...INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Computer has led to groundbreaking outcome which completely revolutionized the society. One display of these fast growing advancements to society is computer gaming. Teenagers who are playing these computer games said that they are playing these games just for fun, to keep away from the heat of the sun, without knowing that there are a lot of effects of playing these games that are more than what they think. In 2006, Luke Ahearn stated that “Game development is booming! In the past few years many books have been written, more information than ever is available on the internet, and many colleges are offering courses – even degrees – in game development.” In addition, Adams & Rolling (2007) stated that games are created to serve a purpose and they are related to the human desire for play and our capacity to pretend. Also video games are forms of art, thus aesthetics are part of their design. It’s also shown in some studies that computer gaming helps the brain, especially to the young at age, to develop their logic skills. “Computer-based video games can clearly facilitate students’ learning performance. This finding indicated that computer-based video game playing not only can improve participants’ fact differentiation/recall processes, but also promotes problem-solving skills by recognizing multiple solutions for problems.” (Chuang & Chen, 2009, p.7). In addition, playing computer games according to some research is beneficial...
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...represents the review on related literature and studies regarding topic about the students who plays MOBA games (Multiplayer Online Base Arena) and its effect to their study habits and time management. Studies on productivity provided ideas as to how to design our own study, while the studies on work breaks gave us an idea of how merely not working for a segment would affect our study. This would mean that we could have a clear idea of the effect of the games themselves rather than merely the break. Foreign Literature A paper made by Thomas M. Connollya, Elizabeth A. Boylea, Ewan MacArthura, Thomas Haineya, James M. Boyleb from University of the West of Scotland, High St., Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, United Kingdom and University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom with a title of “A systematic literature review of empirical evidence on computer games and serious games” examines the literature on computer games and serious games in regard to the potential positive impacts of gaming on users aged 14 years or above, especially with respect to learning, skill enhancement and engagement. Search terms identified 129 papers reporting empirical evidence about the impacts and outcomes of computer games and serious games with respect to learning and engagement and a multidimensional approach to categorizing games was developed. The findings revealed that playing computer games is linked to a range of perceptual, cognitive, behavioural, affective and motivational impacts and...
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...called "creeps". With successive versions, features, heroes, items, abilities, and graphics are added to updated and bugs are fixed. 0n the DOTA’s, All-stars, forum, users can be post ideas, for new heroes or items, some of which are added to the map. Ice frog recently added anew hero based off submission for a “Model to hero” context or his site. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The foregoing study is about the influence of playing computer games to the students above 16 yrs. old, specifically the researchers tried to find out the answers to the following problems: 1. Is there a positive effect in playing DOTA? 2. How does DOTA affect the performance of a student? 3. Are they aware of what it can do to them? SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Nowadays, DOTA game is one of the most popular games here in our country. Millions of youth and children really want to play their favorite games at the computer shops. Because of the large number of youth who patronize the mentioned computer games, the researchers conducted a study on how computer games affect the lives, particularly the studies, of a regular college student. Aside from that, last NQCI Foundation Week, a DOTA competition was held and we were curious of the reason why it was permitted by the institution. We were thinking that maybe DOTA contributes positive effect to the students and this made us conclude that this study must be conducted. SCOPE...
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...________________________________ _________________________________ “Study on How Video Games Enhance the Mental Skills of a high school student” In partial fulfillment in English Proficiency Instruction II Submitted to: Prof. Maria Antonette Lofamia Submitted by: Gregorio, Fernan Joseph Panerio, Jose Mariel Date submitted: March 16, 2015 Chapter I Introduction For years video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial, overweight or depressed . But now researchers are finding that games can actually change us for the better and improve both our body and mind. Games can help to develop physical skills. Pre-school children who played interactive games such as the ones available on Wii have been shown to have improved motor skills, for example they can kick, catch and throw a ball better that children who don’t play video games. A study of surgeons who do microsurgery in Boston found that those who played video games were twenty-seven percent faster and made thirty-seven percent fewer errors than those who didn’t. Vision is also improved, particularly telling the difference between shades of grey. This is useful for driving at night, piloting a plane or reading x-rays. Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play action-based games make decision twenty-five percent faster than others and are no less accurate, according to one study. It was also found that...
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...A Glimpse of ARCADE GROUND Name: ARCADE GROUND Industry: Gaming Service Provider Tagline: “Play the Game, Feel the Intensity, Achieve what you dreamt” Profile of the Team KASHFIA KAMAL (CEO) A chief executive officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking corporate officer executive in charge of total management of an organization. The responsibility of an organization’s Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director is set by the organization's board of directors or other authority, depending on the organization's authorized structure. The CEO although have to coordinate the overall management and executive bodies, but this position have the flexibility to divide the decisional factors to other department, as the rest of the governing body have to report to the CEO in a certain time frame. SAYEF-AL-NASIR (COO) A Chief Operating Officer (COO) is one of the executives who hold a higher rank in a company and comprises part of the executive team. The Chief Operating Officer is in charge for the daily operation of the company and consistently reports to the higher ranked executive, generally the Chief Executive Officer. The COO may also hold the title of President which makes him or her the second in command at the firm, especially if the highest ranking executive exists in the hierarchical structure. The Chief Operating Officer has to interact with the department head of Finance as the funding will be connected with the operating plans and activities. KHAWAJA SHAHZAN EHSAN...
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...the children today tend to choose staying at home playing computer games or any other gadgets instead of playing outside, making friends with other children and exercise their mind and body which is very helpful to their health. One of the main reasons why students are attracted to computers is because of computer games. Modern technology is now very accessible to people especially students, they can easily go to computer shops near the school to play and most of them spend the whole time with it and forgot their responsibilities as a student which is one of the disadvantages of playing video games. There are also good things that a student can benefit in playing computer games because there is also other types of video games that are educational which can help them enlighten their minds, discover new knowledge,improve their thinking skills, stuffs that they think it never existed and experience new things that they have never encountered in their entire life. Educational computer games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but only depends on how they play. Some students get hooked on to playing computer games so much so that they tend to lose interest in other more important things like studies. Some of them who don’t have any knowledge about computer games before are now addicted to it because they are easily affected by peer pressures and also because of ignorance which tends them to play games they have never experienced before. In this matter...
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...Sony Next Generation Portable (NGP) 2011/4/13 BUS 343 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recognized as the global leader and responsible for the progress of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) distributes and markets the PlayStation game console, PS2 computer entertainment system, the PSP handheld entertainment system and the PS3 system. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, SCEI is an independent unit of business of Sony Corporation, which was founded in 1946 (Sony Corporation, 2011). SCEI, along with its subsidiary divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. (SCEE) develops, publishes and distributes software. It also manages the third party licensing program for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide. The SWOT Analysis examines the internal and external environment that Sony is facing. According to Appendix exhibit C, the market share of Sony’s gaming industry has decreased by 9% after the maturity of Apple’s iPhone. Also, Nintendo has launched its latest product, 3DS. It is necessary for Sony to evaluate these competitors, so we can find the factors that contribute to the decrease. We have come up with two major marketing objectives: increase product awareness and increase market share while still maintain profitable. Through segmentation, we can better identify and group our potential customers. Since consumers have different wants and needs, by segmenting the market...
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...Microsoft’s XBOX 365 Portable Gaming Device Marketing Plan Jason Hudson MKTG522 / Herbig 10/19/2012 1.0 Executive Summary Are you tired of playing “Angry Birds, Words with Friends, or Song Tune on your mobile phone…bored with your iPad? Are your kids fed up with beating Mario in races and his 3D worlds? Ever wanted to take the live-action first-person shooter, “Call of Duty” or “Madden” on the road and play against friends during a road trip or a long flight? Well guess what? Us…good folks here at Microsoft have been working day and night to on some monumental news!!! Microsoft’s ambitions have been nothing short of amazing and being a huge pioneer in the IT industry, dating back to its inception in the early 1980’s. Microsoft is the world’s number one leading in software development and has controlled an overwhelming share of the personal computer operating system market. Microsoft’s products, do not stop at the development of software, nor operating systems; the company supplies the world with a number and variety of different types of products, including their office software, Zune (digital music player), CRM applications, sever and storage software, and last but not least XBOX as well as, the XBOX 360 video gaming consoles. Now that we are entering 2013, XBOX has stood by idle, in the portable gaming device market as we watched Sony & Nintendo dominate their way through this particular gaming market. Well now!! Microsoft has been absence for far...
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...Questionnaire ……………………………….……………………. 10 E. Review of Related Literature …………………………………..…….……….. 11 II. Body ……………………………………………..…………...……………..…….. 17 III. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………… 36 IV. Recommendations …………………………………………………………………. 37 V. Bibliography …………………….…………………………………………………. 38 VI. Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………. 39 VII. Appendices …………………………………………………………………………. 43 Page | 2 I. Introduction: DOTA or Defense of the Ancients is a game that rose in the age of the modern technology. It is a LAN game or Local Area Network Mode. DOTA started in early 2000’s in the program Warcraft; it was revised in around 2006 in the program Warcraft III and later on they launched an online based application of DOTA which can be played not only by the LAN Users but also the WWAN Users, it was named as DOTA 2. DOTA has been a great impact to some group of people in the society. It affects the students, the creator of the game, the sponsors and LAN Owners, the National Telecommunications Subscriber and Distributor, the Players and gamers and most of all are the developers. That entire group of people in the society that has/is concerned in DOTA has both the positive and negative affections. One of the greatest...
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...Questionnaire ……………………………….……………………. 10 E. Review of Related Literature …………………………………..…….……….. 11 II. Body ……………………………………………..…………...……………..…….. 17 III. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………… 36 IV. Recommendations …………………………………………………………………. 37 V. Bibliography …………………….…………………………………………………. 38 VI. Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………. 39 VII. Appendices …………………………………………………………………………. 43 Page | 2 I. Introduction: DOTA or Defense of the Ancients is a game that rose in the age of the modern technology. It is a LAN game or Local Area Network Mode. DOTA started in early 2000’s in the program Warcraft; it was revised in around 2006 in the program Warcraft III and later on they launched an online based application of DOTA which can be played not only by the LAN Users but also the WWAN Users, it was named as DOTA 2. DOTA has been a great impact to some group of people in the society. It affects the students, the creator of the game, the sponsors and LAN Owners, the National Telecommunications Subscriber and Distributor, the Players and gamers and most of all are the developers. That entire group of people in the society that has/is concerned in DOTA has both the positive and negative affections. One of the greatest...
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...Periodically, though, we would be working and I would see several students start to sneak a peak at their phones. Then we would hear shouting in classrooms and the halls and there would be a stampede of students, including mine, to a fight. I also saw the same thing in the gym. I would be playing ball with my students during my planning period and, all of a sudden, students from across the school and adults from the neighborhood would rush towards a brawl. Had our school been able to prevent abuses of the new technology, I believe, another of my former students would be alive today. On the other hand, when students needed to take a call during class, they knew I would not question their word. If a student asked to step outside to answer their phone, my response was "of course." If a kid made simple eye contact and pointed to a phone, I would just nod, and the student would handle business and then return to work. One year, I had such a small class load that the same policy was extended to electronic music. The students knew each other, they knew that a few of their friends found it calming to listen to some music at some times and, in small personalized classes, there was no attempt to take advantage of my flexibility. There is no question in my mind that personal electronic devices could be essential tools in the 21st...
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...The Video Game Industry An Industry Analysis, from a VC Perspective Nik Shah T’05 MBA Fellows Project March 11, 2005 Hanover, NH The Video Game Industry An Industry Analysis, from a VC Perspective Authors: Nik Shah Nik.Shah@Dartmouth.edu Tuck Class of 2005 Charles Haigh Charles.Haigh@Dartmouth.edu Tuck Class of 2005 • The video game industry is poised for significant growth, but many sectors have already matured. Video games are a large and growing market. However, within it, there are only selected portions that contain venture capital investment opportunities. Our analysis highlights these sectors, which are interesting for reasons including significant technological change, high growth rates, new product development and lack of a clear market leader. The opportunity lies in non-core products and services. We believe that the core hardware and game software markets are fairly mature and require intensive capital investment and strong technology knowledge for success. The best markets for investment are those that provide valuable new products and services to game developers, publishers and gamers themselves. These are the areas that will build out the industry as it undergoes significant growth. • A Quick Snapshot of Our Identified Areas of Interest • Online Games and Platforms. Few online games have historically been venture funded and most are subject to the same “hit or miss” market adoption as console games, but as this segment grows, an opportunity...
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...The Video Game Industry An Industry Analysis, from a VC Perspective Nik Shah T’05 MBA Fellows Project March 11, 2005 Hanover, NH The Video Game Industry An Industry Analysis, from a VC Perspective Authors: Nik Shah Nik.Shah@Dartmouth.edu Tuck Class of 2005 Charles Haigh Charles.Haigh@Dartmouth.edu Tuck Class of 2005 • The video game industry is poised for significant growth, but many sectors have already matured. Video games are a large and growing market. However, within it, there are only selected portions that contain venture capital investment opportunities. Our analysis highlights these sectors, which are interesting for reasons including significant technological change, high growth rates, new product development and lack of a clear market leader. The opportunity lies in non-core products and services. We believe that the core hardware and game software markets are fairly mature and require intensive capital investment and strong technology knowledge for success. The best markets for investment are those that provide valuable new products and services to game developers, publishers and gamers themselves. These are the areas that will build out the industry as it undergoes significant growth. • A Quick Snapshot of Our Identified Areas of Interest • Online Games and Platforms. Few online games have historically been venture funded and most are subject to the same “hit or miss” market adoption as console games, but as this segment grows, an opportunity...
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...Video Games Annotated Bibliography American Military University SOCI 220 January 29, 2012 Video Games and the Effect on Children The popular culture subtopic I choose that interests me is video games and the effects on children. To start my research I need to find articles, both peer-reviewed and popular source, to gather information. I used both the internet and the online university library and searched terms such as video games and children, popular culture and video games, video game addiction, and video game violence. Listed below are some of the numerous sources I discovered. I choose a small sampling of the sources available, briefly explained their relevance, gave a short overview of the article, completed a quick pro and con review and lastly I completed a compare and contract of the source against two other sources. | Source 1 | 1) Source Title | The Effects of Video Games on Children | 2) APA-formatted citation for source | Gentile, D. A. (2004). The effects of video games on children: What parents need to know? Pediatrics for Parents, 21(6), 23-25. | 3) Source Evaluation | Peer-reviewed journal | 4) Relevance of source to Subtopic | This article shows the effects of gaming and that excessive time spent playing video games can have a negative effect on children. | 5) 3-5 sentence description of source | This article discusses the fact that video games can have both a positive and negative influence on children. It discusses the need for parents...
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...Dissertation on Analysis of Competitor Games Name Institution Contents 1.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….5 1.1 Aims and Objectives of the Study....... 6 2.0 Project Approach 7 2.2 Background…………………………………………………………………………….9 2.3 Current Problem 9 2.4 Solution 10 2.5 Why Educational game fails? 11 2.6 Why are arcade games so popular 11 Arcade games 11 2.7 Why games on a computer are better? 12 2.8 Tables 13 2.9 Figures 14 3.0 Approach or Methodology………………………………………………………………15 3.2 Why is methodology important 15 3.3 Software Methodology 16 3.4 Chosen Methodology (the Waterfall Methodology) 17 3.5 Summary 19 4.0 Analysis……………………………………………………………………………….19 4.1 Survey 19 4.2 Data 20 4.3 Unity 5 Game Engine 25 5.0 Implementation………………………………………………………………………..25 5.1 Design 25 List of Tables and Figures Table 2.8 A risk analysis table 12 Figure 2.9 A generic model of the Final Year Project 13 Introduction The main purpose of this project is to implement an educational game where children would enjoy learning mathematics without having the pressure of being in a controlled environment. An article by Dr. Brent Conrad on teaching addiction stated that “children consume just over three hours of media and two thirds is spent on screen media e.g. TV...
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