Monday 9 December 2013
What are Video Games?
1. Search on the internet for
three video game fun facts
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Consumers
have spent over $25.1 billion on video games
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72%
of Americans play video games
v
The
average game player is 37 years old and has been playing for 12 years
v
Parents
are present when games are purchased as of 91% of the time
v
In
2011, 29% of Americans over the age of 50 play video games, an increased from
9% since 1999
2. If you had to describe what a
video game is, in your own words, how would you describe it?
A
video is a game that is an electronic game played by individual or with a
friend for fun
3. Look up an official definition
of “video game” and cut and paste it into your blog ?
A
game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program
on a monitor or other display
4. List a few different categories
of video games?
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Pinball
game
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Fighting
game
v
Platform
game
v
Maze
game
v
Shooter
v
Text
adventure
v
Casual
game
v
Genre
game
v
Sports
game
v
Puzzle
game
v
Programming
game
v
Card
game
v
Art
game
v
Adult
video game
v
Educational
game
v
Advergame
v
Turn-based
tactics
v
War-games
5. Which demographic plays video
games the most? In your opinion
Half
of adults and all almost all teenagers play video game in America. I think in
America they might not have opportunities to go out and play sports with
friends and they might not have clubs to play.
6. List two separate reason people
in society have concerns about video games.
v
Affecting
children age 4 to all the way 45 years-old adults
v
Video
games have concern in our society regarding issues such as addiction and
depression
v
A
recent study showed that almost a third
played video games daily and that 7% played for at least 30 hours a week
7. Do you play video games? What types of games do you like the best?
I
do not like video games because it is a waste of time and instead of playing
video you can do something better like read book and increase your vocabulary.
8. Search on the internet for images of video games environment. Upload 3 images that you think are awesome. Write a sentence to describe why you picked each picture.
This
Environment is inspiring because when you see that type of
Environment, you’re inspired
to run as fast as you can.
This environment is really powerful because when
You see the soldier; you have the energy to
fight
And win that level.
This environment is really beautiful
because it would
Make my environment more inspiring and it
would feel
Like they’re on space with the aliens.
This character is really inspiring because it is
colorful,
giant personInspiring
kids to play video games because it is fun to play.
This character is really inspiring for male adult
because it is attractive for them to play.
This character is really good for kids because it is an action character
as well as full of colors.
10. Why do you think they have become so popular and such a large part of
our modern day entertainment?
I think video game have become so popular because of how technology have
become a big part of our life like every person has either a cellphone, iPod, iPhone,
iPad or laptop and some has all these gadgets. Nowadays it has become so easy
for them to play video games so since 1980’s it has become so popular.
Friday 6 December 2013
How Do 3D Glasses Work?
How do 3D Glasses Work?
The reason we wear 3D glasses is
because we can’t see
Special effects with our own eyes so
we need 3D glasses.
2.
What does
‘correlator’ in your brain do?
The Correlator in our brain helps it
to pick out objects in two scenes
And calculate how far apart an object
is.
3.
Why do our
red/blue glasses make our Photoshop image appear to be 3d?
Red/blue glasses make our Photoshop
appear because the Correlator can pick out objects in the 2 scenes it sees and
calculate how far apart an object is between the 2 images.
4.
True or false,
a person who has sight in only one eye can see 3D through blue/red glasses.
Explain your answer
False, I think a person who has sight
in only one eye cannot see through 3D glasses because we need two eyes one for
the red part and the other eye for blue part and if you can’t see from one you are not able to do what a 3D glasses
are for.
5.
List a pro and
cons for red/blue 3D glasses and polarized 3D glasses
Pros of Red/Blue glasses: it works on
the ordinary TV screen
Cons of Red/Blue glasses: the image
quality is not as good as polarized because you can’t see a colored movie.
Pros of polarized glasses: they allow
color view
Cons of polarized glasses: can’t work on the
ordinary screen.
Thursday 5 December 2013
The Digital Music Revolution
The Digital Music Revolution
Vocabulary
Download - to copy data from a
large computer system/ internet to a smaller computer
Plummet - to suddenly and
rapidly decrease in value or amount
Royalties - payment made to the
writer of a book or song as a percentage of actual sales
Sample – to try a part of
something to see what it is like
Mainstream – the beliefs and attitudes that characterize the usual way of doing something.
Gets to grips – to understand and deal with a difficult situation
1. Why illegal downloading has become common?
Downloading music has become really popular because since late nineties
it has been really easier and possible to download the music and it is also
cheaper to download music instead of purchasing the music.
2. The case against illegal downloading of
music ?
Downloading music for free is illegal because people have job to make
music to earn money and when we illegally download music instead of purchasing
it, we’re putting the music industry’s jobs on risk.
3. How the music industry is fighting back?
The music industry is beginning to fight back with a business strategy
that deal with the demand for downloadable music
4. Do you think people who download music
illegally should be prosecuted?
I think it is not
right that some people purchase music while other just download music for free,
so as of my opinion I think people who downloads music illegally should be
prosecuted
5. Do you think CD sales have fallen because
of illegally downloading?
Yes I think CD sales
have fallen because of illegally downloading because nowadays more people
downloads music illegally instead of purchasing, therefore they are less CD
being sold
6. How do you think most people will buy music
in the future?
I think most people
will download music in the future because nowadays it is so easy to download music
and cheaper.
7. Do you agree that in the future high-street
music stores will no longer exist?
Yes, I agree that in future the music
store will no longer exist because few people will purchase the
CD, most people will download music
8. Have you ever paid money to download music
from a commercial site
I have always
download music on site where is free, I have never knew that downloading music
is illegal
9. Is music important in your life? Have you
tastes in music changed over the years?
Yes music is really
important in my life, it helps me to study better and at a fast pace. Music
also helps me to be calm and relax and free of stress. My music has really
changed over a couple of months before I used to like sad music but now I like
entertainment music.
Tuesday 3 December 2013
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