Ryan Blazso placed 2nd in gamecareerguide.com’s Black History Month design challenge.

“Winning this award is stupendous; this is the first time that I have ever entered anything like this, so to place second is amazing,” said Blazso, a Pickerington native. “Six years ago when I first started college at Columbus State, I was almost being laughed out of classrooms for saying that I wanted to make video games. Winning this has gone a long way in validating the choices I’ve made.”

The challenge asked students to imagine a teacher asking them to design a game to reinforce their Black History Month curriculum.

In Blazso’s design players manage a campaign that is working to get the Civil Rights bill, amendments and other legislation passed in Congress. When players excel in these challenges, they get more historical resources to help them further their objective.

To see Ryan’s full proposal visit: http://www.gamecareerguide.com/features/644/results_from_the_game_design….

By Kristen Rapin, kr 323705@ohio.edu
Published Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Published by Scripps College of Communication http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu