Motives for Gaming

    

We live in a world filled with sports, every week teams face off against each other; whether it be baseball, soccer or football. A constant battle against each other to enter championships, win titles and gain prestige. As audience members, the majority of us will never get to play in those super stadiums or on those famous soccer fields. Instead we play similarly competitive games but on a much lower scale and scope.

     The past few weeks Lacy has been going over several authors and articles that relate to gaming and learning. One of the authors said, that people who participate in games can be divided into two main groups, those who are interest driven and those who are driven because of friendship. Competitive play vs recreational.

     Do you think there are drawbacks or consequences between the two? Between the side of recreation and competitive play? Is it wrong that our society places such a high emphasis on competition, and do results justify everything?

A Step, Exploration: The Begining of a Journey

Whew, what to talk about.

College can be so weird sometimes. So many choices and decisions. Unlike high school we only have four months to meet new people and really get to know them. To find those with similar tastes, ideas and dreams. Because of that, the first day of class can be some of the most nerve wracking and trying times of the year.

Prof. Manship, Mrs. Lacy, was really good at being able to quell those fears. She used string games to help break us into our surroundings, meet new people and just have fun. I got to talk to those around me and learn things that were interesting and new. Well you may be asking yourself, "How do string games relate to English class?". Well... they don't. Just Kidding! Our class is a writing and inquiry class. We read an article by Gee who compared learning to playing games. I believe that these string games can be compared to learning in so many ways. We all learn at different paces, have different strengths and interests and sometimes it takes us a little bit of trials a bit of errors and a bit of sweat to get it down.

The first day was great, and I’m definitely looking forward to the rest of the semester. A first step, bit of exploration, but definitely the beginning of an interesting journey.