Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tsalgi Game (language)


Cherokee Language video game released

March 27, 2013
Main character Cecil meets his love interest Cindy for the first time in a new video game by Thornton Media designed to help people learn the Cherokee langguage.  (Image courtesy of Thornton Media)
Main character Cecil meets his love interest Cindy for the first time in a new video game by Thornton Media designed to help people learn the Cherokee langguage. (Image courtesy of Thornton Media)
Imagine making language learning as much fun as a game –because it is a game – all in order to increase learning speed and retention well beyond the capabilities of any product in today’s market. That’s what Las Vegas-based startup Talking Games has set out to do. Founded by indigenous language learning veteran and Thornton Media President Don Thornton, a Cherokee Nation citizen, Talking Games is the first company to bring immersive virtual game environments to the consumer language-learning market.
Talking Games announced its Kickstarter campaign recently at the local hub for technology startups, the VegasTech Jelly, with a presentation in February in Downtown Las Vegas. The 40-day campaign will run until April 19.
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