LAB 13

Gaymer.org
My first one was about ‘gaygaymer” as a user name. One person wanted to change their user name to GayGaymer and every other site allowed this to happen except for GameFAQs. They were told that it went against their TOS policy and that they would not allow that name to be activated. One person was “bored” with this topic. One was upset by this. The rest were just mad. There was no forum leader. The end result was basically that it will take time for all the sites to accept that username, and patience is a virtue. However, a ‘gentle’ approach does not always work.
http://www.gaymer.org/forums.html
My second was called “Call to Arms, I have a feeling I’m not the only one…” And this was about how a guy named Sam was upset about how politicians treat him. And about how he cannot fight for his nation without giving up individual freedoms such as self expression. He was upset and angry. Another commenter liked that he began this discussion and admired his toughness. And another wanted to start a grassroots movement. No forum leader here. Nothing was resolved here but a lot of people got to express their opinions.
http://www.gaymer.org/forums.html

My third was from the same site and it was called “Parents, the majority of us have/had this problem” This one was also by Sam and his parents we not thrilled when he came out to them. One commenter said give it time, other said they didn’t understand but his/her parents were fine. And another said their parents we split. No forum leader here also. Sam ended by saying thanks for the support.
http://www.gaymer.org/forums.html

LAB 12 GROUP VIDEO GAMES

Katie Fogarty
PC: TextTwist
Console game: Wii Fit Tennis
Mobile game: Words With Friends

Callie Seifried
PC: The Need for Speed
Console game: Donkey Kong
Mobile game: Scrabble

Melanie
PC GAME: BUBBLE TROUBLE
CONSOLE GAME: MARIOKART WII
MOBILE GAME: BRICKBREAKER

Jenn
Pc = The Sims City
Mobile = Mancala
Console = Mario Cart 64

Emily Hood
pc: Call of Duty
console: Wii Fit
mobile: Wordle

Cameron Capriotti
PC: Helicopter Game
Console: Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Mobile: Brick Breaker


PC:The Need for Speed is published by EA Games and is classified as a racing game. There are no networking opportunities when playing this game. Other games by EA Games and in the genre of racing is Burnout Paradise Ultimate, Undercover, and ProStreet Collectors. The Sims City is a game created by EA Sports that enable you to network throughout the city. It is classified as a social networking game. EA also has Sims Pets, Sims university and Sims big business. Bubble Trouble is an online game created by miniclip that you have to strategically plan how to manuever through each level. Call of Duty is a shooting genre, another similar game is NBA Live, published by Activision, this game does enables networking. For the Helicopter game the genre is Arcade, publisher is MyPlayCity.ru, and other games by them are Kill Deal, Crazy fishing, and Sawblaster. TextTwist is an online game created by Yahoo Games. It is classified as an educational/learning game and there are no networking abilities used through the game. The object of the game is to come up with as many words as possible through a random mix of letters. Other Yahoo Games are Bejeweled 2, Chocolatier, and Monopoly.

Console:Donkey Kong is published by Playstation 2 and is classified as a platform. There are no networking opportunities when playing this game. Other games by Playstation 2 and in the genre of platforming are Hidden Invasion, Lifeline, and Mashed Fully Loaded. Mancala is a puzzle game created by FlipSide5. Other games offered by this company within the same genre are Touch4 (Connect4), Checkers and Touch Tennis. Brickbreaker is a game created by digital chocolate in which you use a paddle to try and eliminate bricks on the screen with a little ball. Each level gets more difficult with certain bricks that the player cannot break, but you have to go around to get the the weaker bricks. Wii Fit is a sport simulation genre, other similar games Wii Sports Resorts and EA Sports Active, published by wii, this does not have a sharing network. For the Call of Duty Modern Warfare the genre was first person shooting game, the publisher was Activision, and other games by Activision are Call of Duty world at war, Call of Duty modern warfare, Call of Duty roads to victory. Wii Fit Tennis is a sport simulation drama, and it is published by Nintendo. There is no sharing network associated. Other games published by Nintendo are Mario Kart and Halo.

Mobile:Mobile games are convenient and easy to use because you can play them wherever you are. Many times these games are played on cell phones. There are usually options that you can play with other people so you are competing against friends. Scrabble is published by EA Mobile and is classified as a puzzle. There are networking opportunities when playing this game and can play with other people. Other games by EA
Mobile is Tetris, Bejeweled, and Sudoku. Mario Cart 64 is a game created by Nintendo and is a racing game. Other racing games for this console can be Donkey Kong racing, Diddy Kong 64 and Crusing in the USA. MarioKart on my WII console, created by Nintendo also just used on the WII console. Wordle mind simuation genre, other similar games include Scrable and WordFu, published by the i phone, this does not enable a sharing network For the Brick Breaker game the genre was Arcade, the publisher was Digital Chocolate, and other games by Digital Chocolate are Tornado Mania, Crazy penguin catapult, Bull run fever. Words With Friends is an iPhone application published by newtoy inc. This game does enable networking with friends, enabling you to play against them. Games set to come out from newtoy are a World War Robot game and other adaptations of games such as Halo Wars.