Interesting post on a video game designed to entertain farmed pigs, but to do it in a way that allows humans to engage with the animals that are being grown for consumption:
Pig Chase is played with an iPad or other tablet device. Players will see a live video feed from a pig barn on their screen. By touching the screen, players move a ball of light around one of the walls of the enclosure of the barn. The goal is to attract a pig to the light and, with the help of the pig’s snout, move the ball to a target shown on both the barn wall and the player’s iPad. Early on, game designers discovered that pigs respond strongly to lights and will follow them.
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Philosopher Driessen says he doesn’t expect the game to turn people into vegetarians. But, he says, he hopes it will get people to think more about the issues surrounding farmed animals.
