Striking: Missed is different
What is a bum? A loser, a drug addict, a tick on society, a criminal who sleeps under the bridge? Or someone almost like you and me? Homeless people live in a world full of prejudices. And those who have them often enjoy cultivating their misconceptions.
The internet game "Pennergame", promoted by Bild, Hamburger Abendblatt, Tagesspiegel, Spiegel online and Sat.1, must have been created in a particularly weak moment. In the game, you can assume the identity of a homeless person who scrounges and begs. If you are successful, you become rich. "Become homeless now for free and without any further risks," it says. What fun! The game came out in 2007 and sadly even won "Browser Game of the Year" a year later.
The Hamburg homeless magazine "Hinz & Kunzt" - comparable to "Surprise", which is published in German-speaking Switzerland - has now launched a clever counter-attack: it has launched the online game "Egoseller". Players can virtually put themselves in the shoes of a "Hinz & Kunzt" seller who has to sell as many copies of the magazine as possible in two minutes in a pub. This allows them to experience first-hand how difficult it is to sell enough copies per day to secure a dry place to sleep and a hot meal.
The title "Egoseller" is a powerful left hook for all those who consider themselves superior to homeless people and street vendors. The game was produced by "Labor1 - Gesellschaft zur Entwicklung digitaler Inhalte mbH". One thing homeless certainly doesn't mean: unimaginative. (afw)
The Hamburg homeless magazine "Hinz & Kunzt" - comparable to "Surprise", which is published in German-speaking Switzerland - has now launched a clever counter-attack: it has launched the online game "Egoseller". Players can virtually put themselves in the shoes of a "Hinz & Kunzt" seller who has to sell as many copies of the magazine as possible in two minutes in a pub. This allows them to experience first-hand how difficult it is to sell enough copies per day to secure a dry place to sleep and a hot meal.
The title "Egoseller" is a powerful left hook for all those who consider themselves superior to homeless people and street vendors. The game was produced by "Labor1 - Gesellschaft zur Entwicklung digitaler Inhalte mbH". One thing homeless certainly doesn't mean: unimaginative. (afw)
