1. Computerized Entertainment and Classification Chapter 2!
October 16, 2015

2. Today’s Agenda: Life Cycle of Entertainment
What makes a game a Video game?
Turn in your Platypus Project and Chapter 2 Notes and Vocabulary Words
PowerPoint Review Questions worksheet – Turn in before you leave!

3. Today’s Objective: You will learn about: the different gaming genres.
the history of radio, movies, television, art, and theater.
computerized entertainment media
the different games and toys into appropriate genre and themes.
the life cycle of media from experimental to mainstream.

4. What makes a Video Game a Game?
Three main categories of Computer Software Entertainment:
Audio/visual effects
Video Game
Digital Toy

5. Audio/Visual Effect Audio  means something you hear.
Visual  means something you see.
Together, audio/visual effects are any entertainment that you can be seen and heard.
Examples:
Screen savers
Movies
Cut scenes
Presentations
This type of entertainment is simply enjoyed and
has no user interface.

6. We have:
Experimental Media
Mainstream
Media
Obsolete

7. Experimental New Innovative Few users Not very popular
Just becoming popular
The Future of Xbox? Portable Kinect Gaming Technology.
Wearable (and portable) technology
that could impact games down the road
(in some form or the other)……..

8. Mainstream
Is the Norm!
Many users
What we use today

9. Obsolete
Was popular
Few users
Replaced by something better

10. Let’s take a look at our History!
How has technolgy been linked to media experimentation and becoming obsolete?
Let’s take a look at our History!

11. Ancient Times
Art! Was the NORM...it was popular...it was the Mainstream Media.
Examples:
Brilliant paintings
Sculptures
Architecture
Songs
Frescos

12. Ancient Times Greeks Introduced Theater! It was Experimental Media
Romans not use to Theater.
It was consider a fanciful activity
Little following
Not popular

13. Last Century Experimental Media was the invention of Motion pictures!
Had no sound
Short films
People dancing
Baseball players hitting a ball
Children dancing

14. Last Century Another experimental media is the RADIO!
Invented by individuals who wanted to talk to each other over distances.
Amateur radio operators built their own devices in their basement.
Very Expensive!

15. Radio became Mainstream!
As the cost of the technolgy for a Radio dropped people began to embrace the Radio!
People would gather around the family radio to listen to voice drama, rock and roll, Jazz sounds and lyrics, shows, plus much more.

16. The Television! Began to show up in homes in the 1940’s
Shows were black and white
Just one or two shows a day
Television was in the experimental stage!

17. Television Moving to Mainstream in the 1950’s
Rapidly becoming the preferred media of the day.
½ households in America has a TV set.
TV Shows:
Flash Gordon
Father Knows Best
Rin Tin Tin
Dragnet
Zorro
Wonderful World of Disney

18. Current Times – Today! Television is still Mainstream!
Moved from audio/visual entertainment to Interactive Entertainment Media!
Video Games!!!

19. Newer Technologies Is the computer! Was Experimental Technology
Few people using it
Very expensive
Not popular
Today  Mainstream!
You see a computer everywhere
Very, Very, Very Popular
Takes on many forms.

20. Computer Opens a world of: Movies Games Books Magazines Museum Art
Internet!
Plus much more....

21. Question #6 think about it?......You need to Answer:
Technology changes rapidly. Things that were popular just a few years ago are now obsolete and unused.
Think about some electronic devices you had when you where a kid that have been replaced by a new technology. What do you think caused each device to become obsolete?

22. What are Video Games?
Is an electronic software product that has all of the elements of a game.
It is played by combining a computer generated game evironment with a graphic display and a user interface.

23. What exactly is a game? An activity organized by rules.
With an objective, goal, or victory condition.
In a game environment that enables play or pretending.
Victory!
Rules
A Game?
Game Envirnment

24. Game Play
Is what the player experience during the game as a result of the core machanics and structure of the game.
Includes:
Set of challenges and obstacles
The action a player can take to avoid and overcome those challenges or obstacles.
Everything the player does and how the game is played.

25. Today’s Video Game Game play can exist in multiple gameplay modes.
Such as:
Multiplayer mode
Advanced mode
Easy mode
Quest mode
Online play mode
Changing characters with different skills

26. Graphic Display This is where the game is shown. It can be a:
Television
Computer Monitor
Hand-held device (Game-boy and/or cell phone)
Can you think of anything else?????

27. Question #9…Think about it?....You need to answer.
Think about a recent trip to a video arcade. Other than a pinball machine, what games did you see that were computer controlled, but not video games?
Think about how each game functions and what feature of a video game was lacking?
Is each game better as it is or should it be made into a video game? Why?

28. User Interface
Is any device used to input information from the player into the computer running the video game.
They are:
Game controllers (wireless, motion based controllers)
Keyboard
Mouse

29. Type of Games (Genre and Themes)
Games can be put into different catagories:
Examples:
Action
Board/card/quiz
Educational
Fighting
Music/party
Puzzle
Role Playing
Shooter
Simulation
Sports
Stragtegy
Toy
Themes  are games that have similar characteristics
*Genre: is a type or major category
of games featuring similar gameplay.

30. Digital Toy Does not meet the criteria of a game. Why?
Electronic toy with few structured
rules or no clear victory condition
Does not meet the criteria of a game.
Why?
Does not have a structured set of rules.
Has not objective or game play goal.
No challenge
No purpose for playing
No Victory condition
No points, no levels
No mission objectives

31. Turn in before you leave:
Your questions from Today’s PowerPoint.
Chapter 2 Notes & Vocabulary words.
Platypus Project.
Due today!