Whale Flip

Kid’s game (Greenpeace)
http://www.juggernart.com/games/free-online-fishing/whale-flip.html

25 responses to “Whale Flip

  1. I’m really bad at this game because I’m not super coordinated, but it’s a really adorable mini-game and it brings the idea of pollution to mind when you consider our oceans. The fact that you control whales and it features other sea creatures makes you think about the impacts that the submarines might have in their environment, their home. Though I don’t see anyone crusading for the protection of the oceans just from playing the mini-game, it does bring the environment to mind.

  2. Cute, but I sucked at it. It wasn’t super clear to me that this was a game that was linked to saving the environment, I have played many games similiar to this which had no inention of being connected with the green movemennt or saving the ocean. It seemed like any other regular game.

  3. This was a really adorable game, even the music too! It seems like it could get very addictive, but I don’t see how it will help teach people about environmentalism. It should have had some direct links to information about whaling either before or after playing the game. Besides that, just a great game to play for anyone, kids too.

  4. My uncle was a submariner. It kind of hurt every time I sent the submarine and its crew to what i assume was their death (i mean they get launched into the atmosphere). I would have liked an option for the whales to perhaps communicate with the Submarines, and maybe even recruit some to fight off the evil submarines. I feel as though making the distinction between good and evil submarines would be more inviting to humans/submarines. After all there are research submarines and other beneficial vessels that aid us in understanding the environment. There is a happy medium between human interaction and the “natural world”, and i believe the key to reaching this medium is being responsible and understanding the implications actions have upon the ecosystem. Without the submarines we wouldn’t have the knowledge we have today about our underwater brethren, and knowledge is power.

  5. I really did not see the point of this game, it seems to just focus on the fact that there are submarines in the ocean that should’nt be there. Honestly the game was really silly, but maybe good for kids or something. I felt that this game was made by radical environmentalists who believe in capturing submarines and throwing them out of the ocean. It kinda reminds me of whale wars where the sea shepherd attacks Japanese whalers. I also noticed the link on the right that was like “We share our planet, ‘Help us remind those who forget'” I see some sort of violent ideology behind it, which disturbs me. Again, another game with some sort of global agenda.

  6. Isabella Norton

    The whales and the music in the this was adorable, but I wasn’t very good at it at first. I played it a few times, it was fun enough for me to want to get a higher score. However, it didn’t look like the submarines were really doing anything to harm the whales or fish, the problem seemed to be that the submarines were in the ocean in general. As mentioned before, plenty of submarines are used in research that helps the environment, I don’t feel that their mere presence is harmful enough to pop them out of the water.

  7. Absolutely silly. While it seems to be geared towards kids, it does however have an “adorable” aspect that people enjoy. But my main problem is that I have no idea what exactly they are promoting. While submarines are not necessarily harming our waters, it seemed like to whoever created this game they are the bane of aquatic lifeforms existence. Which I do not think is all that true. If anything, they could have filled it with “fun facts” ( that may be a bit too morbid) about the dangers of what they are trying to get across.

  8. A game suitable for kids, but not for anyone that wants to learn about the environment or anything else for that matter. It appears to be another minigame that could be found anywhere on the internet. I’m not sure how submarines are harmful to the ocean, but they are according to Greenpeace.

  9. A fun, harmless little game kids can enjoy. Not sure what the submarines are supposed to represent, but cute nonetheless.

  10. Dean Sanderson

    Oh no. Watch out for those submersible vehicles… most of which are electric now and have little to no impact on the Ocean ecosystems. Oh noes… Plus whales can’t open their blow-holes underwater due to them being held shut by the internal pressure that whales use to keep from being compressed by multiple atmospheres of water… Totally bogus game. Plus the game is misogynistic, as it suggests that the pink whale (the female?) is the only one who can “bitch” at the right frequency in whale song to impart an actual physical force on the submarines, implying that women can literally “scream you to death.”

  11. The game itself is simple and I could see how children could just plop down and play. However the message is cheapened by the gameplay. The submarines don’t appear to be harming the whales and there aren’t consequences for inactivity, you simply lose the game. The game needs to be a little more realistic, while also pointing out the dangers of human interaction with the creatures of the sea.

  12. Whale Flip made me feel bad about myself. Why is it so difficult? I couldn’t force one submarine out of the water after playing three games. I want to say this is too difficult for kids, but maybe I’m just the complete void of talent. If this is a kids’ game, then they should think about changing the picture of the out-of-water scarred dolphin to the right of the game. I feel like showing kids The Cove would be a more effective lesson on the mistreatment of cetaceans.

  13. Fun for a few minutes, but… submarines are the number one threat to whales apparently. Because of sonar, maybe? I don’t get it. I would’ve liked to fight some whalers.

  14. It doesn’t explain the concept. It also doesn’t keep me occupied for very long. I found it rather easy once I figured out you can’t just machine gun bubbles at the stupid submarines. But overall, it just seemed cute and harmless. There’s really no lesson to this. And the music put me to sleep.

  15. Jennifer Pablos

    The game is not effective. It is definitely geared toward little kids. I can see my daughters getting a kick out of playing this game. I had trouble completeing the task the first time I played. The game doesn’t into any details about the environment whatsoever. It brings no conscience enlightenment in what’s going on in our waters. I feel as though I wasted 5 minutes of my life! I would never play this game again. The only thing this game does well is bring a cute childish synergy to itself. The game should be completely revamped in order to achieve its environmental goals better.

  16. Had a hard time at first with the game play of this, but eventually I got the hang of it. As far as game play goes, it’s not very fun. I got bored with it kind of quickly of its repetitiveness. They should throw some different elements into it to make it more exciting. As far as conservatism goes, this didn’t really inform me of anything. I don’t see how submarines are endangering whales or fishes or the sea in general. I just don’t see the point of this game other than mindless bubble forming (which was actually quite easy once I understood how to do it) that provides no excitement or incentive to take this game seriously.

  17. Alexis Hinojosa

    Fun game if you’re bored. I’m not quite sure what it had to do with anything though. Submarines bother whales? I guess? But don’t people use submarines so they could study sea creatures in their natural habitat and such? Not all, but some right? I did enjoy pushing them out (670-ish points second time playing after actually reading the instructions). Still, I don’t get it’s point. Unless it’s meant to get kids interested in whales?

  18. Okay, this was kind of a fun little game once you got acquainted with the controls and the mission. I can see how playing this game could raise awareness for the disturbance of whales and their environment by submarines, but then again many environmentalists and scientists use submarines to help many marine animals and research ways to better protect the ocean. It could be a fun game for little kids to play, but in terms of usefulness and being practically applied it comes up very short. So definitely not too effective at doing much for the environment.

  19. Nethaniel Agam

    This was whimsical but honestly I feel that it doesn’t get the point across at. It just seems like a fun kids game to occupy one’s time when feeling REALLY bored.

  20. I was less than impressed with this game. It took me a few minutes to even realize that this was supposed to represent the threat of submarines to whales… I didn’t even get that it was an environmentally conscious game at first. Maybe good for little kids but there should have been something in the instructions about how subs threaten whales if you want a 5 year old to get it.

  21. Chelsea Perales

    I was expecting to really enjoy this game and didn’t at all. It was ridiculously hard and I managed to do nothing but swim up and down in front of the submarines. If these games are targeted towards children they should be easy to understand, but engaging enough to keep their minds attentive. This game was a lot of up and down motion and not a whole lot else. On the education aspect… whales friends don’t like submarines? They want them pushed out of their ocean world? Okay, great. But why? What’s the significance? There has to be some more engaging information for children to grab onto from these games if they are going to do any good.

  22. John Marcello

    I really feel like Anoosh needs to get a better high score and he’d like it more. Otherwise, it was fun and I feel the only thing I learned was that Whales are dangerous to submarines and fish. The pink one especially because he / she just loved sending submarines to their death. Man, if I was the widow of one of those submarine captains, I’d sue Poseidon.

  23. Javiera Guarda

    I thought this game was really cute, and playing from the perspective of the animal helps kids see things from the other side. One of the more directly “green” games on here.

  24. Jennifer Szekeres

    It took some time to get the hang of, but its really quite fun especially from a child’s perspective I would imagine. I definitely got a sense that the game was promoting ocean polution, however I could also see how it would be ambiguous to a child that ‘submarines are bad’ so that’s why whales would want to trap them in bubbles…As with most of these eco-friendly games, I don’t think they’re direct enough. The fun factor is a sucess, now just improve upon the message that is trying to be conveyed.

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