Friday, October 21, 2011

playing to learn/ review

What did you learn from your choice of game and genre to review?: What I learned from some games that I played was how to use my critical thinking and how to move around things in the game and also how the animal cruelty is bad and how to save energy for lights.

name any game features that stood out to you either because there were interested or because they could be improved?: The game that I played with how you save the animals was cool because i Love the colors that they used and also how it was put in order to how it was played.

write down any questions you have about the games or genre you picked: I really dont have any thing right now I feel like I can do this and i know every genre pretty well.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

playing to learn/ Racing

Race, cars. people, timers, sports, These are all things that you might find in a sports or racing game, these type of games usually have some type of competition that the player must participate in to win the game.

1: the game that thought me a new skill or subject: this game thought me how to think more about what im going to do before the time goes out


2: the game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue: This racing game didnt really have a social issue.


3: the game or games that I liked the best: The game that I liked the best was the one where you had to dive a car around the like this little things and had to get to the end before the time when out.


4: what happens in the game or games: What happens in this game is that you move your mouse to move your car

5: how you play the games or games: you have o move the car with your mouse and have to get around the things and you cant bump into them then you have to get to the other side before the time runs out.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

playing to learn/ strategy

strategy games involve the use of critical thinking skills to accomplish a long- term goal in a strategy game their might be a need for analyzing situation to make the best moves possible in order to win the game sometime there are times obstacles to overcome.

1: The game that thought me a new skill or subject: chess thought me a good new skill


2: the game that thought me information about a new or existing social issue: One of the games that I played was to pick up all the trash before the time goes out.


3: The game that i liked the best: The game that I liked the best was the chess game because I had to think alot and try to find the best move.


4: what happens in the game or games: In the games that I played one of you had to do was to move when it was your turn and try to take the other players king. And the other game that I played was the one with the trash and you had to go though the maze thing and pick up trash before time went out.

5:how you play the game or games: The way you play chess is that when its your turn then you have to think really hard about where your going to move your peace were they wont get your king because that is the point of the game is to get the other person king.

An adventure game consists of a central theme or story that the player must navigate through to accomplish the gameplay. There may be some action in an adventure game or a quest to find clues or solve a mystery. The player is not necessarily require a player to have fast reflexes, but be more apt at planning and carefully thinking about accomplishing a task or beating a challenge to win the game.


1. The game or games that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject: This game thought me to use my thinking and to think about how to solve it.

2. The game or games that taught me about a new or existing social issue: This game was about like how to save the little animals and not to let them die.

3. The game or games I liked best:The game that i like the best was the game that i have to save the little animals.


4. What happens in the game or games: What happens in this game was that you have to save them from like bad people and give them a good home.


5. How you play the game or games: The way you play this game is by using you mouse and clicking on the animals and draging them into like this little shelter thing and then you saved them!!!!

Monday, October 10, 2011

playing to learn

puzzles and mazes are a genre of game where the Player generally has to solve something. they may have a timer running against them or an and point they have to roaoh before the game ends playing these games usually involves critical thinking and fast reflexes.

1: the game thought me a new skill or subject ?
This game thought me how to use my critical thinking skills and the fast reflexes


2: the game thought me new information about a new or existing social issue?
one of the games was about the elements and putting them in the right place.


3: the game or games that i liked the best?
The game that i liked the best was the game called bloxorz and i liked it because i had to use my critical thinking and that was fun to do.


4:What happen in the game or games?
In the element game you have to put the elements in the right order and in the blozorz you have to make the block go into the whole or you will lose.


5: How do you play the game or games ?
The way you play the element game is that you have to click on the element you want to move and put in the right place, then with the bloxorz game you have to use your arrow keys to move the block into the whole.