Club One Island

This was explored during class. Kimmy was with me for part of the exploration.

What an interesting place. It had an interesting mixture of things to educate people who were exploring wait loss. Thus people could somewhat tailor some of their experiences to their own personal styles while reinforcing their weight loss goals.

One of the areas that stuck out the most to my mind, near the Visitor Center, was a series of rooms which revealed a number of settings that could challenge one's weight loss goals. It was full of food that would chase you around, whispering negativity in your ear as you wandered about until you told the voices "no" often enough. It was actually rather creepy, and did a good job of creating some of the sense of pressure you can get in the physical world.

Another spot was the "Room of Doom". In that one you could beat the tar out of cravings with pink hammers. Very fun, very amusing, and I'm sure it was rather cathartic.

In the apartment complex there was a little shop with foods. In that one you could see all the nutrients those foods would provide. They were arranged much as 0ne would find in a real store. This could get one used to thinking of these matters when one is out shopping in the physical.

Each of these presented a different way of approaching the concept of weight loss and health consciousness in a virtual world. One used intimidation and fear, and ways to deal with that. Another made a game of it. A third was educational. Each was a different approach and quite good.