Video Games Facts
Psychological Need Satisfaction
Famous Video Game Characters
Video Game Consoles
Motivational Appeal of Video Games
100
240 are the number of dots you have to eat to advance to the next level of this classic arcade game.
What is Pac-Man?
100
The need of sense of efficacy.
What is Competence Need?
100
Sonic
What is Sonic the Hedgehog?
100
This console was released by Windows in 2005 and it became very popular, partly due to to the successes of "HALO" and "Call of Duty".
What is XBOX 360?
100
A lot of previous research on video game violence focused on this aspect of the video game user outside video gaming.
What is player aggression?
200
He was Mario's brother in Super Mario Brothers.
Who is Luigi?
200
The need of volition and personal agency.
What is Autonomy Need?
200
Pikachu
What is Pokemon?
200
This console was released in 2000 by Sony and was the first system able to play DVDs.
What is Playstation 2?
200
This is the type of motivation that occurs within yourself.
What is intrinsic motivation?
300
Dhalsim is a character in this fighting video game series.
What is Street Fighter?
300
One characteristic that Autonomy Need focused on was a shift from arcade games to these types of games in the 1980s and 90s.
What are home games?
300
Laura Croft
What is Tomb Raider?
300
These are two important aspects of video gaming have the acronyms, RAM and ROM.
What is Random Access Memory & Read Only Memory?
300
This theory has guided research on intrinsic motivation in sports, education, and leisure domains (CET).
What is the Cognitive Evaluation Theory?
400
This was the name of Master Chief Al's sidekick in HALO.
Who is Cortana?
400
The need of social connectedness.
What is Relatedness Need?
400
Liu Kang
What is Mortal Kombat?
400
This was the year that the Nintendo Entertainment System was released.
What is 1983?
400
This is the type of motivation a person has if they want to receive tangible rewards.
What is extrinsic motivation?
500
This console, first released in Japan in 2006, was the first to include output via an HDMI cable, allowing the player to fully utilize up to 1080p resolution. It was also the first console to support wireless internet connectivity.
What is Playstation 3?
500
If a game is too hard, this can occur according to Competence Need.
What is boredom?
500
Link
What is the Legend of Zelda?
500
This console was released in 1999 by Sega, however, it was not very successful and discontinued in 2001.
What is Dreamcast?
500
This theory is mainly concerned with the potential of social contexts to provide experiences that satisfy universal human needs
What is the Self-Determination Theory?