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    Video Games: More Than Just Buttons and Dice. New Game Load Game Settings Quit Game

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    Video games provide goals, rules, feedback systems and voluntary participation for players. Early games had vector graphics on dedicated machines. Later generations included cartridges, disk-based media, 3D graphics, and online play. Games now blend consoles and PCs. Casual games target mass audiences with simple rules, while core games involve specific audiences with complex rules. Gaming benefits include improved problem solving, reactions, thinking, and social skills. Careers in gaming include e-sports, streaming, design, and content creation.

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    Video games provide goals, rules, feedback systems and voluntary participation for players. Early games had vector graphics on dedicated machines. Later generations included cartridges, disk-based media, 3D graphics, and online play. Games now blend consoles and PCs. Casual games target mass audiences with simple rules, while core games involve specific audiences with complex rules. Gaming benefits include improved problem solving, reactions, thinking, and social skills. Careers in gaming include e-sports, streaming, design, and content creation.

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    Video games provide goals, rules, feedback systems and voluntary participation for players. Early games had vector graphics on dedicated machines. Later generations included cartridges, disk-based media, 3D graphics, and online play. Games now blend consoles and PCs. Casual games target mass audiences with simple rules, while core games involve specific audiences with complex rules. Gaming benefits include improved problem solving, reactions, thinking, and social skills. Careers in gaming include e-sports, streaming, design, and content creation.

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    Video Games

    MORE THAN JUST BUTTONS AND DICE.

     NEW GAME
     LOAD GAME
     SETTINGS
     QUIT GAME
    1) Goal
    There is a specific objective/outcome that the player works to achieve.
    2) Rules
    Limitations on how players can achieve a goal.
    3) Voluntary Participation
    Everyone who’s playing agrees with the rules, goals and feedback.
    4) Feedback System
    An indicator that lets players know how close they are to achieving a
    goal.
    Generation 1: 1970’s
    Vector based graphics. Dedicated machines. Pong.
    Generations 2 & 3: 1980’s
    • Atari, NES;
    • Swappable cartridges;
    • Games easy to make, poor quality;
    • Video game crash/cartridges on Arizona;
    • Miyamoto and Mario.
    Generation 4 & 5: 1990’s
    Disk based media. Sega CD. Playstation. 3D Games.
    Computer Games: 1990’s
    Better Sound & Graphics. RPG’s, Strategy. Difficult to play. Doom,
    Starcraft, Quake.
    Generations 6 & 7: 2000’s
    Online play. Motion Control. Media and Social Integration.
    Present
    Mixture of Consoles and PC. Console’s hardware comparable to PC’s.
    PC’s easy to use like Consoles.
    8 Bit Games - 1985
    Super Marios Bros.
    Approx $125,000 per game. Team size: 8-12
    Early 3D Games – 1993
    Doom
    Approx $2 Million per game. Team size: 15-25
    Present Day Games
    Grand Theft Auto 5
    Approx $150 Million per game. $256 Million to make. $1 Billion first 3
    days. $6 Billion in revenue since initial release.
    Global Revenue of Video Games

    Global Revenue of Games, Movies and Music.


    120

    100
    Billions of Dollars

    80

    60

    40

    20

    Music Movies Games


    Casual Gamers
    Target a Mass Audience
    Simple Rules
    Low time commitment
    Low production and
    distribution cost/freemium
    Core Gamers
    Specific audience

    Audience wants to spend more to play

    Complex rules

    Lenthy time commitment

    High production and distribution cost


    Benefits of gaming
    • Better problem solving skills – Puzzle Games (Portal 2, etc.)
    • Quick reactions, better logical thinking and team work skills –
    Strategy Games, MOBA’s (LoL, Dota 2, Counter Strike, etc.)
    • Social interactions, motivation to read and write, creative thinking,
    fun moments – RPG’s, party games, multiplayer games (D&D, RPG’s,
    Just Dance, Minecraft)
    Profession: Gamer
    Alternative way to make profit/develop profissionally/create
    innovative content.
    • E-Sports pro player
    • Streamer
    • Content Creator
    • Game design, development and creation
    E-Sports Pro Player
    Trains everyday, technical support (coach, teammates), superior game
    knowledge than average gamer, profit earned by competing in
    tournaments.
    Streamers
    Entertaining to watch, live reactions, interactions between live chat
    and streamer, direct financial support provided by viewers donations
    and sponsors.
    Game Designer
    Creates new games, concepts and systems from the ground up. Can
    work by himself or in a company. The payback is mostly obtained from
    the revenue the game makes.

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