Popular Game Characters
This character's original name was Jump Man.
Who is Mario?
The best selling sports franchise of all time is based on the most popular sport in the world.
This game, released as an arcade cabinet first, was the first commercially successful game and looks like a pixelated table tennis.
What is Pong?
All games need ______, otherwise they're just a set of rules and game pieces and no gameplay.
Who are players?
This word game created by a hipster band was the first game we played in class this semester.
What is Say the Same Thing?
When they move, they squint. Their species is unknown. They only have one bone in their bodies. They have no arms, but do have hands. Highly sus...
Who are Crewmates?
This Nintendo Switch game was best-selling game of 2020, and it is also a story of debt.
What is Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
This console's controller (also called joystick) has only one red button.
What is the Atari 2600?
When we design a game we only have control over _______, which includes rules and pieces but is broader than those.
What are Mechanics?
This was the soundtrack for most of the classes.
What is Lo-fi? (or Lo-fi Hip Hop)
Originally named John-117, he is a supersoldier known as a Spartan, bred from birth for combat but with a soft spot for an AI who was modeled after the scientist that raised him.
Who is Master Chief?
AAA games usually rely on this bad practice that burns developers out, which is also the name of a popular, puffed rice and chocolate candy bar.
What is "crunch"?
The original version of this popular board game was entitled "The Landlord's Game" and was designed by Elizabeth Magie in 1904 as a critique of landlords.
What is Monopoly?
In the MGE framework for game design, designers create Mechanics, Mechanics generate Gameplay, Gameplay enable players to have _______.
What is Experience?
I'm not a ______. So don't _____ at me.
What is a rapper?
This character's body is made of 3D cubes. They have pixelated blue eyes, brown hair, and a goatee. Or is it a smile?
Who is Minecraft Steve?
PUBG, Fortnite, COD: Warzone, and Apex Legends, to name a few, are a genre of mutiplayer games that has become extremely popular in the last few years and it's named after a Japanese novel and movie.
What is Battle Royale?
This military sci-fi first-person shooter for the original Xbox replaced health with a regenerating shield and this change revolutionized FPS design forever.
What is Halo: Combat Evolved?
This is the most important part of the game design process, but also the one designers usually dread the most. (hint: reports)
What is playtesting?
500 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
Where is Hostos?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who is Sonic, The Hedgehog?
This mod for Warcraft III started the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) genre of which League of Legends is the most popular example.
What is DoTA (Defense of the Ancients)?
This game played with white and black round stones, was created over 2500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest game continuously played to this day, still very popular in China and Japan.
What is Go?
DAILY TRIPLE!?!
What is the "magic circle"?
In both Fall Guys and Among Us, two of the top games of 2020, the characters are drawn without this feature which Marcelo used to have when he was younger.
What is hair?