I ran into a number of press announcements about this US Government online “food game” found here. Called MyPyramid, the site says: “An interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid.” Obviously none of the people who designed this either have children or play games. Play it and you’ll see. You slide various good and bad foods into the fuel tank and some work and some don’t. The problem is you really don’t care since it’s essentially trial-and-error with no real learning about anything. The word “dumb” comes to mind. That said, I suspect they mean well with this sort of game, but isn’t this a waste of the taxpayers money? The money would be better spent to keep junk food out of public schools.
