I got email from Feedspot this morning indicating that 30 people are interested in this blog, through their service. I was offered a premium membership for attracting attention to the service. I'm not sure if it's a scam or not, but I don't see any harm in it, yet. I've got lots of other things to think about besides being scammed by somebody who designed a blog reader.
I was hoping to get people to talk to about this project, because I know where my own limitations lie (I am good a problem solving and idea generation, but have limited attention to detail, which gets in the way of my finishing projects consistently). So, if there is anyone reading this out there who would be interested in talking with me about it, feel free to email me or post in the comments, although I'm not in the habit of checking comments here, yet.
I am very interested in the potential of breaking the fourth wall, as a method for engaging girls with the content I hope to make available to them. Defined - "The fourth wall" is an expression stemming from the world of theater. In most modern theater design, a room will consist of three physical walls, as well as a an imaginary fourth that serves to separate the world of the characters from that of the audience.In fiction, "breaking the fourth wall" often means having a character become aware of their fictional nature. This can range from your character advising you to "Press X" in a tutorial all the way to Psycho Mantis reading your memory card and mentioning the other games you've been playing. However, the most direct violation of the fourth wall would be a character openly acknowledging they are in a video game or even directly speaking to you, the player, instead of to your character.
(from Urban Dictionary, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Breaking%20the%20Fourth%20Wall). In particular, I want girls who engage with this project to learn to break the fourth wall regularly, while in the game, to learn to use the internet to solve their problems, the way engineers do in real life.
