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Digital Gaming and the Media Playground - Part I
Digital Gaming and the Media Playground - Part I
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1
What term refers to the way in which rules structure how players interact with the game?
Domino effect
Gameplay
MMORPG
Bit play
2
What is one change online connections brought to games?
Reduced the cost
Increased the cost
Allowed players to play longer
Promoted game growth and let multiple players play
3
What is the focus of online fantasy sports games
?
Positioning your team for the best trades.
Making managerial decisions.
Knowing the stats for every player.
Crushing the opposition.
4
Name the three major home console makers.
Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony
Amazon, Microsoft, Sega
Infinity, Namco, Microsoft
Sega, Microprose, Sony
5
What do you call the device people use to play video games at home?
Home console
Split screens
None of the above.
Entertainment center
6
Name the first “modern” indoor gaming playgrounds that helped shape future media technology.
Game parlors
Penny arcades
Counter machines
Digital game palaces
7
What company transformed the video game business in 1975 with its home version of this game?
Sony - Pac Man
Sony - Play Station
Nintendo - Wii
Atari - Pong
8
What does the acronym MMORPG stand for?
Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
Making Money On Regular Popular Games
Media Moguls Own Rights to Player's Games
Massively Morphed Overly Regulated Players Group
9
Clueless beginners are known as what in the gaming world?
Ninjas
Trolls
Numbnuts
Noobs
10
The top three games sold by genre from No. 1 to No. 3?
Role playing, sports, shooter
Action, shooter, sports
Shooter, sports, casual
Dance, fantasy, action
11
What game series did Sony release in 1994?
Nintendo
Play Station
X-Box
Kinect
12
What is one of the most enduring games that began in arcades?
Space Invaders
Tetris
Super Mario Brothers series
Pac Man
13
What games make players use reflexes, punch, slash, shoot or throw strategically to advance?
Role-playing games
Action games
Role playing games
Dance games
14
The emergence of leisure time came about during what period of history?
Industrial revolution
The Millennial generation
Baby Boom generation
Renaissance period
15
After Pac Man, what was the most common figure of player control and position identification?
MMORPG
Avatar
Bit player
Super Mario
16
Players who snatch loot out of turn and then leave the game playing group are called?
PUGs
Trolls
Noobs
Ninjas
17
Name three advantages of games on home computers versus early consoles.
No need to charge device, set up in one spot can add players
More power, bigger screen, easier to share.
None of the above.
More versatility, faster processing speeds, better graphics
18
What does it mean if a game has a higher bit rating?
The game will run slower.
The game will run faster.
Graphics are more sophisticated or powerful.
More people can play the game.
19
This game was the first casual game and came with every new Game Boy.
Space Invaders
Pong
Tetris
Pac Man
20
What console did Nintendo release in 2006?
Kinect
Playstation
X Box
Wii
21
How do MMORPG's operate?
Use a controller stick to move their players.
Very carefully so as not to upset other players.
Use handheld devices to move their players.
Use avatars to operate in virtual worlds.
22
What mechanical game was considered to be the most prominent or notable?
Bagetelle
Electric football
Pinball machine
Pong
23
What moved games to converged devices more social play, virtual worlds and multiplayer games?
Increased interest from young players
Games for cash
Online connections
Home consoles
24
What was the first game Microsoft released in 2001?
Ninetendo
Play Station
Xbox
Kinect
25
What is a bit?
A video controller
None of the above
Binary digit
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