VIDEO GAMES BLOG

 

1) What were the first videogames like?
They were very simple and pixelated
2) How have videogames changed over time?
Videogaes have become alot more aesthetically pleasing and thye have become alot more interactive and enjoying.
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?
It gives escapism and it gives voyeuristic pleasures, and also personal relationships as players want to see a charater succeed or fail.
4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames?

Read this Guardian feature from when Fortnite first became sensationally popular and watch the original trailer.

1) What were the first videogames like?

2) How have videogames changed over time?

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?

4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames?

Read this Guardian feature from when Fortnite first became sensationally popular and watch the original trailer below.



Now answer the following questions:

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

350 million.

2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game?
Its a shooter without the realistic, bloody and potentially scarring graphics of games like Call Of Duty: Black Ops or Player Unknown Battle Grounds( PUBG) .
3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite?
Its extremely addicting and as its free ir can be accessed by anyone.
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.