Games at the core

Mc Gonigal says " When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system and voluntary participation" (McGonigal, J., (2011) p.g.2)

 

Every one plays a game in some way or form. it could be a very phsyical game like football or basketball, these games require great physical fitness and skill. You could play a board or computer game, these games are often more mentail and require alot more stratage and can be very simaler in there baseick rules and structure. An example of this is chess, this games goal is ti get from one end of the board to the other there and take out the opponents king, the rules are simple each peace can onlt move in a certion way i.e. a pawn can only move two spaces forward its first go but any go after that it can onlt move one. Assasins Creed is a game for new gen consuls such as the PS3 and Xbox 360, the goal of the game is to get threw a fort and army to the objective and take him out, the rules are that you have to try and be stealthy, plus you have a setion number of weapons some bosses can also only be killed certion ways. this shows that these games have the same four traits, but dont forget about the more physical sports. When you take football apart it has a very simaler set of traits. The goal is to get the football in to the other team goal, there are many rules but the main one is tht you can only use your feet to gide the ball and that you can not hurt the other players physicaly, the feed back system are the points and the recognaition from fans and team mates along with wining. the main point is that all of these games may have a diffent fan base and are all on diffrent platfroms but they all are the same when tripped down to the traits. ths shows that most if not all games are boarn from these traits and that they are all the same.

 

 

Bibleography

 

McGonigal, J., (2011). Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Penguin Press HC, (P.19-34)