INTRODUCTION TO VIDEOGAMES

 History of the videogames industry

1) What were the first videogames like?
-Simple characters
-Pixelated
-Single genre

2) How have videogames changed over time?
-There's more improvement on the graphics 
-First person shooter
-More colourful, making it more entertaining
-Features - talk to other people (worldwide) through chats
-Narrative/purpose
-Accessibility 

3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames?
The most successful games have in common are that they have higher graphics and more colourful. The other games have more actions and narrative, where these games involves interaction with other people to socialise and treat it as an escapism. Some are in first person where its narrative contains more violence, allowing the audience to be in the perspectives of their character, this links to personal identity as it allows the audience to relate to the character. 

4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames?
-There's more violence
-Addictive for people
-Sexual Violent

1) At the time of the article, how many Fortnite players were there worldwide? (Bonus question - how many are there now? Try Googling it.)
At the time of the article, there are 125million players of Fortnite that is worldwide. There are now 650 million players.

2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game?
Fortnite is so popular as it's fun and has a very silly offbeat sense of humour. Fortnite: Battle Royale has very bright, almost cartoon-like graphics. The audience pleasures of the game is escapism as it allows the audience to have fun and forget about their problems in reality for a moment as the game is entertaining.

3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite?
Some people might criticise Fortnite as some parents find it violent and other audience find it too addicting.

4) Copy and paste two comments from 'below the line' of the Guardian article - these are comments written by Guardian readers in response to the feature. Select one comment you agree with and one you disagree with and explain why.

 "Most parents of younger children or teenagers aren’t that supportive of games in general nowadays, and this article serves to contradict the usual drivel about violence and such." I agree with the comment as most parents wouldn't support their child if they know that the game that their child is playing involves violence as it might influence the mindset of their child.

"The lack of a story beyond kill all the opposition seems a little lazy to me, but then I'm old and not an online gamer." I disagree with the comment as age isn't really a problem to stop an audience from continuing on playing the game. Also, the audience shouldn't feel that they have to play an online game that involves interacting with other people to be an online gamer, the game that they play could also be educational.

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