Ch 10: Social Media and Video Games

Atari

an early video game company named after the equivalent of “checkmate” in the ancient Chinese strategy board game Go

Augmented reality

where a company or smartphone adds online imagery in real time to photos or videos of real life

Battle royale games

a video game where 100 players enter into a digital arena and the last player standing is the winner

eSports

organized video game team competition for spectators

Pokemon

a series of games and other media properties based on players collecting “pocket monsters” to compete against each other; japan 1996

Pong

a ping pong simulation that was the first commercially successful arcade video game

Social media

websites that allow users to generate content, comment, tag, and network with friends or other like-minded people

Turing Test

a test developed by mathematician Alan Turing to see whether a perosn could distinguish whether they were interacting with a computer or a person; test for artificial intelligence

Five basic characteristics that makes social media social

User-generated content, comments, taggin, social networking, customization

1972, Ralph Baer

Magnavox Odyssey, first home video game console

1972, Atari

Pong

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

in charge of rating video games in terms of its maturity