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What are serious games?
What are serious games?
Name two characteristics of games?
Goal-oriented
Rules
Feedback
Competition
Voluntary partipation
What is a serious game?
A game where you can learn from.
what example was given when talking about “social development“ when talking about how playing is fictional.
Barbie and Lego
Does persuasion result in attitude change or behavioral change
Attitude change which then affects behavioral change
Established in the 90s to prevent the government from intervening in the industry, this independent organization uses 1-5 rating scale to label game content.
ESRB (entertainment software rating board)
Name the five characteristics of games?
Goal-oriented
Rules
Feedback
Competition
Voluntary participation
What is the difference in the five characteristics between normal and serious games?
The voluntary participation characteristi is differen, because to be able to learn you have to play the game, which makes it less voluntary.
Why is rewarding players incentivizing them to continue playing a game?
rewarding actions increases the chances that the action will be repeated
What are the two routes mentioned in the ELM model
Central and peripheral
Between 1942 and 1976, this popular arcade staple was banned because the public feared its affordance encouraged gambling and theft.
Pinball machine
What is the rule characteristic in Hay Day?
Managing storage space
Respect to other players.
1) control
2) challenge
3) competition
What are the key parts in O’keele’s definition of persuasion?
Successful, influential, freedom
Long before it meant cyber criminal, this term originated at MITs tech model railroad club to describe someone using ingenuity for clever result.
Hacker