‘ICED’ Seeks To Show How Immigration Laws May Increase Crime

A new game titled ‘ICED’ has cause a bit of a stir lately. The entire point of the game is for the player to experience what life is like for various immigrants in the United States. The one thing modern society tends to lack is empathy, so this game is definitely worth checking out. Right or wrong, to be informed it is sometimes necessary to imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes. Diversity in our current society is a topic that should not be avoided and more games in this genre could only benefit a broader understanding of culture for gamers. Check out the link below for more information on the game, and decide for yourself.  The game developers intended to show young gamers how current immigration laws may actually cause an increase in crime.

MIAMI | A Japanese computer science student fails to take a full load of university classes and loses his student visa. A 10th-grade Indian girl is detained because of a high school es-say she wrote on the Department of Homeland Security.

These are two of the characters in “ICED!” — a new video game that invites players to step into the shoes of foreigners who run afoul of the U.S. immigration system. It is part of a burgeoning genre of video games that examine major social and policy issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the situation in Darfur and the Electoral College.

“The game allows you to get into the body of a person, so you can experience what they are going through. There are very few opportunities to get that perspective,” said Mallika Dutt, head of the nonprofit Breakthrough, which produced the game and uses new media to highlight social issues around the world.

Via Tuscaloosa News