Video Gaming Unit 3 - Introductory Activities

(Students to complete in Journal / Blog / Wiki)

Pre-Knowledge Discussion:

How often do you play games?
What games do you play now and have played that were good?
Why did you like playing them?
Why do people play games?
What kinds of people play games the most?

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The Golden Age of Gaming

View this clip from Good Game about the history of the video game in the 1980s:

 

And this summary of gaming in the 90s:

 

How has video gaming changed over the years?
What kinds (genres) of video games can you think of?
What genres of video games are most popular today?

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Old-Skool Gaming:

Sometimes it doesn't matter what a game looks like - if the gameplay is good and it is well designed it still may stand the test of time. Try out some of these classic games from the Golden Age of Gaming.

**80s Arcade**

**Atari 2600 Games**

80s Shockwave Games 

The Crimson Room 
(actually a recent game but with a point-and-click style that is fairly old fashioned but still very challenging and fun).

After playing a selection of games, complete the tasks in this worksheet which you can save to your folder (right-click > save), complete and print to paste in your Tech book:

Gaming Journal.doc

 

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