City Trip

We (David, Shakti, Depore, Nermin) started off at Toys R Us. We started off downstairs in the video game section. A toy is an object that you can play with and control with your hands. Usually toys need you to use your hands and play with by your own rules. The difference between a toy and a game is that in a game there is a set of rules and it has a purpose. The purpose of a game is to accomplish something by defeating a challenge. I believe a toy can't become a game but if you get several toys together you can make a game. Some cultural issues we can speak about particularly about games is that they can give children false facts about real life. The way the games are catagorized, their ratings. We hit Game Stop after that at around 1130 where we met up with Matt. On the way got some free samples from Starbucks. =) There are all types of video games, sports, action, rpg, simulation, racing and puzzle (not including rockband, ddr and guitar hero. don't know what to consider them). I would say the difference between a console game and a PC game is that they are formatted differently and the game play is switched around a bit. From my expiernce the quality is much better on newer consoles than PCs. I believe on PCs you are somewhat limited and don't get the graphics you do on game consoles. I feel like a control remote allows for a better gaming experience. On game consoles you can connect more things like with the new music games, guitars, drumset, microphone and dancing mat. We went to The Complete Strategist where we met up with Joel and Jacob. This store was interesting I have never seen so many game boards in my life. We saw all types of games, board games, puzzles, card games and even some dice games. No game really caught my attention. I'm not really interested in these types of games because they take to long. The differences I see between video games and hard games is that in games you take place of a made up character. You feel more into the game. In hard games you usually have to move piece or pieces. The main difference between these types of games is who you become not who you control. By the time we were done it was about 130 so I didn't have time to go to Neutral Ground.