Topic: Digital Games
1) Quotation 1: What is "video Games"?
2) Quotation 2: What are the types of "video Games"?
3) On this topic, I would focus on the aspect of first-person shooter video games. For example, Counter-strike and Half-Life.
In the first person shooter video games, you can be a soldier or a military operator to take the missions and learn how to deal with the situation you face.
4) Video games can be divided into 3 domains mainly.
Firstly, the game involves the concept of "play". Everyone plays games want to amuse themselves. Thus, games are entertainment. It is one of the general purposes of the games.
Secondly, another purpose of playing video games is that video-games can be one recruitment tool and military training to attract the young to join the military activity and fight for the country as a soldier. For example, American army practice using video games for training by using “point-and-shoot” devices that is known as Fire Arms Training Simulators (FATS). Undoubtedly, political elements are often involved in the process of playing video games.
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Apart from that, video games can also be an educational tool. When we play the video games, we would know the background and content of the battles of the games, we can have the historical knowledge.
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5) Case study:
I would like to choose Delta Force - Black Hawk Down as an example in my case study. Delta Force - Black Hawk Down is a first-person shooter video-game. Therefore, this type of video games can most dramatically put the players into the role of the game. It is produced by NovaLogic on 24 March 2003 on Microsoft Windows. It is the 6th game of the Delta Force series.
6) Feature 1:
Interestingly, this game is based on the fact of Somali Civil War in 1993 to develop. In 1993, U.S. Special Operations Forces was to capture Aidid who leads the greatest threat to peace for them. However, Black Hawk helicopters is shot down by Somali warlords because of the wrong military signal. Then, the U.S Army had to take missions and rescue the remaining armies whether they are still alive or not during the gun battle although they experienced heavy casualties finally.
7) Feature 2:
Undoubtedly, this game can let you experience the missions that are similar to the battle I mentioned before. In the virtual world of the game, you can have 5 types of weapons. Here are the weapons you can use when you play the role of a soldier in the game. The point here is that all these weapons are used for the military in the reality. All these are in Classic mode and design for the military soldier to use.
For example:
8) Feature 3:
Moreover, you can mounted in Black Hawk helicopters and and on Military Vehicles to fight against Somali warlord by using these weapons. Exclusive combat tactics and scenarios provided by former Special Operations Soldiers. You will deal with different training such as sniping and marksmanship if you are selected to be an Operator. That means you are going to practice a tactical shooter technology and combat techniques in order to be a professional sniper.
9) Feature 4:
Every building can be entered and you can lurk around any corner. All the things can make the world totally believable.
10) The battle of Mogadishu in 1993 was depicted in the American drama war film, Black Hawk Down in 2001(28/12). And then this game was released by NovaLogic. The details are as follows.
For example, the scenes of American soldiers are killing by others would stimulate American audiences to have personal support of American soldiers and thus they may blindly supporting American military policy.
11) However,from the perspective of cultural indicators, there are some cultural beliefs and values can be found in video games.
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12) Question:
13) My opinion:
14) References for books and websites:
15) Comments on books or articles:
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}-Video games : a popular culture phenomenon:
It’s just recording the general phenomenon for videogames.
}-Game on :the history and culture of videogames:
This book shows a development of the videogames .
}-Computer games and instruction:
This book is so boring as it just mentions the history of videogames.
}-Joystick soldiers: the politics of play in military video games:
This book involves some philosophical concepts so it may be difficult for somebody who never study philosophy to read.
}-Videogames and education:
It is a very interesting book which introduces different genres of videogames.
