Module 08 – Cultural Competence in Video Games Author Note Cultural Competence in Video Games Cultural competence can be a wonderful inclusion when developing video games. It can help bring out the design of the game and make it stronger. The concept of cultural competence within a video game is to make something within the game behave such as something in real life would, and define to the player the cultural differences between different groups of society throughout the world. Including cultural differences and objects within a game usually helps draw consumers toward the game because it is a sense of reality. During this time and age, most people like reality.
“Why Games Are Good for You” by Steven Johnson is a persuasive article that’s purpose is to open the minds of people that doubt that playing video games reap cognitive benefits and change their point of view. Steven Johnson does a great job of forcing the reader to ask themselves, “Could I only be seeing one side of this phenomenon?”. “Video Games Help Children Learn” by Marc Prensky is an article whose purpose is to convince people that children playing video games is not completely bad and there are actually intellectual benefits that can come from them. Prensky’s main objective is to get people to understand that children can learn real life lessons from video games. The two articles both present reasons why video games might not be all bad for mankind.
Talking about servers that’s where all the connectivity and the exchanging of data happen and it’s a beautiful experience. Once successfully logged on into the game’s servers and you do this by having a good internet connection then you are part of a virtual world. Usually the video game industry will have servers located in high traffic areas for example the people playing in California will connect to a server fairly close to California or if not in California, or another heavy populated area would be New York or Florida states like that. Usually gamers will play people with in the server meaning people close to them to create a better experience since that data doesn’t always have to go global all the time. In some occasions it will have to send data globally and for that to happen at a fast space game industries will set of reapers of some sort to boost the signal to its destination which can be multiple servers/lobbies to make the signal travel faster and have less lag getting to its
Contrary to common perception, use of devices of information technology is beneficial to children’s development. Research findings indicate that proper use of computers, cell phones, or playing video games have positive effects on children’s development. Cognitive development. Cognitive development indicates the development of a rang of skills, such as thinking, reasoning, languaing, and problem solving. Psychologically, understandings of cognitive development are mostly based on Piaget and Vygotky’s theories.
And it seems that the computer literacy is very important which particularly effect contemporary young people’s mental development. This essay will explore how to properly operate a computer, and what pros and cons they will bring. Contemporary computers are multimedia machines with sophisticated audio capabilities to accompany the video displays (Jewitt 2006cited in Jack J. Hourcade•Howard P. Parette Jr. •Nichole Boeckmann • Craig Blum 2010 p485). It is true that variety of audio outputs are widely used in schools and colleges that they have become an essential feature of modern education. (Bitter and Pierson 2005 cited in Jack, Howard., Jr, Boeckmann, & Blum, 2010).
Hence playing a modified version of the game can give the students the knowledge of the tactical and strategic problems that may be linked to the activity. Teaching Games for Understanding can also benefit those students who may have some difficulty in acquiring a skill on more level ground than those students that may pick up the skill with ease. Therefore TGfU can create a more even playing field between the more able students and the less able students in the class, by doing this it can help motivate all the students to learn the skills as they are seeing the positive effect it may have overall in the activity. The TGfU model is student-centred, adapting to the needs of the student; in keeping with the "every child principle". Since being hypotheses several variations
Game consoles offer consumers a major link to these types of convenient services and offers them the ability to link their devices on their network and access content and other services over the Internet (Sony Corporation, 2012). The second part of Sony’s strategy involves the development and use of software that enables all devices to share various forms of media content. Some software will be designed to allow consumers the ability to make their experience more personalized
Whilst some argue that adult intervention damages children’s play (Bruce 2004, p.135, Kalliala 2004, p.32), in practice it has been seen to be useful to children in some contexts. Through my own observations I have perceived Bruner’s suggestions about guided play being used effectively. Upon
These activities can often translate from children up through elderly adults. Studies indicate that the typical neural degeneration that occurs in old age can be reversed (Dunn, 2013). Ultimately, memory improves with exercise and proper care of the brain. Exercises should be tailored for each specific age group. Puzzles that challenge the person’s thought processes and encourage them to think “outside of the box” are certainly beneficial to improved memory and cognition (“Lecture 8”, n.d.).
- Nintendo could strengthen their position as an innovative leader and boost its R&D budget. Nonetheless it should concentrate on its niche market of a family friendly community product and be in contrast to conventional console/gaming manufacturers. - One important asset of Nintendo is its beloved game characters like Super Mario or Zelda. These games are only available on Nintendo devices. One possibility to turn things around could be a specialisation on game development of the existing and new games.