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I have a fw things to discus here, just put them in the one post as I'm sure more people will read just the one and it is easier for me to write them both at the same time.We all probably have various reasons why games appeal to us so much and why we play them, but imagine for a moment if you will what other uses games could have in the future. Other areas where games could be used for improving or educating people under various situations.
Here are a few I thought on:
What about the area of driving vehicles like cars, buses, planes etc. I know it is probably simulators that are of use but most simulators are a form of games anyway.
Gaming could improve these areas as the could allow practicing under non-dangerous situations, you could learn the basics before stepping into the real vehicle, thus boosting your confidence and making you feel a bit more comfortable.
Games could also benefit this area as there are various situations that we don't encounter very often that can have drastic effects on the vehicle, things like driving on snow and ice, flying in heavy winds/fog/snow etc. The game could create and test various dangerous situation to allow the user to gain confidence in these areas and also could be very beneficial if they were to encounter a dangerous situation they may be able to handle it properly and not end up in danger. Obviously there are situatuions we could never predict and it is impossible to identify all the expceted ones but this could help prepare the driver for a few of them.
I remember once seeing a program about American police and they were using a type of game (It was a video on a screen and the police used special handguns which interacted with the game. If the shot was fired on the screen at a badguy they fell, if they missed and the badguy shot back the officer was shot) it looked quite impressive as it tested officers in various situations. A better version could be used in which the officers could also use voice as an input and if they act incorrectly the person controlling the game could make the badguys rrespond in a dangerous way. This give police officers a safe way of dealing with various situations so that if the real thing was to happen they could be prepared to expect the unexpected and deal with it.
I also think that games could be used in schools for an educational purpose, when I was in school we used to watch educational programs on television which helped you to learn such topics as maths, spelling etc. I think games have more potential than the television in the field of education. Children would concentrate more with games and they are also interactive so the child would be doing more and learning along the way.
Children have very short attention spans, paying attention to a teacher all day can become very boring. A lot of children would like the idea of getting to play a game as part of learning. Games are very popular with young children (the rest of us as well) and ones that help them learn easier and sometimes faster could be beneficial to the children and also the teacher.
Bright, fast moving colours and sounds cause us to become interested in what’s happening, we pay more attention. When I was in school we used BBC computers with very poor graphical abilities, but still a lot of my classmates jumped at the chance to use one. I know all this would cost money but education is slowly improving in this country and more funds become available to schools all the time. Not a lot of equipment would be needed. Just a few computers in each school (which most probably have got). I know a lot of people who have some kind of educational software to help you learn, revise and they think they are a great help.
I think game based learning would not only be more fun than using books and TV, the teacher would still play a major part in teaching, games could just be used as a little bit of fun to make school a more fun place to be and to re-inforce the basics that we should all know. Maybe more suited to children with special learning needs who require more effort and find learning hard, this kind of thing could be an answer to helping them that little bit more.
So where else do you think gaming could be used?
Another idea I was thinking about was one area on the potential that the on-line gaming market will have on us. So if on-line gaming is a huge success and also is cheap what kind of things could we expect to see.
Well other than the obvious things like playing games against people from all over. But looking into this area the potential is quite great. Take the following type of games as examples.
Football Games
A few possibilities, first you could take control of one individual player and ten others could do the same to make up your team and then play against another team, although this may not seem as much fun as how much of the ball your player gets will be decided by the other players.
How about the chance to play in a world cup where you can play against people all over in a cup competition to try be victorious. It does sound like a lot of fun to me as each oponent will be different in some way.
Wrestling games
The posibilities for this kind of game is also quite high, maybe story updates could be downlaoded to keep the characters and story up to date with the TV programs. Also what about the chance to play with 29 others in a royal rumble where each player picks a character and then gets a random number and it is up to you to do your best and win. This option would appeal to a lot of fans as wrestling games are usually months behind in terms of story mode and recent wrestlers, a way of updating these would make an average wrestling game a lot lot better.
Obviously there is huge potential for other varieties of games but time is running short for me and it is soon time to go home so I have to finish this post of quickly.
So what else could going on-line give us. Well things like Game updates which could give us extra levels and characters and make small improvements on games are a possibility. Also other options like downlaoding game demos, music and video clips are being planned by Sony and probably by Nintendo and Microsoft too.
But what about further into the future? Will we see games which are designed just for on-line game playing? Such games which require a large number of gamers to take part in them and everyone plays a unique and fun part to the game. This way each time you play could be different, requiring you to do different things to progresss.
Or in a simiar way to the wrestling option mentioned before what about games that automatically update themselves when you are on the network, so they could downlaod a small file either onto the hard disk or a memory card which is loaded each time you play that particular game, the update could have maybe extra options, levels,characters, vehicles etc or could be used to fix minor bugs or problems in the games coding. That way developers wouldn't have to release poor sequels *Cough FIFA /Cough instead just release an update every few months which improves the game slightly, this way not only would each game last that little bit longer but also poor sequels could be a thing of the past.
I think one thing we could see in professional gamers, it seems a bit weird to me as there isn't much in the way of natural ability or training to be better like there is with things like sports. Sure you can practice a lot but most people who play games already play a lot anyway. But I do think it will happen, maybe not in a big way but money talks and if companies want to market themselves then they may used professional gamers who they sponsor to attract more customers to their products. So things like "Dave is a World champ, you could be too if you play FIFA 2010. Practice make perfect".
No doubt there are many of you who would jump at the chance to play games as a profession, seems quite a coushy job to me, play games. Surely anyone with good hand eye co-ordination and a fair bit of common sense could be a pro gamer?
I'll not go on anymore as I know a lot of you don't really read my long posts, just hope you managed to read this and have some kind of views on it.
Here are a few I thought on:
What about the area of driving vehicles like cars, buses, planes etc. I know it is probably simulators that are of use but most simulators are a form of games anyway.
Gaming could improve these areas as the could allow practicing under non-dangerous situations, you could learn the basics before stepping into the real vehicle, thus boosting your confidence and making you feel a bit more comfortable.
Games could also benefit this area as there are various situations that we don't encounter very often that can have drastic effects on the vehicle, things like driving on snow and ice, flying in heavy winds/fog/snow etc. The game could create and test various dangerous situation to allow the user to gain confidence in these areas and also could be very beneficial if they were to encounter a dangerous situation they may be able to handle it properly and not end up in danger. Obviously there are situatuions we could never predict and it is impossible to identify all the expceted ones but this could help prepare the driver for a few of them.
I remember once seeing a program about American police and they were using a type of game (It was a video on a screen and the police used special handguns which interacted with the game. If the shot was fired on the screen at a badguy they fell, if they missed and the badguy shot back the officer was shot) it looked quite impressive as it tested officers in various situations. A better version could be used in which the officers could also use voice as an input and if they act incorrectly the person controlling the game could make the badguys rrespond in a dangerous way. This give police officers a safe way of dealing with various situations so that if the real thing was to happen they could be prepared to expect the unexpected and deal with it.
I also think that games could be used in schools for an educational purpose, when I was in school we used to watch educational programs on television which helped you to learn such topics as maths, spelling etc. I think games have more potential than the television in the field of education. Children would concentrate more with games and they are also interactive so the child would be doing more and learning along the way.
Children have very short attention spans, paying attention to a teacher all day can become very boring. A lot of children would like the idea of getting to play a game as part of learning. Games are very popular with young children (the rest of us as well) and ones that help them learn easier and sometimes faster could be beneficial to the children and also the teacher.
Bright, fast moving colours and sounds cause us to become interested in what’s happening, we pay more attention. When I was in school we used BBC computers with very poor graphical abilities, but still a lot of my classmates jumped at the chance to use one. I know all this would cost money but education is slowly improving in this country and more funds become available to schools all the time. Not a lot of equipment would be needed. Just a few computers in each school (which most probably have got). I know a lot of people who have some kind of educational software to help you learn, revise and they think they are a great help.
I think game based learning would not only be more fun than using books and TV, the teacher would still play a major part in teaching, games could just be used as a little bit of fun to make school a more fun place to be and to re-inforce the basics that we should all know. Maybe more suited to children with special learning needs who require more effort and find learning hard, this kind of thing could be an answer to helping them that little bit more.
So where else do you think gaming could be used?
Another idea I was thinking about was one area on the potential that the on-line gaming market will have on us. So if on-line gaming is a huge success and also is cheap what kind of things could we expect to see.
Well other than the obvious things like playing games against people from all over. But looking into this area the potential is quite great. Take the following type of games as examples.
Football Games
A few possibilities, first you could take control of one individual player and ten others could do the same to make up your team and then play against another team, although this may not seem as much fun as how much of the ball your player gets will be decided by the other players.
How about the chance to play in a world cup where you can play against people all over in a cup competition to try be victorious. It does sound like a lot of fun to me as each oponent will be different in some way.
Wrestling games
The posibilities for this kind of game is also quite high, maybe story updates could be downlaoded to keep the characters and story up to date with the TV programs. Also what about the chance to play with 29 others in a royal rumble where each player picks a character and then gets a random number and it is up to you to do your best and win. This option would appeal to a lot of fans as wrestling games are usually months behind in terms of story mode and recent wrestlers, a way of updating these would make an average wrestling game a lot lot better.
Obviously there is huge potential for other varieties of games but time is running short for me and it is soon time to go home so I have to finish this post of quickly.
So what else could going on-line give us. Well things like Game updates which could give us extra levels and characters and make small improvements on games are a possibility. Also other options like downlaoding game demos, music and video clips are being planned by Sony and probably by Nintendo and Microsoft too.
But what about further into the future? Will we see games which are designed just for on-line game playing? Such games which require a large number of gamers to take part in them and everyone plays a unique and fun part to the game. This way each time you play could be different, requiring you to do different things to progresss.
Or in a simiar way to the wrestling option mentioned before what about games that automatically update themselves when you are on the network, so they could downlaod a small file either onto the hard disk or a memory card which is loaded each time you play that particular game, the update could have maybe extra options, levels,characters, vehicles etc or could be used to fix minor bugs or problems in the games coding. That way developers wouldn't have to release poor sequels *Cough FIFA /Cough instead just release an update every few months which improves the game slightly, this way not only would each game last that little bit longer but also poor sequels could be a thing of the past.
I think one thing we could see in professional gamers, it seems a bit weird to me as there isn't much in the way of natural ability or training to be better like there is with things like sports. Sure you can practice a lot but most people who play games already play a lot anyway. But I do think it will happen, maybe not in a big way but money talks and if companies want to market themselves then they may used professional gamers who they sponsor to attract more customers to their products. So things like "Dave is a World champ, you could be too if you play FIFA 2010. Practice make perfect".
No doubt there are many of you who would jump at the chance to play games as a profession, seems quite a coushy job to me, play games. Surely anyone with good hand eye co-ordination and a fair bit of common sense could be a pro gamer?
I'll not go on anymore as I know a lot of you don't really read my long posts, just hope you managed to read this and have some kind of views on it.
Multi format games could well be a huge success. I don't see it happening in the GameCube/PS2/X-Box era but maybe after that. I am sure certain software/hardware techniques or a mix of both could be used to allow such a thing to take place.
I think there could be a number of benefits not only for us gamers but also a fair bit of cash in return for the developers that can make a great multi format game that allows mass on-line gaming. I could expand my views on this but it is late and I am in need of sleep. Any more views on the topic or on multi format multiplayers?
I think there could be a number of benefits not only for us gamers but also a fair bit of cash in return for the developers that can make a great multi format game that allows mass on-line gaming. I could expand my views on this but it is late and I am in need of sleep. Any more views on the topic or on multi format multiplayers?
I think that there's a big future in online gaming.
How about a multiformat shooter that could be played online across all formats. Then the console wars could REALLY begin... ;-)
How about a multiformat shooter that could be played online across all formats. Then the console wars could REALLY begin... ;-)
I have a fw things to discus here, just put them in the one post as I'm sure more people will read just the one and it is easier for me to write them both at the same time.We all probably have various reasons why games appeal to us so much and why we play them, but imagine for a moment if you will what other uses games could have in the future. Other areas where games could be used for improving or educating people under various situations.
Here are a few I thought on:
What about the area of driving vehicles like cars, buses, planes etc. I know it is probably simulators that are of use but most simulators are a form of games anyway.
Gaming could improve these areas as the could allow practicing under non-dangerous situations, you could learn the basics before stepping into the real vehicle, thus boosting your confidence and making you feel a bit more comfortable.
Games could also benefit this area as there are various situations that we don't encounter very often that can have drastic effects on the vehicle, things like driving on snow and ice, flying in heavy winds/fog/snow etc. The game could create and test various dangerous situation to allow the user to gain confidence in these areas and also could be very beneficial if they were to encounter a dangerous situation they may be able to handle it properly and not end up in danger. Obviously there are situatuions we could never predict and it is impossible to identify all the expceted ones but this could help prepare the driver for a few of them.
I remember once seeing a program about American police and they were using a type of game (It was a video on a screen and the police used special handguns which interacted with the game. If the shot was fired on the screen at a badguy they fell, if they missed and the badguy shot back the officer was shot) it looked quite impressive as it tested officers in various situations. A better version could be used in which the officers could also use voice as an input and if they act incorrectly the person controlling the game could make the badguys rrespond in a dangerous way. This give police officers a safe way of dealing with various situations so that if the real thing was to happen they could be prepared to expect the unexpected and deal with it.
I also think that games could be used in schools for an educational purpose, when I was in school we used to watch educational programs on television which helped you to learn such topics as maths, spelling etc. I think games have more potential than the television in the field of education. Children would concentrate more with games and they are also interactive so the child would be doing more and learning along the way.
Children have very short attention spans, paying attention to a teacher all day can become very boring. A lot of children would like the idea of getting to play a game as part of learning. Games are very popular with young children (the rest of us as well) and ones that help them learn easier and sometimes faster could be beneficial to the children and also the teacher.
Bright, fast moving colours and sounds cause us to become interested in what’s happening, we pay more attention. When I was in school we used BBC computers with very poor graphical abilities, but still a lot of my classmates jumped at the chance to use one. I know all this would cost money but education is slowly improving in this country and more funds become available to schools all the time. Not a lot of equipment would be needed. Just a few computers in each school (which most probably have got). I know a lot of people who have some kind of educational software to help you learn, revise and they think they are a great help.
I think game based learning would not only be more fun than using books and TV, the teacher would still play a major part in teaching, games could just be used as a little bit of fun to make school a more fun place to be and to re-inforce the basics that we should all know. Maybe more suited to children with special learning needs who require more effort and find learning hard, this kind of thing could be an answer to helping them that little bit more.
So where else do you think gaming could be used?
Another idea I was thinking about was one area on the potential that the on-line gaming market will have on us. So if on-line gaming is a huge success and also is cheap what kind of things could we expect to see.
Well other than the obvious things like playing games against people from all over. But looking into this area the potential is quite great. Take the following type of games as examples.
Football Games
A few possibilities, first you could take control of one individual player and ten others could do the same to make up your team and then play against another team, although this may not seem as much fun as how much of the ball your player gets will be decided by the other players.
How about the chance to play in a world cup where you can play against people all over in a cup competition to try be victorious. It does sound like a lot of fun to me as each oponent will be different in some way.
Wrestling games
The posibilities for this kind of game is also quite high, maybe story updates could be downlaoded to keep the characters and story up to date with the TV programs. Also what about the chance to play with 29 others in a royal rumble where each player picks a character and then gets a random number and it is up to you to do your best and win. This option would appeal to a lot of fans as wrestling games are usually months behind in terms of story mode and recent wrestlers, a way of updating these would make an average wrestling game a lot lot better.
Obviously there is huge potential for other varieties of games but time is running short for me and it is soon time to go home so I have to finish this post of quickly.
So what else could going on-line give us. Well things like Game updates which could give us extra levels and characters and make small improvements on games are a possibility. Also other options like downlaoding game demos, music and video clips are being planned by Sony and probably by Nintendo and Microsoft too.
But what about further into the future? Will we see games which are designed just for on-line game playing? Such games which require a large number of gamers to take part in them and everyone plays a unique and fun part to the game. This way each time you play could be different, requiring you to do different things to progresss.
Or in a simiar way to the wrestling option mentioned before what about games that automatically update themselves when you are on the network, so they could downlaod a small file either onto the hard disk or a memory card which is loaded each time you play that particular game, the update could have maybe extra options, levels,characters, vehicles etc or could be used to fix minor bugs or problems in the games coding. That way developers wouldn't have to release poor sequels *Cough FIFA /Cough instead just release an update every few months which improves the game slightly, this way not only would each game last that little bit longer but also poor sequels could be a thing of the past.
I think one thing we could see in professional gamers, it seems a bit weird to me as there isn't much in the way of natural ability or training to be better like there is with things like sports. Sure you can practice a lot but most people who play games already play a lot anyway. But I do think it will happen, maybe not in a big way but money talks and if companies want to market themselves then they may used professional gamers who they sponsor to attract more customers to their products. So things like "Dave is a World champ, you could be too if you play FIFA 2010. Practice make perfect".
No doubt there are many of you who would jump at the chance to play games as a profession, seems quite a coushy job to me, play games. Surely anyone with good hand eye co-ordination and a fair bit of common sense could be a pro gamer?
I'll not go on anymore as I know a lot of you don't really read my long posts, just hope you managed to read this and have some kind of views on it.
Here are a few I thought on:
What about the area of driving vehicles like cars, buses, planes etc. I know it is probably simulators that are of use but most simulators are a form of games anyway.
Gaming could improve these areas as the could allow practicing under non-dangerous situations, you could learn the basics before stepping into the real vehicle, thus boosting your confidence and making you feel a bit more comfortable.
Games could also benefit this area as there are various situations that we don't encounter very often that can have drastic effects on the vehicle, things like driving on snow and ice, flying in heavy winds/fog/snow etc. The game could create and test various dangerous situation to allow the user to gain confidence in these areas and also could be very beneficial if they were to encounter a dangerous situation they may be able to handle it properly and not end up in danger. Obviously there are situatuions we could never predict and it is impossible to identify all the expceted ones but this could help prepare the driver for a few of them.
I remember once seeing a program about American police and they were using a type of game (It was a video on a screen and the police used special handguns which interacted with the game. If the shot was fired on the screen at a badguy they fell, if they missed and the badguy shot back the officer was shot) it looked quite impressive as it tested officers in various situations. A better version could be used in which the officers could also use voice as an input and if they act incorrectly the person controlling the game could make the badguys rrespond in a dangerous way. This give police officers a safe way of dealing with various situations so that if the real thing was to happen they could be prepared to expect the unexpected and deal with it.
I also think that games could be used in schools for an educational purpose, when I was in school we used to watch educational programs on television which helped you to learn such topics as maths, spelling etc. I think games have more potential than the television in the field of education. Children would concentrate more with games and they are also interactive so the child would be doing more and learning along the way.
Children have very short attention spans, paying attention to a teacher all day can become very boring. A lot of children would like the idea of getting to play a game as part of learning. Games are very popular with young children (the rest of us as well) and ones that help them learn easier and sometimes faster could be beneficial to the children and also the teacher.
Bright, fast moving colours and sounds cause us to become interested in what’s happening, we pay more attention. When I was in school we used BBC computers with very poor graphical abilities, but still a lot of my classmates jumped at the chance to use one. I know all this would cost money but education is slowly improving in this country and more funds become available to schools all the time. Not a lot of equipment would be needed. Just a few computers in each school (which most probably have got). I know a lot of people who have some kind of educational software to help you learn, revise and they think they are a great help.
I think game based learning would not only be more fun than using books and TV, the teacher would still play a major part in teaching, games could just be used as a little bit of fun to make school a more fun place to be and to re-inforce the basics that we should all know. Maybe more suited to children with special learning needs who require more effort and find learning hard, this kind of thing could be an answer to helping them that little bit more.
So where else do you think gaming could be used?
Another idea I was thinking about was one area on the potential that the on-line gaming market will have on us. So if on-line gaming is a huge success and also is cheap what kind of things could we expect to see.
Well other than the obvious things like playing games against people from all over. But looking into this area the potential is quite great. Take the following type of games as examples.
Football Games
A few possibilities, first you could take control of one individual player and ten others could do the same to make up your team and then play against another team, although this may not seem as much fun as how much of the ball your player gets will be decided by the other players.
How about the chance to play in a world cup where you can play against people all over in a cup competition to try be victorious. It does sound like a lot of fun to me as each oponent will be different in some way.
Wrestling games
The posibilities for this kind of game is also quite high, maybe story updates could be downlaoded to keep the characters and story up to date with the TV programs. Also what about the chance to play with 29 others in a royal rumble where each player picks a character and then gets a random number and it is up to you to do your best and win. This option would appeal to a lot of fans as wrestling games are usually months behind in terms of story mode and recent wrestlers, a way of updating these would make an average wrestling game a lot lot better.
Obviously there is huge potential for other varieties of games but time is running short for me and it is soon time to go home so I have to finish this post of quickly.
So what else could going on-line give us. Well things like Game updates which could give us extra levels and characters and make small improvements on games are a possibility. Also other options like downlaoding game demos, music and video clips are being planned by Sony and probably by Nintendo and Microsoft too.
But what about further into the future? Will we see games which are designed just for on-line game playing? Such games which require a large number of gamers to take part in them and everyone plays a unique and fun part to the game. This way each time you play could be different, requiring you to do different things to progresss.
Or in a simiar way to the wrestling option mentioned before what about games that automatically update themselves when you are on the network, so they could downlaod a small file either onto the hard disk or a memory card which is loaded each time you play that particular game, the update could have maybe extra options, levels,characters, vehicles etc or could be used to fix minor bugs or problems in the games coding. That way developers wouldn't have to release poor sequels *Cough FIFA /Cough instead just release an update every few months which improves the game slightly, this way not only would each game last that little bit longer but also poor sequels could be a thing of the past.
I think one thing we could see in professional gamers, it seems a bit weird to me as there isn't much in the way of natural ability or training to be better like there is with things like sports. Sure you can practice a lot but most people who play games already play a lot anyway. But I do think it will happen, maybe not in a big way but money talks and if companies want to market themselves then they may used professional gamers who they sponsor to attract more customers to their products. So things like "Dave is a World champ, you could be too if you play FIFA 2010. Practice make perfect".
No doubt there are many of you who would jump at the chance to play games as a profession, seems quite a coushy job to me, play games. Surely anyone with good hand eye co-ordination and a fair bit of common sense could be a pro gamer?
I'll not go on anymore as I know a lot of you don't really read my long posts, just hope you managed to read this and have some kind of views on it.