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Pre-Teen Boys Will Hate This Game

By pete_gallagher

The University of Central Florida is developing a game designed to teach pre-teen girls how to fend off peer pressure-driven sex.

A report on the game by an Orlando Fox affiliate bills the title as promoting abstinence among kids and works by using 'simulation and digital puppetry.' Charles Hughes, a UCF Computer Science Professor described it by saying, '…one person controls many characters by jumping into the skin.'

The price tag of the game was put at around $434,000, which seems exorbitant until you consider that the game makes use of motion-capture suits and infra-red lights which enable users to control the on-screen avatars. The game is expected to be completed next year.

A Fox anchor introduced the story by noting that 'It is your money and the University of Central Florida is using it for a surprising project.'

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).