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That's right. Last Wednesday, Sandra Day O'Connor unveiled a video game she is helping to design at a conference dubbed Games for Change, which promotes "social issue" gaming. O'Connor conceived of the free game, to be released in 2009, for the Our Courts project, an initiative to encourage civic education and engagement. The beginning "level" of the game will introduce the player to First Amendment issues using a scenario in which freedom of expression is challenged by a school trying to ban t-shirts with a certain logo. Justice O'Connor hopes that young people will identify with the dillema, one many face in their own lives. The game will probably simulate a court room, and will sharpen kids' problem solving skills while familiarizing them with important civic ideas.

O'Connor did chuckle in front of the conference about her new career path, joking:

Source: New York Times

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