Essay on History of Games

It is America’s game. Tough, rough, explosive, exciting, and captivating. One can’t deny that this sport can truly be a thrill to watch. Big plays accompanied by big hits. Touchdowns paired with broken bones and concussions. Kids start when they are young aiming for the stars to be the next great NFL player. It is instilled in the culture from young age that football players are the biggest, baddest, and toughest athletes on the planet. They are the modern day warriors out to entertain the masses. Football players don’t get hurt, they play through the pain, at whatever cost and taking whatever medication they can to numb the pain.

The limited means of production caused the games to be simple. Children in the medieval times had ring toss, tic tac toe and skittles. The toys they had were spinning tops, dolls and hoops. Some sports they played were tennis, hide n seek, and tag. More games they played were Marbles, hammer throwing, Queek, Shinty, king of beans, stoolball, mob football, pick up sticks, nim, tic tac toe and chess. A lot of the games/toys are

Some problems are solved over a cup of coffee and some go on for decades without any sign of resolution. The reason may be that a solution can not be found or possibly that too many solutions are established. The ongoing argument of whether video games are good or bad for society is a clear example. Opponents believe they are a bad contribution to society while proponents believe they are a necessary and supportive addition to society.

Video games are an ever-growing franchise that is constantly undergoing change. Ever since the dawn of video games, new consoles, games, developers, and teams have come together, fallen apart, triumphed, and failed. What is it that has allowed some to thrive where others failed? Several different factors have changed and influenced the world of gaming, including the history that is continuously being written, the people who have built the games behind the scenes, and, of course, the actual video games themselves. Numerous video games have been more successful than others, but identifying what components set the successful apart from the unsuccessful is something definitely worth observing.

This game is a number computation game and has rules like any other games. It became a very important game to me. In the process of playing this game, I acquired the skill to count in numbers, self- discipline, and self-control. Also interacting with other children assisted me to learn good social relationships, and social norms. (Fletcher et.al., as cited in Berk, 2007).

We always regard “GAMES” as “pastimes”, but in reality the functions of games are more than that.

Around the middle of the 20th Century man cultures started to grow beyond what they previously were thanks to different mediums (such as television and music) helping to push boundaries; with this came the birth of pop culture. Considering pop culture is a shortened version of popular culture it’s clear that many of the things in pop culture would be short lived. The short lived trends and happenings are labeled as “fads”. Strangely enough, some fads progress beyond their short lifespan and actually become a mainstay in the varying international cultures. One such example might be familiar as it is common in today’s society. This example is, indeed, video games.

The games can be played by clicking on the Game Room and also focus on specific typing skills, such as speed, accuracy, or rhythm.

One of the most well known ancient Egyptian game was senet. Senet is a board game that has 30 squares arranged in three rows of ten. The board has two sets of pawns. Some senet boards were placed in their graves so they can play games in the afterlife. According to journey-to-ancient-egypt.com it was thought that “board games began as a way of teaching miliary strategy to soldiers in ancient Egypt.”

This picture shows what the different type of games played during this time included that includes actual game boards and pieces played

The first type of games is board games. In ancient Egypt one board game was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, Senet. In Senet every player had seven pieces and it was played on a board of three rows of ten squares. The rules of the games were simple; each piece had to move along the board, and each square on the board were

My favorite board game growing up is Mancala. Mancala is a wooden board game with gemstone created as an Asian and African game originally played with stones or seeds. Each side of the board game has 12 small cups and one large cup on each end. Each small cup gets four stones and whoever goes first must try to get there stones in the large cup at either end of the board. The number of stones in the small cups could build up to much more as each player has a turn. If you drop your stones in the large cup either end of the board you get another go, if it lands in one of the small cups on either side of the board then it's no longer your ago at the finish placing all your stones in each cup. I think this is an excellent game for math strategy

Action/Adventure categories of games are very unique. These types of games generally feature long-term obstacles that must be overcome using a tool or object that is acquired at the beginning of the game. These types of games are generally a more item gathering, simple puzzle solving, and combat game. Games such as Assassins Creed and Ratchet and Clank are perfect examples of this category of games. Assassins Creed is a bit more puzzle solving and more stealth like than Ratchet and Clank whereas Ratchet and Clank is more of an action pack filled game with more item gathering and small obstacles along the way encountering combat in every turn that is made. Another famous action/adventure game would be Super Mario. The perfect storyline of saving a princess and while looking for her one would encounter different but strong enemies in each level he or she would go in; along the way he or she would also benefit from picking up certain items and having to complete certain obstacles to obtain that item that does later on become very handy when used it at the right time. Role-playing games play similar to action/adventure games but has a much more difficult way of how the game is completed.

I do not know. But games are consciously-created, rule-based activities, engaged in by one or multiple people. Often in order to achieve some goal.

They need to gain exposure to “comprehensible samples of language and they need chances to play with and communicate with the language themselves” (Scrivener, 2011: 23). Students need to talk themselves, they need to communicate with a variety of people, they need to do a variety of different language-related tasks, they need feedback on how successful or not their attempts at communication have been. Using games in teaching creates the opportunity for every learner to use the language much more than in traditional teaching. By creating group work, pair or individual work, the teacher can ensure “that each and every learner has optimum opportunity for oral practice in using language, going beyond what is possible in class work” (Wright, Betteridge & Buckby, 2006: