c1 gaming

 do now                                                                                Thursday 26th september 2024

1.  PIES 
2. personal identity
3. information
4. entertainment
5. social interactions 

Research task 

My chosen game- Roblox 

10 facts about roblox

• the creators of the game is Roblox studio 
• this game was released in 2006
• created in 2004 
• the owners are called David Baszucki and Erik Cassel.
• Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users. 
• including more than half of all American children under 16.
• the idem used to spend in roblox is called Robux 
• roblox have made a total of 30.83 billion dollars 
• close to 383 million downloads 
• over 200 languages used on roblox  

These are examples of roblox avatars 

MOODBOARD

Augmented reality is  an interactive experience that enhances the real world with computer-generated perpetrated perceptual information. 

there are more people over 18 playing games than people under 18.  45% female 55% male gamers. 

CASE STUDY: FORTNITE 

1. the creators of Fortnite are epic games. 

2. 7 years 

3. 31.2 billion 

4. battle royal 

5. multiplayer free to play  battle  game 

6. a battle game 

7. most social media 

8. you can play solo or with other people

9. it is successful because the genre, updates 

Do Now                                                                                 Thursday 3rd October 2024

1. epic games.  ✔

2.epic games was started in 1991. ✔

3. the genre of fortnite is battle, gun, build game.   ✔

4. pies is personal identity, information, entertainment, social interactions. ✔

5. augmented reality is an interactive experience that enhances the real world with computer-generated perpetrated perceptual information.  ✔

Exploring context 

LO; to explore the context of video games

Big question- do violent video games make people more violent 

Prince harry video

Harry believes that the game fortnite should be banned. Saying that the game is irresponsible, causes people to be addicted to the game, there is a medical condition to being addicted to playing games. 

I agree because games are made to be entertainment and fun. I also disagree because the people should be responsible for how much they play.

health care on video games 

The main points are that  it is about the research of violence and depression. He says that they are mostly just thoughts than actions, people who do more violent games have less of a reaction, parents responsibility. 

I agree because games don't make you physically violent, there is no harm to playing video games apart from the need of responsibility over younger people.

Experiment

The test was used on 3-6 year olds to see weather they would react the same to a bad video, which they did. This test means that young people act violently as if it is an instruction to them. they blame games for this act of violence. 

I agree for only young children, this is because they have not yet learnt what is right or wrong.