'Speare: Scrolling Shooter Game Helps You Learn Shakespeare

Review from www.gameology.com

I have to admit I was skeptical when I read the article in CTV.ca about 'Speare. From the article, "Makers of a new video game are hoping students will become excited about Shakespeare by trading in their books for a spaceship." *yawn* Let me guess: you have to fly to different Shakespeare-themed planets and answer a series of multiple choice trivia questions, right? Well, yes, and no. There is trivia, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that most of the game is actually a top down, scrolling shooter (think Ikaruga) that does involve some fact-memorization but mainly consists of fighting off waves of Insidians, powered by poetry. The game, designed by University of Guelph English professor Dan Fischlin and developed by Apollo Games, is being marketed to schools, but you can download a nice demo from the developers website...

Check out the links below to see even more coverage and feedback about 'Speare!
http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/04/speare-me.html

http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2007/04/speare.html

http://www.multiplayer.ro/2007/04/23/speare-is-a-brilliant-strategy-for-making-kids-love-learning%E2%80%A6.html

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/71038-The-Game-Is-Afoot-Learning-About-The-Speare

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28918&

http://joystick101.org/blog/?p=173">http://joystick101.org/blog/?p=173">http://joystick101.org/blog/?p=173

http://joe.english.purdue.edu/blog/node/425

http://forums.gameinformer.com/gi/board/message?board.id=GeneralGaming&message.id=193694#M193694

http://blogs.ozu.es/index.php/videojuego/2007/04/26/speare

http://www.goblinmercantileexchange.com/?p=816

http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/04/professor-turns-shakespere-into-video.html

http://briangameaholic.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-dont-think-so-shakespeare.html

http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2007/05/oh-no-oh-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-or.html

http://www.gadgetaddict.com/professor-creates-shakespere-video-game/

http://www.medialiteracyproject.com/?p=22

http://funcameravideos.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-brilliant-strategy-for-making-kids.html

http://shootthecore.blogspot.com/2007/04/speare-trying-to-educate-us-shmup.html

http://apollogames.blogspot.com/2007/05/speare-scrolling-shooter-meets.html

http://blog.shakespearegeek.com/2007/04/shakespeare-meets-aliens.html

http://ssg9.com/blogs/blue-book/37946/speare-makes-apollo-platform-a-reality-for-online-games/

http://plime.com/entertainment/games/l/17942/1/

http://seriousgamesblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/speare-is-fun-game-that-teaches.html

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=13661