1 Which skill-based video game requires quick reflexes and skills with weapons?
role-playing games
shooter games
puzzle games
visual novel games
2 Thinking about the operations needed in these games, which game is likely to be one of the oldest games in the world?
tag
dice throwing
jump-rope
tic-tac-toe
3 What is the difference between “games” and “play?”
games are organized play
play has no consequences
games last longer
children play; adults game
4 What describes a special kind of game that is designed to mimic an experience or activity so that you can learn about it first-hand?
simulation
adventure
role-playing
puzzle
5 What is the advantage of learning through story compared to learning through personal experience?
stories are “more real” than personal experience
stories are easier to remember than personal experiences
stories have no rules to follow
you can learn from countless other lifetimes through stories
6 What term describes the story of a game?
tale
fable
narrative
setting
7 Game have been a part of human life only recently in human history—about 1100 AD.
True
False
8 In the outdoor game four-square, players attempt to bounce a ball in such a way that another player cannot return the ball. When someone fails to return the ball, they move out of their square, and everyone else advances a square hoping to reach the server square where they get to dictate what types of bounces everyone can make. Dictating the tricky bounces that everyone has to make is an example of what element of a game?
objective
operation
obstacles
outcome