I am not a person who really enjoys playing video games or online games. Since I was a kid, I am always the one who loss in video games, then I give up playing video games. I knew that I was not born with such talent. =P
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When Facebook is popular, I started to play the games on it, like Restaurant City and Hotel City. These games require zero technique when playing (That’s why I play these games). Moreover, they have the function of maintaining relationships with friends. For example, when we were having dinner, some of my friends would say, “I need cream! Does anybody here can exchange ingredient with me?” Then someone may yell, “I got cream! I need your leek, I know you have!” Then everyone will keep talking how their restaurants are, what ingredients they need, etc. You may argue that this is a kind of problem solving technique, as every player has different ingredients and limited resources; we need to find our own ways to get things we need. But I would say the function of maintaining relationship would be more important applying on this game, as we end up playing happily and can exchange all the ingredients successfully after our gathering.
Oh,by the way, I found a video on Youtube that is a narrative of a video game addict, just for sharing. I understand that playing games is really fun for some of the people, but it is just a leisure tool for relaxing and having fun. =]
You know, Agnes, I also always lose in competitive games so I prefer to be an observer! Sometimes, I also play facebook games becuase they create 'chatting topics' between friends for communication. Games may not be educational as they are entertainment only, however, games should not be so bloody, sexy or violent which affect morality of children and teens.
Interesting video - I think the moral of the story is that balance is important in life. The old saying "Everything in moderation, including moderation" applies here. It's also interesting to consider why people devote so much of their time to video games at the expense of developing themselves in other ways (e.g. in school). That's the point that James Paul Gee makes: he thinks that formal education can learn from the kind of experiential learning that we see in good video games, in order to catch and hold people's attention and interest.
I used to play the Playfish game on Facebook. However, Because Rodney said that our employers will check our Facebook. So I decided to delete it and remove all the post by the Playfish games. :D
You know, Agnes, I also always lose in competitive games so I prefer to be an observer! Sometimes, I also play facebook games becuase they create 'chatting topics' between friends for communication. Games may not be educational as they are entertainment only, however, games should not be so bloody, sexy or violent which affect morality of children and teens.
ReplyDeleteInteresting video - I think the moral of the story is that balance is important in life. The old saying "Everything in moderation, including moderation" applies here. It's also interesting to consider why people devote so much of their time to video games at the expense of developing themselves in other ways (e.g. in school). That's the point that James Paul Gee makes: he thinks that formal education can learn from the kind of experiential learning that we see in good video games, in order to catch and hold people's attention and interest.
ReplyDeleteI used to play the Playfish game on Facebook. However, Because Rodney said that our employers will check our Facebook. So I decided to delete it and remove all the post by the Playfish games.
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