1. Yingcai Xiao Game Development II Platforms and Genres

2. Video Game Interactive animation: user-> interface (look) -> action (feel) -> feedback (A/V, haptic)

3. Video Game Platforms (1) PC Games (2) Console Games (3) Handhold Games (4) Arcade Games (5) App Games

4. Video Game Platforms http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=2554

5. Video Game Genres (1)Casual Games

6. Video Game Genres (2) Serious Games

7. Video Game Genres (3) Educational Games (STEM NATIONAL VIDEO GAME COMPETITION, Imagine Cup) http://www.stemchallenge.org/Default.aspx Entries open November. http://www.imaginecup.us Game Design, Software Design, IT Challenges

8. Video Game Genres (4) Indie (Independent) Games http://indiegames.com/index.html

9. Video Game Genres (5) App Games http://www.apple.com/webapps/games/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Birds (2 nd largest company in Finland after Nokia)

10. Video Game Genres (6) Social Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_gaming http://www.farmville.com/ Zynga http://www.farmville.com/ Zynga

11. Local Game Development Clubs Akron Film+Pixel 140 E. Market St. 2nd Floor, Akron, Ohio 44308 http://akronfilm.com Cleveland Game Developers http://www.meetup.com/clevelandgamedev/ http://www.meetup.com/clevelandgamedev/