Gaming (Online & Console) (Summer)

Lecture/Coffee Talk:

  Lecture(s)/Demo(s):

• Gaming (O&C) Overview (10:47) | Homework Overview (n/a in Social Networking (Summer))
• via iTunes:
  • n/a

  Steve Notes:

• Have some Fun this week
• Gaming is Social
• How Pervasive is Gaming?
  • Huge Market
  • Huge Publishing Industry
  • "Dedicated" TV Network: G4
• What kind of Gamer are you?
  • Board, Card, PC, Handheld (System or Cell Phone), Online, Console, MMO (next week)
• Game System Talk
  • PlayStation (2 or 3), Xbox, Wii, etc.
  • Library Garden Post on Gaming Consoles
• Online Game Sites
  • Examples: Addicting Games | Yahoo Games | MSN Games 
  • Extremely popular game:
    • Bejeweled (History of Bejeweled)
  • Steve's Favorite game
    • Hit or Stand - Blackjack Strategy
• Games and Game News/Reviews
  •  IGN | GameSpot | Game Informer
• Don't forget those "CheatCodes"
  • G4: Cheat | IGN: Cheats |  GameSpot: Cheats
• "New" Approaches to Gaming
  • Persuasive Games (Colbert Report interview: here)
  • MindHabits

  Definition(s):

• Video Games - is a game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.^[1] The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device.^[2] However, with the popular use of the term "video game", it now implies any type of display device. The electronic systems used to play video games are known as platforms; examples of these are personal computers and video game consoles. These platforms are broad in range, from large computers to small handheld devices. (Source: Wikipedia)

  Lingo:

•  Basic Game Terminology, cheat, boss

  Popular Programs/Services:

•  see Steve's Notes section

  Library Example(s):

• Libraries: Ann Arbor District Library | Libraries Hosting Gaming Programs (Source: LibSuccess Wiki)
• ALA TechSource Blog Post
• ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries | Gaming, Learning, and Libraries ning network
• Gaming Presentation by Tyler Rousseau (Ocean County Library/Library Garden) (Use w/full acknowledgement)
• Information Literacy Games
  • Quarantined: Axl Wise and Information Outbreak*
    • http://library.west.asu.edu/game/quarantined/login.cfm (tammy/allgood)
    • Presentation/Background:  http://tinyurl.com/29js6q
  • Information Literacy Game*
    • http://library.uncg.edu/game/#

  Resources/Other:

•  n/a

Homework/To Do:

Reading: 

• Farkas. Gaming, Ch.13
• Johnson. Part 1

Watching:

• Jenny Levine. Sirsi/Dynix Institute: Gaming in the Library

Projects

• Blog Posts
  • Johnson Reading
    • From what you've read (read first), is Popular culture (games, tv, film) just a  method to "sophisticatedly deliver stupidity" (paraphrasing George Will)
  • Which console for you?
    • You're in charge of getting a gaming system for your library or a local organization (you can make your own situation, just tell me...)
      • How would you research?
      • What would your criteria be?
      • Which do you think you would get?
  • Play a Game
    • Play a game with someone
    • Create a short blog post - what did you play? did you play with someone you know? why did you pick the game you picked? how was the experience since you couldn't "see/hear" the other person? and, anything else you'd like to add
• Embed a game from Addicting Games on your wiki page

 * Games originally located at: ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries 

Suggestions:

If you liked Everything Bad is Good for You, a friend suggested Jon Katz's book Virtuous Reality: How America Surrendered Discussion of Moral Values to Opportunists: Nitwits, and Blockheads Like William Bennett

Another good site for info on games is gameFAQs.com, which my son introduced me to. It has strategy guides, cheats, message boards to discuss the games, and more. I have not fully explored it yet, but according to my source it is a very good site. LH