Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Focus


Modern Warfare 2 is a First Person Shooter video game for the XBox and PS3 game consoles. A FPS is a game type where the user see through the eyes of the controlled character. Modern Warfare 2 was created by infinity Ward and Activision. It is the 6th game in the series called Call of Duty. It is popularly known for its online gameplay.

Controls

Using Modern Warfare 2

Local Multiplayer/Campaign:
-Local multiplayer is playing with friends on the same console.
-Campaign is going throgh the story of the main character.
Online (XBox Live) Multiplayer:
-Online playing is when you play with players from all over the world on sperate servers and set-up games.

Techniques

Free Play - randomly joining online games and learning as you go along.
Campaign Play - campaigns provide tutorials to new players willing to spend the time to learn game control and game hints.
Paid Lessons - Pay a professional to teach you game basics and secrets. Cost is unknown

Tournament

This is a tournament that I have enrolled myself in, along with other students from this school. The winning team will qualify for another tournament that you can win money by participating and placing 1st 2nd or 3rd.

http://www.gamebattles.com/

Playing Responsibility/Safely

-Complete responsibilities before playing XBox (i.e.i chores, homework, etc.)
-Dont make gaming your top priority (dont put gaming before school, family, relationships)
-Professionals believe that you play better without other responsibilities of your mind
-Making gaming a reward
-If you really enjoy gaming use it as an initiative to get important things done (projects, chores, etc.)
-I personally recommend only playing for 2 hours a day (But not really in a row)
-Take periodical breaks. It has been reported that people have died from playing excessively and taking only 2-3 breaks.
-Your health is more important that your scores and/or ranks so don't play to the point where your healthiness is at risk.

Interview with Curtis Ikehara


Curtis Ikehara

Assistant Professor (CS)

Specialty: Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robotics Interaction, and Applications of Technology for Improving Health

1. What are some ways you think gamers abuse games?
When playing games interferes with hose things important to you the gamer is abusing games.
For example, if a gamer neglect friends, family, work, school, or sleep to play games the gamer is abusing games. When people use games to always escape from real world problems, game playing is being abused.


2. What advice would you give to people about safe gaming?
Use game playing as a reward for doing something productive, like homework or chores. Limit continuous playing to less than an hour with breaks where something productive is done, such as studying or reading.


3. What do you think is the worst thing that could happened to people who abuse games?
There have been some cases where some games that people with photosensitive epilepsy have had seizures cause by games, but the most prevalent health problem would be how the lack of physical activity would contribute to obesity that could lead to several illnesses including diabetes and heart disease.



4. How would you describe a responsible gamer?
A person that does not let the game interfere with important activities such as studying and working. Also, limiting game playing to perhaps less that an hour a day. Team games are okay for developing and maintaining social skills and relationships, but there are other more important thing to do in the real world.


5. What are problems youth face playing video games?
As I mentioned before, lack of activity could lead to obesity with the associated health problems. Also, too much game playing could interfere with studying and getting good grades; developing and maintaining social relationships with family and friends; and being the best a person could be.