Tyler: We're here with Monet who has been spending a lot of time playing the computer game, Galactic Battlegrounds. We're going to get the inside scoop on this game and what Monet likes about it. Monet,tell us a little bit about the game.
Monet: It's really fun. You get to build an army. If you're really good, the funner it is. If you're really bad at it...I'm not too bad and not too good, just in the middle. First, you have to put in your name for your file. And then, you go to Basic Training. The first one, it shows you how to move from place to place. You have markers, so you sideclick on the markers and then you keep on going and you meet Chewy's dad (I don't know his name), then there's Gondarks, these little monkeys, but they have red hair and they're much more dangerous than monkeys. I mean, gorillas.
Tyler: Is this all in Basic Training?
Monet: Yes.
Tyler: What do the monkey-like things do?
Monet: They try to destroy your camp.
Tyler: That doesn't sound very nice.
Monet: No, it doesn't.
Tyler: Tell me more about Basic Training.
Monet: Well, there are a couple more Basic Training things to do. There are, like, nine things to do. I don't know really what the next one is, but I'll tell you some more. There is Jedi and Ally.
Tyler: What do you do with those?
Monet: You trade this carbon and ore...
Tyler: What do you trade the carbon and ore for?
Monet: There's a "sell and buy." If you buy, they give it to you.
Tyler: So you're trying to get the carbon and ore?
Monet: Yes.
Tyler: What do you trade to GET the carbon and ore?
Monet: Hmm?
Tyler: What do you have that they want?
Monet: Oh! You can give them anything. You can give them food, carbon...
Tyler: I thought you were trying to GET the carbon.
Monet: Yeah, you can trade the carbon...you don't have to give them anything. If you can't push the buy button anymore, you have to sell some of your stuff that you have a lot of. And that's how you get a lot of buildings.
Tyler: Okay, so what you're saying is that you can sell, not trade, your things for money. And then you can use the...
Monet: There's no such thing as money.
Tyler: So what do you get when you sell your stuff?
Monet: Nothing. You're the only one who can sell and buy.
Tyler: So if you're the only one who can sell and buy, who is buying from you and selling to you?
Monet: No one is selling to me.
Tyler: How can you buy something if no one is selling anything?
Monet: They don't have to be selling anything.
Tyler: Then how can you buy it?
Monet: Okay, you have a spaceport. And then, you click on the spaceport and then there is a buy sign and a sell sign, and next to the sell sign are all these items that you can sell to the other allies.
Tyler: OH! So you CAN sell to someone else. The Allies!
Monet: Yeah. And then, there's a "buy" sign. You can buy from the Allies, because THEY have a spaceport. And if they don't have a spaceport and you don't know that, there's a black space around. That's why you have a scout.
Tyler: Wait a minute. You didn't mention a scout before. What's a scout?
Monet: A scout is supposed to scout out the area, the map for you.
Tyler: Why?
Monet: Because you need to know where your allies are and where your enemies are.
Tyler: What's an ally?
Monet: An ally is what you trade with and saves your life.
Tyler: So an ally is a good guy. He's on your side.
Monet: Yes.
Tyler: What's an enemy?
Monet: An enemy is what kills you and you can give stuff to them, but you don't want to.
Tyler: Do the enemies try to take your stuff?
Monet: No. They try to blow it up.
Tyler: That's not very nice.
Monet: That's why they call them enemies.
Tyler: Let's go back to Basic Training. What else can you do there?
Monet: There are a whole bunch of things, but some of them, I forget. The second one I know, it's how to collect stuff and defeat the Gondarks.
Tyler: What kind of stuff?
Monet: Food. Carbon. Nova Crystal. Ore.
Tyler. What is carbon for?
Monet: Carbon is pretty much for getting warriors. Tech level three needs 500 food and 200 Nova Crystals. Tech level two needs 200 Nova Crystals. Then there's Tech Level Four, that's the highest level. There's a Tech Level One, but you don't need anything. That's what you start off with. A lot of times I've gotten to Tech Level Four.
Tyler: Sounds interesting. Would you say that there is anything about your game that involves learning?
Monet: Yes. About Star Wars. You get to find all of these creatures, like rancors, and these fish creatures, goober fish, and on every planet, there's probably a creature. Tattoine, there's a bunch. Yavin Four...do you know how to spell Tattoine?
Tyler: I think so.
Monet: It's "oo."
Tyler: Oh. Okay. So it's Tattooine?
Monet: No. No it's not "tattooine." There's no "i" and there's no other "t."
Tyler: Okay, so it's Tatoone.
Monet: Well, that's how I think it is. I think there' s a W.
Tyler: Anything else you want to say about it?
Monet: You can do standard games, you can do episodes. You can do Darth Vader, Princess Leia and Chewbacca.
Tyler: Cool! Okay, that's all the time we have for today. Thanks for your time, Monet!
Monet: You're welcome.
