Gaming

Question 1

• A game designer on the run from assassins must play virtual reality creation with marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged
• What’s inside/outside the game
• Media is our environment
• How to distinguish what is part or not part of the game
Existenz

Answer 1

i.e. Existenz

Question 2

What is the message of gaming? →

Answer 2

The Ludology

Question 3

the larger category of gaming
• What makes a video game a video game?
• The academic study of videogames
• Deriving techniques from literary and film theory
• GTA and EverQuest as cultural artefacts
*look at narratology and ludology slideshow

Answer 3

Ludology

Question 4

Why do we play video games?

Answer 4

CAR

• As an escape mechanism
• C – competence (skills, mastery)
• A – autonomy (choices that feel meaningful, being in control, the player’s choice FEELS like it affected the narrative)
• R - relatedness (multi-player games; a social experience)

Question 5

Video games and cultural implications

Answer 5

Cultural needs
• Japan with rhythm and dating games (very linear and based on mastery)
o Less people getting married
• Western games to satisfy need for autonomy
• Globalization of gaming comes globalization of culture

Question 6

first appearing in train depots, hotel lobbies, bars, and restaurants were these leisure machines

the modern indoor playground

also know was counter machines

Answer 6

penny arcade

Question 7

another arcade game, the bagatelle, gave rise to the _____ the most prominent of mechanical games

Answer 7

pinball machine

Question 8

establishments which gathered multiple coin-operated games together and can be thought of as a later version of the penny arcade

Answer 8

arcades

Question 9

graphic interactive character situated within the world of the game

Answer 9

avatar

Question 10

devices specifically used to play video games

Answer 10

consoles

Question 11

games set in virtual worlds that require users to play through an avatar of their own design; have expanded to reach large groups

Answer 11

massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)

Question 12

games that also reach a mass audience with a major social component

assemble teams and use actual sports results to determine scores in their online games

Answer 12

online fantasy sports

Question 13

the way in which rules structure how players interact with the game, rather than by any sort of narrative style

Answer 13

gameplay

Question 14

players test their reflexes, and to punch, shoot, slash, or throw as strategically and accurately as possible so as to make their way through a series of levels

Answer 14

action games

Question 15

perspective in which player feels like they are actually holding a weapon and to feel physically immersed in the drama

Answer 15

first-person shooter (FPS)

Question 16

type of gameplay that is in many ways the opposite of action games

non-confrontational in nature, interact with individual characters and sometimes hostile environments in order to solve puzzles

Answer 16

adventure games

Question 17

typically set in fantasy or sci-fi world in which each player chooses to play as a character that specializes in a particular skill set

Answer 17

role-playing games (RPGs)

Question 18

omniscient, with the player surveying the entire “world” or playing field and making strategic decisions, such as building bases, researching technologies, managing resources, waging battles that will make or break this world

Answer 18

strategy games

Question 19

involve managing resources and planning worlds but these worlds are typically based in reality

i.e. Sim City

Answer 19

simulation games

Question 20

starting in 1989

very simple rules, quick to play

i.e. Tetris

Answer 20

casual games

Question 21

temporary teams usually assembled by match-making programs integrated into the game

Answer 21

PUGs (Pick-up groups)

Question 22

clueless beginners

Answer 22

noobs

Question 23

players who snatch loot out of turn and then leave the group

Answer 23

ninjas

Question 24

players who delight in intentionally spoiling the gaming experience for others

Answer 24

trolls

Question 25

to avoid dealing with noobs, trolls, and ninjas, most experienced players join organized groups called

Answer 25

guilds or clans

Question 26

the sharing of knowledge and ideas

Answer 26

collective intelligence

Question 27

most advanced form of collective intelligence in gaming - slang for modifying game software or hardware

Answer 27

modding

Question 28

like tv’s infomercials or advertorials; games created for purely promotional purposes

Answer 28

advergames

Question 29

more subtle and integrate advertisements as billboards, logos, or storefronts in the game

Answer 29

in-game advertisements

Question 30

in 1994

labelling system designed to inform parents of sexual and violent content that might not be suitable for younger players

Answer 30

Entertainment software rating board (ESRB)

Question 31

money spent designing, coding, scoring, and testing a game

Answer 31

development budget

Question 32

stories, characters, personalities, and music that require licensing agreements

Answer 32

intellectual properties

Question 33

early physical form of video games that were played on consoles manufactured by companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Atari

Answer 33

cartidge