You have found the "Powerful Pirate Power-Up"!!!

What: Jason Rohrer's: "Video Game Design as Art" presentation at Clarkson University.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, Feb 7th, 2008
Location: Clarkson University CAMP Room 176 (click here for a campus map)
Transportation: leaving from the Dunn Hall loading dock. Please e-mail in advance if you will need a ride. 1st 6 to e-mail will get a ride.

So what, you might ask, is the Power-Up?

1) Go to this Wall Street Journal web site that describes Jason's game "Passage", read it.
2) Read Jason's own explanation of his game "Passage"
3) Visit Jason's download page. Download and play his game "Passage". Play it twice, once by connecting with the wife, one without.
4) Read this page and this page about Jason and how he supports his independent game development.

5) Print this page, and in the blanks below write three questions for Jason. (based on 1, 2, 3, or 4 above).

Question #1) ___________________________________________________________________________

Question #2) ___________________________________________________________________________

Question #3) ___________________________________________________________________________

So the basic extra credit activity is to attend Jason's Lecture (+5 coins).
The Powerful Pirate Power-ups are:
A) Bring this printout with completed questions to the lecture. Show it to me before the lecture starts. Ask one of the the questions after his guest lecture to get his response.(+5 coins)
B) Bring a guest to the lecture (+5 coins)

This page created 2/5/08 by Anthony K. Betrus. Last updated 2/5/08.