1. Chapter 3 evolution of the Game
Mrs. Van Vleet

2. Early Play Survival Socializing – interacting in a group environment
Hand-eye Coordination
Muscle Memory
Brain-extremity pathways
Motor skills
Reflexes
Socializing – interacting in a group environment
Play – participating in an entertaining activity.

3. Physical Competition
Competitions with rules
Physical trials such as long jump, sprinting
Game environment – a setting altered to play a specific activity
Olympic games

4. Intellectual competition
Mental Acuity – reasoning and problem solving ability
Puzzles – mentally analyze and solve a problem
Early Board Games – 2 or more players, some type of “board”
Royal Game of Ur
Random Number Generator – without bias, create a number
Card Games
Games of Chance

5. Game immersion
Role-playing games (RPGs) – the player “becomes” a character in the game.
Desensitized – failing to have an emotional reaction to an event.
Violence
Blood
Gore
Evil
Real Social Interaction

6. Games for personal Development
Behavioral Development – learning how to react to a situation.
Cocooning – people do not interact with their physical environment
Balance – how much good vs. how much bad
Cognitive Development – building intelligence through learning.
Stereotype – a personal opinion that one member of the group has the same characteristics as all in the group.

7. Video game beginnings First video game? Patent Copyright
Issued by the government patent office
Protects the rights of inventors
Copyright
Immediately in effect if item is in tangible form
Protects intellectual property of creators

8. Game licensing Allows third-party designers to obtain the source code
Up-front fees paid to Microsoft, Sony, etc.
Royalties paid to Microsoft, Sony, etc. for each game sold.
Proprietary game – no third-party involved
Name a Nintendo proprietary game.
Name a Microsoft proprietary game.
Name a Sony proprietary game.

9. How computers changed the game
Computers made video games possible
Strict rule enforcement
Virtual gameplay
Virtual reality
Deeper immersion
Motion-based controllers

10. Video game ratings Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
Assigns age and content ratings
Enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines
Online privacy practices
Rating symbols
Content descriptors Blood - Depictions of blood
Language - Mild to moderate use of profanity

11. Turn and Talk
Young children are still able to play violent video games that the regulators have marked as unacceptable for young children.
What steps would you take to keep these games out of their hands?