Games
Here are some other great games that are both fun and educational. All links open in a new window.
This presentation primarily depicts how drugs interact with
dopamine neurotransmitters because this website focuses on the
brain's reward pathway. Mouse Party is designed to provide a
small glimpse into the chemical interactions at the synaptic
level that cause the drug user to feel 'high'.
The game is based on motorcycle racing, in which the young
player can choose his pilot to race under the effects of
cocaine. With the drug, the player goes faster, overcomes
the obstacles, jumps, and the sensations of sound and speed
are more attractive. But after a certain time, the effects
wear off, the game stops and the pilot has to take another
dose. Tolerance to the drug grows: the "highs" are short
lived each time and the number of stops to take a dose
grows. At the end, the effects of the drug diminish the
realism of the race and frustrate any effort to improve.
Other games from ABOVE THE INFLUENCE
(Stoners In the Mist, Pete's Couch, Poetry Game, Thumb Wrestling
and more...)
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