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1 Learning and Video Games Notes 1 Learning and Video Games 1 . h t t p : / / w w w . m a r i o w i k i . c o m / S u p e r _ M a r i o _ B r o s 2 . http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/ 3 . http://www.ea.com/soccer/fifa/ps3 , accessed October 3, 2013. 4 . Electronic Arts, the company that distributes the video game, presents it on its Website http:// www.ea.com/soccer/fifa/ps3. It has also created excellent tutorials that can also be found on the website and in YouTube. Tutorials proliferate on the Internet, one of many may be this one: http://www.youtube.com/user/easportsfootball 5 . http://www.pong-story.com/atpong1.htm . The quoted text appears on this webpage, which gives a detailed and rigorous account of the origins of the history of the game Pong in an arcade system. 6 . An excellent description of this system may be found in http://www.pong-story.com/o1faq.txt . More information will be found in http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm . Other sources of information may be found on Ralph Baer’s website: www.ralphbaer.com; the story of Odyssey can be read about in greater detail in www.pong-story.com . The photos come from http:// www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/002558.asp . 7 . An excellent review of the history of consoles (1970–2006) may be found in http://www. thegameconsole.com/ 8 . More information can be found in http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Game_%26_Watch . 9 . There is a good article with images and documentation on portable consoles in http://www. engadget.com/2006/03/03/a-brief-history-of-handheld-video-games/ To discover the cultural impact Game Boy had we can consult http://gameboy.about.com/od/historyandculture/The_ History_of_the_Game_Boy_and_its_impact_on_our_culture.htm 10 . They are not easily available now. On the Wikipedia Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Text_Adventure_Masterpieces_of_ Infocom there is some interesting information and a list of games. To understand how these games worked one could consult the video on YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/ watch?v=ZXZWepU7zC8. An interesting article on Zork appears in Wikipedia to complement this video http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork#The_original_Zork_Trilogy 11 . A good list of all the games and their supports may be found in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_Tomb_Raider_media 1 2 . http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3 is a free service in Xbox 360 1 3 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video_game 1 4 . http://www.parksassociates.com/report/online-gaming—global-outlook 240 ● Notes 2 Entertainment and Education Platforms 1 . El PA Í S, Monday, September 20, 2010. A conversation with Pep Guardiola on self-development (Advertising) pp.15–16 2 . The Education Arcade links several projects relating to video games as tools of learning, it is a Division of the Comparative Media Studies in the MIT (USA) http://www.educationarcade. org/ . 3 . A good reference on sports video games may be found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Category:Sports_video_games 4 . Many activities undertaken may be found on the webpage of the project we are undertaking with Electronic Arts of Spain http://www.aprendeyjuegaconea.com/index.php?n2=41&m=1&i=2 5 . The basketball rules applied in USA may be found in http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/ FIBA/ruleRegu/p/openNodeIDs/897/selNodeID/897/baskOffiRule.html 6 . http://uk.ign.com/search?query=NBA+live+10 This is a website with interesting guides for advancing and familiarizing oneself with this version of the games on different platforms. 3 Intelligent Objects 1 . Portal is a game distributed by Valve, a North American company and is included in the so- called Orange Box, which also includes Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2 . They were available for PC, Xbox 360, and Play Station 3. From May 2010, it can also be played in its version for Mac OS X. The game received several prizes. Its official website is: http://orange.half-life2. com/portal.html 2 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29 3 . GameSpot is a well-known website among players. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/hal- flife2episode2/news.html?sid=6154006ymode=previews . 4 . The explanation closely follows the Wikipedia comments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Portal_ (video game) A excellent video from YouTube very graphically explains how this works http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=if3Qv2tHyfA 5 . The figure is from Wikipedia that presents an in-depth idea of how the game works. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portal_physics-3.svg . 6 . We are in the first test chamber (Test chamber 00) http://uk.faqs.ign.com/articles/841/841595p1. html 7 . http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/ . The creators of this website define themselves as followers of Valve, the company that distributed the game. 8. They can be found on this website: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/178414/fea- tures/portal-maps-investigated/ and http://www.portalgamemaps.com/ 9 . http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/portal/news.html?sid=6166975yom_act=convertyom_ clk=newsfeaturesytag=newsfeatures;title;2ymode=previews http://www.gamespot.com/pc/ action/portal/news.html?sid=6166975yom_act=convertyom_clk=newsfeaturesytag=newsfeat ures;title;2ymode=previews 1 0 . http://www.gamespot.com/portal/images/ 11 . This is a review of the game on a web on this subject. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/ portal/news.html?sid=6166975yom_act=convertyom_clk=newsfeaturesytag=newsfeatures;tit le;2ymode=previews 12 . This is a very interesting page for understanding what a walkthrough is. http://uk.faqs.ign. com/articles/841/841595p1.html . We have taken different texts from this document that are included to exemplify what happens in the different chambers. 1 3 . I n t h i s w e b http://www.portalwalkthroughs.com/walkthrough/tag/1+normal/ there are excel- lent videos that will give us a view of the game in its new Portal 2 version. For in-depth analysis of Portal 1 , the game version we have commented upon here, excellent versions can be found Notes ● 241 in YouTube. We recommend this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbpovd7ZOYA chambers 4 Interpreting Their Messages 1 . Different websites help us to understand Mario’s story and his worldwide presence, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzkkgK_zQHI; http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vb5Fxz3u13g http://www.nintendo.com/sites/mario/; http://www.nintendo.com/ games/detail/ad5a45fd-b1c2–403c-970a-9e3ffa35a5b8 2 . Wikipedia is a good source for discovering its development and some of the game’s mechanical aspects. The Wii also offered by Nintendo offer excellent information. We shall look at them later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.#cite_note-NESpg5–2 ; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Mario ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_%28series%29 3 . http://www.mataderomadrid.com/ficha/481/once-upon-a-time-super-mario.html 4 . This webpage is an excellent guide for advancing through the different worlds which Mario explores in this game. http://newsupermariobrosds.nintendo.com/ 5 . Wikipedia helps to probe into this distinction through two articles:. http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Strategy_guide and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkthrough . For example, guides for this Mario game can be found in http://newsupermariobrosds.nintendo.com/ (it is the official Nintendo guide) and http://uk.guides.ign.com/guides/682879/page_3.html . Other websites which may be found in different guides are as follows: Prima Games (a division of Random House) and BradyGames (a division of Pearson Education) 6 . This is the page on which the moderator’s instructions appear http://clubnintendo.activoforo. com/t7-importante-para-antes-de-crear-un-nuevo-tema 7 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Super_Mario_Bros. 8 . In this page http://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Power-Ups we find a list of the objects that appear on the screen and help one to advance in the game 9 . Without the game guide it would have been difficult to continue advancing http://www.gui- asnintendo.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=106 5 Arguments in Virtual and Real Worlds 1 . Adapted from the game guide http://uk.ign.com/wikis/spore/Basics 2 . The descriptions of each of the stages have been adapted almost literally from the information appearing in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_ (2008_video_game) 3 . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow Flow is a game which could be considered paradigmatic in design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTBIG4tOMmE . It appeared in 2006, created in an academic ambiance of the University of Southern California. 4 . Spore , official trailers in: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7FD327AF6F623800 ; 5 . Different creatures can be downloaded from the official Spore page to incorporate in the game itself. http://www.spore.com/ 6 . Electronic Arts (EA) has created a cannel dedicated to Spore in YouTube http://www.youtube. com/user/spore which includes audiovisual information on the game. Specific videos can be watched for each of the different states the creatures cross. One example of the cell phase is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvqyrnnIjQ 7 . Numerous example of how workshops may be constructed in classes using videogames may be found in the report made for Electronic Arts in Spain. http://aprendeyjuegaconea. com/files/2009_Report_EA_UAH_Doc.pdf (Report. Videogames at the Institute Digital Entertainment as a Learning Tool) This also includes a Guide for Parents and Teachers 2009 http://aprendeyjuegaconea.com/files/2009_Teachers_Guide_UAH_EA.pdf 242 ● Notes 6 Learning to Create 1 . http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/2009/05/06/pagina-31/77824518/pdf.html 2 . Ana Mar í a Matute.
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