Minority Media’s video games take aim at the heart
Adam Kovac of the Montreal Gazette writes "Sitting in Minority Media’s studio in Mile End, I have yet to shoot at anything.
It’s an unusual state of affairs for me – as a video game aficionado, I’ve been playing a lot of Grand Theft Auto online lately.
Instead of tearing a sociopathic swath of destruction through a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, I’m following Chiwatin, a young Cree boy, as he wanders through a lush environment of trees and snow.
Chiwatin is the main character of Spirits of Spring, Minority Media’s new game for iPad and iPhone. In the game, Chiwatin and his animal friends Bear and Rabbit find themselves being attacked by their enemies, the Crows. The game is designed to be fun and tell a story, as most good games are, but both are in service of teaching gamers a lesson."
