Questions for Research Paper

Research for the paper is slightly different then research for other topics, as the subject of gaming isn't usually taken seriously. This seems to be notable at least for how society views gaming.

My main questions would be as follows. Are we required to have one or more academic journals for reference? What I've gathered so far, I have honestly done so from just the web. I can check Proquest, however, and see if I find any more info. Also, must our paper correlate specifically to our game, or can it just relate to gaming in general?

My research topic

I will be researching the evolution of games- from Pong to Wii Fit, how has gaming evolved? Are "bigger and better" games necessarily healthy for our society?

I think this will be an interesting topic because of the controversy surrounding games, and newer innovations like Wii Fit.

Research topic

I am going to be researching the differences in online games and what attracts different people to the different games. I am going to look at and determine between three different online games and compare them to see why i think they are popular and what attracts people to playing each game. Also i will look at whether age restrictions on games has an effect on its popularity, i personally don't think it will because a parent normally buys a child a restricted game anyway. I will be keen to see why people prefer shoot em up games like "fallen earth" opposed to a game like "world of war craft".

Gaming in relation to prosperity and democracy

I think that there are definitely ways that the information age will make a difference to democracy but i am not to sure that gaming can have an affect on this. I think that within the next 50 years people will be voting via some computer aided device, and the way that we can view all democratic issues will be looked at differently and broken down better via computers. I think that with the fact that there are now 24/7 news Channel's on the television has made a huge difference in democracy. Anything that is now an issue is now all over the news so that everyone can see. In the future i think that the Internet will start to play a bigger part to the way we look at everything, even bigger than it already has. I think that because of the Internet that no one will be able to not vote and the more detail in the analysis of everything that becomes provide because of the Internet will make sure every single aspect is not missed.

Final Project Thesis

Late Post From Yesterday

I have decided to investigate further into the possible educational, ethical and general effects of engaging in MMORPG play.

This is the thesis I plan on using:

"Although the potential for great benefit to the player in terms of education, ethical development and the ability to contribute to the community does indeed exist in many Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, (MMORPGs), the true impact to the player is dependent both upon the proper and responsible usage by the player and the game's content itself.”

I feel like this has the potential of being a very interesting project. I am very interested in all of the various applications and uses that these games contribute, and I think that in order to maximize the benefits, we must understand how to engage in gameplay responsibly and safely.