Civic Engagement: Game Analysis

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After playing the game SPENT I believe that the daily struggles that I experienced in the game do impact one’s ability to become civically engaged. From the provided readings in week one we learned that civic engagement involves members of a community being engaged in activities that improve the quality of life of others around them. Engagement can be direct or indirect. When an individual endures the hindrances that we all did in the game it makes it harder to think of improving things in your community when you are constantly trying to fix things in your own life. When you’re trying to figure out how to pay for transportation or for the internet it is hard to become and stay engaged. From personal experience, when someone is having financial