Reading on Article

Based on the readings by Tom Hardware’s article (Nvidia: Console Software Sales Flat, PC on the Rise) it is known that there have been many PC sales going on due to the digital downloads. By looking at the graphs there seems to be no comparison between the previous and current sales ratings. Seems like the console gaming’s has more benefits towards the increase in revenue than PC games. The PC games are more like pay as you go for a certain specific gamings other than that there are places online where one can download the game and play for free. Compared to the PC games consoles seem to be a little costly where you have to buy, but it is worth the cost where you can enjoy a lot. It totally depends on people who tend to have an interest in playing PC games and the console games. In PC games one can directly download the game and play online where as in the console games we need to have a disk to put in to play games. It is the matter of buying a game versus a free game. Each side has its own advantages, where in PC games you do not have to spend and go out to get the game, and in Console gaming we can enjoy the game with other features.

For me when it comes to the fiesta game it is very much accessible to be able to play online, and all it needs to have an account by signing in. There are several other games too which I like to lay on PC. When it comes to the console gaming, I like to play the Dragon Ball Z UT game to have fun with. Steam is one platform where the PC gaming have become a little standard than before having a Steam platform. Compared to both PC and Consoles, it seems that they have some serious standards going on and have some life left in both of these gaming types.

Answer to secondary source questions of my research questions

http://www.ehow.com/about_5370127_positive-effects-video-gaming.html

25+ Positive & Negative Effects of Video Games, According to Studies

Is the author an expert in the field
—–Written other publications?
—–Educational background?
Both the articles authors are seem to experts in writing articles. The authors educational background shows that both are college graduates. The author of the first link has been a writer since 2009. The author of the second link is an expert on kids from personal experience and has been writing articles on kids about the good and bad effects.

What biases might the author hold?
—–Organizations he/she belongs to?
—–Other editorials or biased writings? (This doesn’t exclude an author, but it’s something important to be aware of)
I don’t think that both articles authors are biased about gaming. They have discussed and given a clear explanation of how video games effects children positively. The first article author is an ehow contributor, and the second article (raisesmartkid) author has its own organization link where many articles are written on kids.

Who is the author’s intended audience?
—–Personal experience?
The first articles author’s intended audience were mainly the parents and kids especially the parents of the gamers.  It gives a brief description on the positive effects of kids playing video games. The second article’s author’s intended audience is the parents of kids. A brief description of the good and bad effects of gaming is discussed with a clear thought.

How much editing has it gone through?
The first article author is an ehow contributor, so there have been many editing’s before posting the article. The second articles also have many edits because the author presenting a personal experience of kids and writing articles on kids must have gone through a lot of edits when posting.

Any outside forces/pressures which could have affected the source?
None of the two articles presented above have any outside forces/pressures which could have affected the source

Was the source produced for scholarly or for commercial publication?
The first article produced less scholarly as there were some information which seemed a little pointless. The second article produced scholarly information, because I found most of the information that I was looking for in this article.

Is the content consistent with other known facts?
Yes, both the articles have known facts that many people have either gone through this by personal experience, or heard of these facts in an article.

Does the author utilize quality sources?
—–primary vs. secondary sources
—–a wide range of sources from different perspectives
The author of the first article make use of quality sources from other articles.
The author of the second article utilized his personal experience on kids.

Do the generalizations drawn seem logical?
—–Is there a corroborating evidence offered for generalizations?
The generalizations seemed logical in both articles.

When was the source published?
—–Who subscribes?
—–How frequently does it come out?
—–How widely is it circulated?
—–What is the source’s reputation in the academic community?
—–Who funds the journal or magazine?
The specific published date is not specified in both the articles. By looking at the comments of the first article it seemed to be written around the year 2010, and similarly based on the comments of the second article seemed to be written around the year 2011. The first article have been circulated widely on twitter, ehow, facebook, etc. The second article have been circulated widely on twitter, facebook, and google plus.

Special Questions for Websites
—–What was the initial source for the information in question?
—–How frequently is the site updated?
—–By whom is the site funded?
—–Are mechanics and conventions of grammar and usage largely correct?
—–Are citations done, and done properly?
—–Is it possible to verify the author of the specific information on the page and his/her credentials?
The first article is funded by ehow. The second article is updated most of the time. The mechanics and conventions of grammar in both the articles are used correctly. The citation in the first article is done using MLA citation. Both the authors are professional writers. All the sources are validated.

Final Essay Topic Selection

1) List three potential topics for the final essay.

a)      In what ways playing video games effect young children?

b)      Are video games good for young children?

c)      Does gaming encourage aggressive behavior in young children?

2) Choose one of the topics and write approximately 100 words about your initial thoughts on the topic. What do you already know about it? What arguments could/would you make?

The topic I would like to choose is “In what ways playing video games effect young children?”. Video Games are most popular among younger kids. It is considered to be a basic form of entertainment. Is playing video games a benefit for young children or detriment for their progress? Is it a valuable asset or an impediment? I probably need to do some more research on the benefits of playing video games along with any possible negative effects. Also need to research whether the gaming in virtual reality effects the real world scenario of real life. I believe that the positive benefits overweigh the negative effects of playing video games.

3) List three research questions that you need answered about your topic.

a)      What are the positive effects of video games?

b)      Are there any negative aspects of gaming?

c)      What are the effects of gaming in real world scenario?

Opinion on article

Video games are thought of as an entertainment and at the same time a mere tool for learning many new aspects in our society. Some people believe that Video games can be helpful in terms of education, while other believe that it is only a tool for entertainment. I believe that video games play an important role in everyone’s lives. It is considered to be a tool to help people build new skills, improve their senses, become quick in learning new techniques, as well as entertain themselves by enjoying its view. There are many things that video games can do to help people in many ways. As discussed in the article, video games help increasing cognitive thinking, helps people learn new languages, learn new moves or new possibility of solving a challenging puzzle and so on. Another view is that video games can help people relieve their day to day stress which makes them calm for sometime in a way giving them to think of a possible solution to their problems. It is in other words a tool which can benefit everyone who is taking this experience a positive way. Video games can be thought of as a negative aspect too, as it completely depends on the person who is viewing it in terms of negativity. But at most video games is completely thought to be helping people achieve an improvement in their current mental and physical skills. This is why I believe video games help people to think beyond their level of entertainment. I believe video games have certainly made a huge impact for everyone becoming a better person, in terms of educating them to become more intelligible towards improving their physical and mental skills and viewing this training as an entertainment.

Describing my Experience playing the game

My experience towards playing the Dragon Ball Z UT was extraordinary, as it was interesting to play and have fun. The game does fit the criteria, as it has a good storyline and its 3D features are about right just like watching the movies in a theater. The graphics are very colorful, as it gets more and interesting once started playing. This game gets more and more challenging as it starts off from easy to moderate, and if we pass through moderate level, it gets a little tougher to defeat the opponents. The game also has its own music along with the sounds of the fight. This game also has a good narration before the start of the game, which gives a clear idea of who the enemy is and whom to fight to get the Dragon Balls. Basically, it is game to travel all around the alternate world to collect the dragon balls and on the search many battles go along to increase the skill levels. Each level and island gets a little tougher and so does attaining the dragon balls. The graphics were very extraordinary. Playing this game actually relieves stress and makes us more active. This is like an activity which brings us more entertainment. This is an action, adventure kind of game. It is like going on a mission and having a challenge at each island is way more interesting than just watching some movie. I try to play this game because it is somewhat stress relieving. To me this game is enjoyable and to have lots of fun because it is a unique game which is worth taking some time to play.

Criteria to judge a game

Every game is considered to be a great game, It is completely judged by the person who is playing the game. Some games are interesting to some people while some other games are interesting to others. So in reality a game can be judged not in a unique way but rather in ways unimaginable. There is no particular game which require a particular order of genre and specific outgoing feaures. There are many games which people are interested in playing. In fact most of the games are also persuaded by people who find it interesting to them. This will turn out to friends and family joing in playing the game. So the criteria is not unique, but diferent in terms of everyones perspective in viewing them. People will be biased when they are actually viewing the trailers, or any kind of game visually rather than reviewing them in person. So one game which I find interesting is the the Dragon Ball UT game in xbox 360.

This game is found or considered to be a great game because of its storyline, heromode, and training mode. The graphics are very colorful. What I am interested in viewing is
Whether the game has a good storyline in a way unique to its story?
How the graphics ans its features are portrayed?
How are the characters in the game portrayed?
How is the storyline changing?
How challenging is this game, and upto what level is it attainable?
How interesting it is to have fun?
Is the game enjoyable opening up to some fun features?

This is one type of criteria which shows how great this game is. I find this game as an entertainment which is worth the taking the time to play as it is enjoyable.

Arcade in gaming

On Thursday, I saw many games which were interesting to play. I have watched many people play games. Although I am not into gaming all the time at the arcade, but I did like to play many games which were very interesting to me. I have also learned a lot playing these games. I have had a good experience being at the arcade and learning about different games. Gaming takes a lot of time. Compared to gaming at home and at the arcade, I feel that it is good to play at the arcade when we are with family and friends. Gaming at home is a different experience where you can do whatever you want and whenever you want whereas gaming at the arcade leaves with a specific time to go there and have fun for quite sometime. It definitely is a good experience to play at the arcade, as I observed that there were many games each of which is unique at what they are set up for. I haven’t been into the arcade before, so as a first experience, it has become a place for kids to have fun playing different types of games. There are also games which come from the movies, and also games which are like car games, airplane games, a guitar playing game, wheel of fortune, the pacman game, and the star wars game. I watched a few people playing the xbox game, as it is a good for physical exercise. On the whole, I enjoyed having fun.

Experience of gaming

In class, I have seen a few games bought to class for entertainment. There are some games that I actually watched others play for quiet sometime. Then later I thought of playing a game and I thought of choosing a game. I have selected the game shadow of the sonic hedgehog. I played this game for sometime as I only played it once. This game was in 3D and it seemed awesome at first. The game console seemed different as it is of a different version. Playing around with the console and trying to figure it out naturally seemed to be hard at the beginning. Once I had control and grip of the gaming console, it became more easier for me to play. The movement of the game easy to access as the flow of the battle against some things were apart. Apart is in a way like I can attack the enemies and collect the rings so I can level up. It can also be said that without attacking it is also possible to catch the rings and still level up to the next stage. This whole game is about killing things and collecting rings so we can finish the level to go to the next level. I liked playing this game, and to me it seemed interesting to play it again later. This game is different from other games that I play usually. The games I play are somewhat different because one can find many quests or missions.

Exploratory Essay topic

I choose the topic How is gaming and simulation being used in business world?

Some of the possible research questions are as follows:

Is gaming experience in the business world the solution for all the business issues? It may not be. So how beneficial is learning through simulation and gaming in business world is effective? Overconfidence of gaming experience may lead to failure in real business world. Is it not dangerous? How effective is simulation and gaming used in teaching?

I know that there are many reasons that the current society is using gaming and simulation for many purposes. I would like to know how it is used to be helpful in improving in terms of learning as well as training in business. Is it successful in reality or not? An example can be a game and simulation used for business conference training. What tactics are used for the training the team. Is it really helpful for the business team to be ready just by playing the video game. How about in reality as it can be dangerous without having an initial training with the real live business conference. Another example is the classroom learning environment for business students. There are some institutions which are using gaming and simulation to help develop as well as prepare students to get engaged in classroom activities like creativity and foster entrepreneurship. Teachers try to enhance the students into learning the logistics of real life. How is it helpful for a student to gain knowledge by improving their skills and ambitions in playing games and simulation integrated with the business curriculum.

Potential Topics opinion

My five potential topics are Dino Run, the Fiesta, the Dungeon Fighter, the Aika and the Dragon Nest. My potential topic is the Dino Run. My five topic research questions are How did they make the Dino Run? How did they actually create Dino Run in 2D? How does the time for extinction is set? Where did the Dino run originate from? and Where do the features originate from?

Dino Run is an interesting game where the Dinosaurs are getting extinct if they are not fast enough. When I started to play this game, my opinion towards this games was exciting somewhat refreshing. This game is all about the Dinosaur running for its life. If it doesn’t run for its life then it gets extinct. While running on the way the Dinosaur gets some kind of boost as it can eat small creatures, save the eggs, so they can run as fast as they can to survive. This is a timed activity, and if the dinosaur succeeds in finishing the level in time, then it survives, if not it will be doomed making it extinct. Depending upon the level, there will be some playbacks of the same level that the dinosaur got doomed. Once it is game over, then we have to start over again. The game is amazing in a way it is a story towards survival. The graphics, and the lightings turns dark when time is running out, and near its end the sky turns out dark making it extinct.

My opinion towards this game still didn’t change as I feel excited to play this game over and over again. I have also played this game with my friends, as there are multiplayer’s for this game too. This is one of the moment which I cannot forget when we had fun playing this game while the time was running out. Who says its easy to get it the first time around, so I continued playing it. I would say that it was not easy to get it in time the first time, and it definitely needs to have some playing around for sometime just to get it right without being extinct. I would say that this game is fun to play with.