whether, though, you wish to subject yourself to despair in the name of empathy can only be your own decision.”
While This War Of Mine wasn’t 11 Bit’s first game, it made their name. Over the years they’ve released a fair few expansions, and last year polished it up with aFinal Cut.
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Giving its age rating, This War Of Mine will only be for students who are at least 18. Sounds like it’s on the approved ‘reading’ list of things that’ll be available to students, rather than specifically part of the curriculum. That’s still nice to see.
11-bit CEO Grzegorz Miechowski said in today’sannouncement:
It’s not like edutainment wasin my day:
