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Understanding of gaming


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”They’re not human, but I loved playing with him,” the slogan in an online gaming site. In today’s multimedia realm, humans seem to find new friends. With them, people can play each other, dialogue, and even fight each other and battle-strategy – an activity that is very natural and very close to human life.

The new friend was named game, a virtual media that embodies its users to play and race strategies to be able to solve a problem and win the challenges presented therein. Technically, this game can be enjoyed using the computers, televisions and even mobile phones.

What is a “game play”? In a broad sense of game play means “entertainment”. Game play also refers to the sense of “intellectual agility” (Intellectual playability). While the word “game” can be interpreted as an arena for players’ decisions and actions. There are targets to be achieved players. Intellectual agility, at some level, is a measure of the extent to which the game was exciting to play optimally.

According to Alan Shiu Ho Kwan (2000), there are at least six factors that underlie one’s playing games: the offers of freedom, diversity of choice, attraction picture elements, the interface (interface), and accessibility challenges.

In line with the increasing flood of fans of this game, software technology for this game is growing more rapidly. Than just a video game based PC or TV played alone or together (multiplayer) in a similar medium, now began to move toward the games that are connected online. That is, a player (player) will be able to compete with a number of strategies and skills of other players who are in other parts of the world. Internetlah existence that allows it to happen.

No doubt, online gaming is ultimately the future for game creators. Although the road leading to it is still encountering many obstacles, mainly due to the ability of the technology is not maximized, online games still save a lot of hope. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft for example, has just announced their ambition to design an interactive game – something that many experts had predicted since the launch of Ultima Online in 1997.

In addition, online games games involving international teams took another step forward when Sony Online and NCSoft join hands in carrying the EverQuest to Asia. Obviously, this will move the potential of a multicultural world that will be incorporated in a universal game with a variety of options.

Based on the Ultima franchise that his action was pretty good, Ultima Online was the first game genre commercially successful. Since then, a handful of online games – Everquest and Lineage main exception – starting profitable. Online gaming is expected to be able to boost profits beyond the achievements of traditional CD-based games that could reap $ 6.5 billion per year

Sony revealed that 70 percent of users the game to challenge other players online, while only four percent who played himself on his computer. The bad news: 60 percent of gamers do not want to pay additional fees to play online games. “Technology is a revolutionary advanced online video game and it will fundamentally transform games into other forms of social relationships,” says J. Allard, GM Xbox.

Multicultural potential that exists on earth is a magnet in connecting millions of fans each game to “communicate” with their own way, namely with the “fight” through the game.

However, the fight through the game much more positive, constructive and civilized, than for example the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan that killed hundreds of lives and show setback for civilization.

Types or Game Genre


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Video Game or a video game is a game that uses interaction with a user interface through the images produced by video equipment. Video games generally provide a reward system for example, scores are calculated based on the level of success achieved in completing the missions in the game.

Video games can now be played by many players at the same time although they are separated between islands and between continents, was no longer played with a conventional video game arcade machines, this time with a computer or console (Wii, PS, Xbox) is connected to the Internet, are referred to as online gaming

Genres of online games are the types of games in terms of how to play. Examples of the genre, namely:

● RTS (real time strategy) ●
Real Time Strategy is a genre of computer games that have the characteristic form of war games that each player has a country, the country is managed in terms of gathering resources (natural, human, economic), setting strategy combat troops, diplomacy with countries tetanga, increased economic development, confidence, development of education from a primitive state into a modern civilization.

RTS is distinguished from the turn-based strategy which in turn RTS games do not recognize. Each player can set / command its troops in any time. In RTS, the game can be a historical theme (eg Age of Empires series), fantasy (eg Warcraft) and fiction (eg Star Wars).
Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, Stronghold, Warcraft.

● FPS (first person shooter) ●
This type of game in a shootout with the display on the screen the player is the viewpoint character is playable characters, each character has a character different abilities in the shooting accuracy, shooting reflexes, etc.. These games can involve a lot of people.

This game can be crippling the mission of the criminal and alien, sometimes also a number of players shared some of the teams in charge of crippling the other team, before it is disabled. Another major characteristic is the use of handguns over long distances.

Examples of this genre of games include Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, Blood, Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life series, Counter-Strike, Halo series, Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters, Call of Duty, System Shock, and GoldenEye 007.

● RPG (role playing game) ●
(English: role-playing game RPG abbreviated) is a game that the players play the role of imaginary characters and collaborate to weave a story together. The players choose tokok action figures based on the characteristics of their character, and the success of their action depends on the system of game rules that have been determined. Still follow the rules of origin set, the players can improvise shape the direction and outcome of this game.

In an RPG game, there is rarely a “lost” or “win”. This makes the game different RPG than other types of board games like Monopoly or Snakes and Ladders, card games, sports, and other games. Like a novel or a movie, RPG games have a fascination for these games invites players to use their imagination. Usual RPG towards more social collaboration rather than competition. Generally in RPGs, the players joined in one group.

Average RPG game is played like a radio drama: when a player “talk”, he speaks as a character and when the player wants his character to do something physical (such as attacking a monster or open a lock) he has to describe it verbally.

There is also a kind of RPG game where players can perform physical movements by the player’s own character. It’s called Live-Action Role-playing or LARP. In a LARP game, the players usually wear costumes and use the tools that fit with the character, world and stories that he played.

The other term is a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a game of role-playing game (RPG) that involves thousands of players to play together in a virtual world that continues to grow at the same time through the medium of the Internet and networks.

An example of this genre of games World of Warcraft, The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Final Fantasy, Ragnarok, DOTTA.

Life simulation games ● ●
This life simulation game covers the activities of individual characters in a character. In the character player memainakn figures responsible for the intelligence and physical abilities of these characters. Figures like these characters require human needs such as learning, working, shopping, socializing, raising animals, nurturing environment and others. Opponent could be another player who plays the character as a neighbor or a computer with a high level of artificial intelligence.

Examples are SimLife, Second Life.

● Construction and management simulation games ●
Games that simulate a project to build a city, players required to build a town complete with public amenities and facilities such as government buildings, public transportation, parks, schools, hospitals, places of worship, factories, airports, stations, banks and other buildings other. when building a city the player must also consider the economic resources, the convenience of the residents in activities that may be disturbed during the making of the bridge crossing and others.

Examples of this genre of game is SimCity, Caesar.

Vehicle simulation ● ●
These types of games to simulate the operation of some vehicles, the vehicle can include aircraft, fighter planes, trains, war vehicles, and construction vehicles.

Examples of this genre of game is FlightGear, Tram, Orbiter.

● ● Action Game
Games of this type is associated with physical challenges, such as agility, reflexes of the player. In this game the player controls a character of characters, a character could playable characters who are faced with a character who fights against the other characters can also perform a mission that many obstacles, collecting certain objects, defeating enemies, and save the other characters.

● ● Adventure Games
Games that use fictional characters who figure in charge of exploring to solve a mystery or a case, a treasure hunt, and save the character of artificial characters.

Many of the game lifted from a popular novel and movie bishop.

● ● Action Adventure Game
Bertualngan game combined with action fight, facing obstacles and solve puzzles.

Examples of this genre is the game Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones.

Simulation Manager ● ●
Game that simulates being a manager in a football club. Examples of this genre is the Championship Manager.

and many more types of games or genres of games such as Sport, Racing, Art on average very intersect with real world activity.

Positive and negative impacts of online gaming


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The rise of online gaming circulating in Indonesia make a new phenomenon among gaming enthusiasts. Whose life is messed up from school or college kids who did not pass. Playing the game does have two sides, negative and positive. On the positive side can train a pattern of thinking, reflexes, and may also be used as a place to earn money by following the game or sell items and characters in the game. It is evident from a study that playing games can make children become more intelligent than that is not, although research is still smelled of the controversy and can not be justified.

But what happens when playing games too much? What is certain is the effect could be very fatal. Starting from a chaotic real life, not graduate school (college) for a still a student or students or other matters such crimes due to run out of money to play online games.

To prevent this requires vigilance from parents to children are still small. It is better kids play games than hang out with people who are not clear, which may entrap the drug cases are now rife. What is important is implanted into the girl that plays games just as time-fillers for money and should not be a priority.

For those who’ve grown to think more clearly expected. Think about what the priorities that for game play. If it was to win a match there any money or get money from playing games anyway it’s perfectly natural. If only for hobbyists, need to find spare time, and do not go overboard or be a priority.

Here is the impact of online gaming

* Positive

The game makes smart people. Research at Manchester University and Central Lanchashire University show that the gamers who play games 18 hours per week (average 2.5 hours / day) have good coordination between hands and eyes is equivalent to the ability of athletes. But the more people who play in a lot longer.

Improve concentration. Dr. Jo Bryce, head of research at a university in Iggris found that gamers have a high concentration of power that allow them to accomplish several tasks.

Sharpness of the eye more quickly. Research at Rochester University reveals that children who played action games regularly have the sharpness of the eye more quickly than those who are not used to playing games.

Improve the performance of the brain and stimulate the brain in accepting the story. Similarly, studying, playing games that are not excessively increase the performance of the brain even has a saturated capacity of fewer than studying and reading books.

Improving reading skills. Psychologists in Finland University stated that video games can help children to improve their reading skills. So, complaints about the game play which can lower the culture of reading is not unreasonable.

Improve English language skills. Research in Indonesia have discovered that many men who are adept at English at school or university without going through the course are those who love to play games.

Helps socialize. Some professors at Loyola University in Chicago has conducted research and they think online games can foster social interaction that opposes the isolated gamer stereotype. friendship, brotherhood, organizations (guilds), dealing with conflict (guild wars), managing people (if the guild leader), control of emotions, politics, etc..

Getting rid of stress! Researchers at Indiana University explains that playing games can relax nervous tension. Obviously aja than passable fighting a fight through the game, fake blood, fake weapons, everything was fake, why would we be living in a digital era when not using them.

Restoring the condition of the body. Dr. Mark Griffiths, a psychologist at Nottingham Trent University tested the extent to which the benefits of games in physical therapy.

Increase speed in typing, as some online games require players to type when communicating with the speaker.

Train the ability to trade.

* Negative

Addictive effects, which result in neglect of real life. This is the real problem faced by many gamers who essentially is self-control.

Real life into a mess, such as grades, campus job, fired, etc..

Makes people stupid. People think because the road is too short to play the game he played. There was one case, someone killed a taxi driver because the man wanted the money from the taxi driver to play games. Her favorite game is GTA. Surely you know ..?

Making people terisolisir with its surroundings. This is because too often the effects of playing games, so forget about real life.

Detrimental to health. Because someone who plays games in a very long time he was just doing a passive activity

Resulting in eating and sleeping patterns are irregular, so susceptible to disease.
If it is too often will cause psychological effects. Menghayal and thoughts are always focused on the game are the negative effects it causes. Affects think the patterns and behavior

Waste, if online games have become addictive. Because if someone has kecaduan, he can sacrifice anything for the sake of his desire.

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