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UNDERSTANDING GAMES

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I have to admit that learning while playing kept my attention at hundred percent even if now it is very late at night. I definitely like pong! What I learnt is that if a game is predictable, it will lose its appealing. So, the ambiguous variable is extremely important when creating a game. The uncertain outcome makes the player be focused on the mission. Another thing is that realistic images help to hook the gamer into the given context because when the graphic representation is changed, the gamer experience also changes. Check this commercial from 1976, Pong rocks! =)
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAMES

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SIM CITY Build your own city is not only challenging but gives you a great satisfaction when you feel like an engineer or a mayor. Being aware about the basic services and green areas to take into consideration while building it, makes you reflect about how you want your city look like at the end. I like it but it takes time and dedication.  OTHER GAMES From the other games offered I liked POKER. You can bet without losing any money. You consider strategies and ambitiuos. Maybe these type of games develop our seek of success skill in our students. ZORK This narrative game makes you think a lot and reflect about how the story develops to get to the next mission. It was stressful since I have to type many times to enter a correct command but I could move on and the happiness just invaded me... hehehe SHOOT'EM UPS When I first played  GALAGON 2004  I could not obtain a decent score so I refreshed the webpage and tried again. At the end...
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PIXEL PIONEERS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF GRAPHICS

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Games by generation TENNIS FOR TWO 1958 PONG 1972 GOTCHA 1973 INDY 4 1976 BOOT HILL 1977 CAR POLO 1977 SPACE WARS 1977 SPACE INVADERS 1978 FIRE TRUCK 1978 GALAXIAN 1979 ASTEROIDS 1979 SUPER SPEED RACE 1979 RADAR SCOPE 1979 PAC-MAN 1980 DEFENDER 1980 TURBO 1981 DONKEY KONG 1981 QUANTUM 1982 DIG DUG 1982 XEVIOUS 1982 ZAXXON 1982 DRAGON'S LAIR 1983 HANG-ON 1985 SPACE HARRIER 1985 SUPER MARIO BROS 1985 OUT RUN 1986 ALTERED BEAST 1989 In the list above some games have black and white display and other full-colour graphics. There are 2 ways to draw on screen: raster and vector. I used to play pac-man and super mario bros when I was a kid. I remember spending many hours trying to win them alone in my bedroom eating lots of snacks and to be honest those were great times! But my mom was always very angry because she thought I was wasting my time. Maybe at that time, nobody at home and even myself did not notice that playing video games was a w...
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