One of the biggest issues in our world today regarding education is being able to connect young kids and teens with the material itself so they don’t just absorb it, they truly learn it. That’s why many programs and media over the years have tried to come up with “catchy ways” to help facilitate this need, like with music, animation, or even video games. To that end, a special creator studio has come together to make Macbeth On Roblox. Yes. Really. It is the play of Shakespeare brought into the gaming universe via a platform that has over 95 million people playing daily. If you’re going to go big, why not go REALLY big? Exactly.
The Singapore Repertory Theatre was responsible for this adaptation, and as you’d probably be able to guess, the game is about being able to see this story through the eyes of Macbeth and partaking in the world around him while experiencing the events of the play. You’ll even apparently be able to influence the story at times by making decisions as Macbeth.
Here’s the link if you want to check it out for yourself. The cleverness of this idea is not lost on us. As we just told you, schools as a whole have been needing new and fresh ways to connect with students of all ages, and if you tell them to understand a story via a video game, you might be surprised by just how much they retain. After all, video games are visual media that require reading and comprehension to understand not only game mechanics, but the plots of the various stories and characters going on around them.
If you ask a fan about a recent game they’ve played and the stories that were attached to it, they more than likely would be able to tell you many details about what’s happening within. That’s clearly what the team behind Macbeth on Roblox is intending to do. They’ve even gone and offered it as a resource for school curriculum, which is pretty cool when you think about it.
The question now becomes, “Could this trend continue?” Like with many things in this universe, it often depends on how well-crafted the game is and how many people play it. Should it boom in both categories, it’s very possible for others to try and use the game universe to boost other stories and encourage diving into the arts.
The sky is the limit if you’re willing to try.
