March 2016 Martian Madness

… mostly I spend my time thinking about getting to Ares 4. I’ll have to do it someday. How… am I going to survive a 3200-kilometer trip in this thing? It’ll probably take fifty days. I’ll need the water reclaimer and the oxygenator, maybe some of the Hab’s main batteries, then a bunch more solar cells to charge everything… Where will I put it all? These thoughts pester me throughout the long, boring days.

The Metagame Book Club is looking at epistemic frames and problem based learning so we picked both a game to play and a book to read during the month of March.   

GAME: Lifeline (Interactive Fiction) by 3 Minute Games available on Apple and Android

Read Boing Boing Review

BOOK: The Martian by Andrew Weir

Listen to NPR’s "Martian Started as A Self-Published Book"

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We did a Game of the Month and a Book of the Month wrap-up on Wednesday, March 30, below is the recording of the Hangout and the slides.