J201 Video games a short history of videogames games are invented 1952 Tic Tac Toe as a dissertation games go interactive 1958 abstract tennis games enter the university 1962 Spacewar on the PDP 1 games go corporate Atari VCS 2600 Nolan Bushnell and PONG the Golden Age 1982 hit song 1980 hit game games and feature film TRON the game 1982 TRON the film 1982 games and animation Dragon s Lair videodisc game 1983 crash and comeback 1983 E T 1985 NES video games become computer games Tetris 1985 SimCity 1989 decline of the arcades but why discuss videogames in a mass communication class a significant mass media industry 6 billion year market World of Warcraft alone 1 billion year 8 million subscribers Not just Atari vs Nintendo but Microsoft vs Sony a signficant mass audience one out of every 10 HH has PlayStation children play an average of 10 hours week 62 of market age 18 or older average gamer is 29 years old negative media effects violence lawlessness addiction games get more violent games get more realistic positive media effects education moral choices audience as producers learning problem solving from video games the future of film World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Journal New York HOME PAGE MY TIMES TODAY S PAPER VIDEO MOST POPULAR http www nytimes com re Welc TIMES TOPICS The Warcraft Effect WORLD the audience is producing the game U S N Y REGION BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ART DESIGN SCIENCE BOOKS HEALTH DANCE SPORTS MOVIES Conquering the Burning Crusade MUSIC OPINION TELEVISION ARTS STYLE TRAV THEATER Get UrbanEye by E Ma Sign up to find ou weekday See Sa gdowney wisc Change E mail A MOST POPULAR E MAILED BLOGGED 1 Your Money A Contr 2 Unhappy Meals 3 Op Ed Contributor A 4 Maureen Dowd 5 Intel Says Chips Will 6 In Law School Obam World of Warcraft The Burning Crusade Adventurers battle through the Shadow Labyrinth More Photos By SETH SCHIESEL 7 Editorial The Bait a 8 Spending 24 Rolls o 9 Labor Union Redefin Saturday Jan 27 VIRTUAL LOOT 10 Day Out Calcata Ita Second Life Go to Complete List the future of gaming
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