An educational-ish game.. who could of thought it?

Game combats campus culture shock

Freshers' week can be daunting for many students, Mr Maniar saysA computer game has been devised to help overseas students deal with the culture shocks of university life in Britain, like seeing kissing in public.
Players of C-Shock have to complete a series of tasks a foreign student might face on their first day at university.
They include seeing people drinking alcohol and smoking, in a 3D recreation of the University of Portsmouth campus.
One of its devisers, academic Nipan Maniar, said he hoped the game would help students know what to expect.
We thought we could devise a game that they could play on their mobile phone on the way here so they would know what to expect
Nipan Maniar
The senior lecturer in the university's faculty of creative and cultural industries, who is Indian, said he experienced a "massive culture shock" himself when he came to Portsmouth in 2000 to do his MSc.
"It was not just the environment I was in, but the teaching - the relationship with tutors was very informal."
And many students from places like South Asia were often shocked to see women smoking, drinking and being friendly with the opposite sex, he said.

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