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30 Cards in this Set
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What were the video game sales in 2007?
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18.85 million
9.5 were games 9.35 were consoles |
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The first video game?
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Space War in 1961
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When did coin operated games come into play?
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1970s
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What is the definition for something filling a need to escape reality
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Countercyclical
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What became true with the video game industry and the economy?
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As the economy went down, sales from video games went up
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What are Bartel's player types?
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Explorers, achievers, socializers, killers
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Which player type is a player who wants to try everything in the game
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Explorer
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Which player type is a player who wants to get ahead of the competition
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achievers
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Which player type is a player who wants to form clubs and communities
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Socializers
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Which player type is a player who wants to dominate and make players miserable
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Killers
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What is the game monomyth for all the player types?
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Everyone wants to be a hero and the Hero's Journey
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What are different institutional arrangements in other areas
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Geographics
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What is the VALS things added to survey that say what types of players play
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Psychographics
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When you break population down to sex race and income or age
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Demographics
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What does the stat show about adult women and tenage boys?
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Says that adult women play more, but there's more women surveyed but shows that industry provides content for other people
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What are the 4 generation gamers?
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Silent, boomers, X, and Millemials
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What generation gamer uses no technology and is usually your grandparents
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Silent
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What generation gamer uses almost no tech and are whiners that complain
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Boomers
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What generation gamer has good tech is about 25-45 and say things are different now
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X gamer
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Current gamer that uses alot of technology now
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MIllemials
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The law that states that in 19 months technology power doubles
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Moore's Law
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What are the applications of the game?
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Entertainment, Education, Community Building, Recruitment/training, marketing/advertising
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What are the gaming platforms?
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Arcade, consoles, computers, Online, handhelds, tabletop, ARGs: The World
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What are the different online servers?
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Client server and Peer to Peer server
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What is a client that describes no state and no game calculations
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Thin Client
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What are the different time modes in games
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Real time, and Turn Based
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What are the different player modes in games?
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Single player, 2 player, Local Multiplayer, Online, Lan
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What are the different game genres?
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Action (Platform, Shooter, Music, Racing, Fighting), Adventure, Action-Adventure, Casino, Puzzle, RPGs, Simulations, Process Simulation (Sim City), Strategy, MMOGs
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What were the game sales in 2008?
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21 billion
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How much did Wii play sell in 2008?
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5.28 million
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