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Gaming - BrainPop Review
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Reviews concepts of Genre and those learned of video games from BrainPop
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1
Who started Nintendo?
Germans
Americans
Japanese
Chinese
2
Game testers search for bugs and glitches. "bug & glitches" mean?
powerful weapons
hidden items
tricks that help players beat games
mistakes
3
What's inside a video game system?
A CPU
all of the above
RAM
user control interface
4
Which is a characteristic that fits in the Puzzle Genre of video games?
gives feelings of mastery
armchair coach
first past the post
3rd person adventure
5
In a video game, texture mapping might be used to:
define the shape of a huge castle
depict the fur on a bear character
create realistic speech & sound effects
make a character move realistically
6
The format of a storyboard is most similar to:
a novel
a screenplay
a web page
a comic book
7
Which is the organization that applies ratings to software?
Video Software Board
Rating Software Associates
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Entertaining Rating Association
8
Put in squence:A)game testers submit reports B)storyboard designed C)background images create
ABC
BCA
BAC
ACB
9
The best game programmers are expert in:
physics
video game history
architecture
computer languages
10
What was the least successful video game of all time?
Frogger
E.T.
Herbie
Centipede
11
Which is a characteristic that fits in the Racing Genre of video games?
strong story component
social hierarchy "determiner"
armchair coach
first past the post
12
Which is a characteristic that fits in the Sports Genre of video games?
gives feeling of mastery
first past the post
3rd person adventure
armchair coach
13
Video games are a form of interactive media. What is the best synonym for "interactive"
hands on
high-tech
educational
enjoyable
14
Who invented video games?
Steve Jobs & Thomas Goldsmith
Estle Mann & Bill Gates
Bill Gates & Steve Jobs
Thomas Goldsmith & Estle Mann
15
Who makes video games?
a group of people
designers
programmers
artist
16
Which system was NOT one of the systems released in the late 1990s, early 2000s?
Xbox
Nintendo 64
Playstation
Mattel Intellivision
17
A game engine might be used to:
help programmers come up with ideas
determine the weapons & ability different characters possess
calculate what happens when a spaceship hits an asteroid
make sounds as clear & realistic as possible
18
What is a game tester?
hacker that tries to copy the game before it's published
none of the above
Person who plays a video game that is being developed
electronic device that checks for bugs in a game
19
Where would you find a graphics processing unit?
inside a line of computer code
inside a CPU
inside a game console
inside a game engine
20
Why do people like playing video games so much?
playing doesn't require much physical activity
all the above
to relax
because they are entertaining
21
Who produced video games during the 1970s, & introduced its popular 8-bit NES platform in 1985?
Atari
Nintendo
Mattel
Colecovision
22
Which is a characteristic that fits in the Role Playing Genre of video games?
armchair coach
first past the post
1st person shooter
3rd person adventure
23
Which of the following is an opinion about video games?
harder to create a good game than a good movie
successful games often engage players for hours
most games are rigorously tested before released
Whether a game is fun depends on a variety of factors
