Chp 14-- Video Games Flashcards
pinball machine
coin-operated game in which a player scores points by causing metal balls to move in certain directions (often using flippers) inside a glass-covered case
entertainment arcades
commercial locations featuring coin-operated machines such as pinball machines, fortune tellers, and shooting games
bulletin boards
software that allows users to exchange messages with other users, read news and public articles, and perform other activities such as play games
Multiuser dungeons (MUDs)
early text-based online fantasy role-playing games
massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)
video games in which a large number of players – as many as hundreds of thousands – interact with one another in virtual worlds
hardware
the device or console on which video games are played
casual gamers
women and men who are older than the hard-core types and/or who like to play less intense (though not necessarily less difficult) games than the hard-core types; these games include puzzle, card, board, and word games
avatar
a character that represents the user within a virtual world
handheld game devices
portable machines used primarily for game playing
mobile device
multipurpose handheld computing device that can be used as a portable gaming platform
social games
games played through social networks
video game publishers
companies that coordinate the production of video games
third-party publishers
companies that are unaffiliated with hardware companies and that typically create games that work on a variety of systems
edutainment
teaching-oriented video games that are designed to have educational outcomes for specific groups of learners
dynamic in-game advertising
the process of sending ads into video games while individuals are playing and of changing the ads and offering different sponsored downloads depending on the players’ game setting and level
