Buzz Schools
Eurogamer has an interview with Andrew Eades of Relentless, discussing Buzz: The Schools Quiz, a special edition of the popular PlayStation 2 quiz game tailored to the Key Stage 2 Curriculum. There has long been discussion about the potential for games to provide a fertile platform for children’s (and indeed adults) education but the involvement of a games studio in the production of such titles is a rarity ( although Commercial games have certainly be repurposed before). The larger budget, polish and production experience that games studios can bring to educational titles is hugely advantageous and could go far to prevent the “Mama McDonalds” effect that arises when kids compare the average edutainment title to the games they’re playing on their console. Kudos to Relentless for embarking on the project.