Week 7

This week's lecture discussed whether or not video games are a waste of time.

• Video Games Studies includes the following types of games:
  Arcade GamesConsolesComputer GamesMUDsMMOGs

• Video games have evolved alongside technology/computers

• Militaries include the use of video games for training purposes

• Narratology is the study of video games which are structured like that of a story or literary work. It is often assumed that these games can be studied like texts. An example of work adhering to this theme include: 'Hamlet on Holodeck' by Janet Murray
• The opposite of this is Ludology which focusses solely on game play elements. Followers argue that the story element in many games are there for decoration only

In the tutorial, we discussed the lecture and evolution of the video game. We also did an exercise that explored the basic elements of Microsoft Word and Excel. This included making a cover letter for a potential job, carried out in stages; each one adding it's own feature such as bold, italics, mailing lists etc. It was interesting to learn features that will definately come in handy many a time in the future.