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VideoGames

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

VideoGames

SOCIETY'S WAY OF SAYING YOU HAVE NO LIFE
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Videogames provide wonderful experiences for both young and old. Even though video games have been around for only a few decades, it changes the world we live in today

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Video Games HIstory

What? people used to play this?
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Video Games HIstory

  • 1972- Nolan Bushnell creates Pong 
  • 1980- Fans go crazy for Mario and Pac-Man
  • 1984- Alexey Pajitnov creates Tetris
  • 1985- The Nintendo Entertainment System is released
  • 1987- Link debuts in his first game, The Legend of Zelda 
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Video Games History (Continued)

  • 1991- Sega creates Sonic the Hedgehog
  • 1995- Sony releases the first Playstation
  • 2001- Microsoft makes the Xbox 
  • 2008- Nintendo releases the Nintendo Wii
  • 2013, 2014- Ps4, Wii U, Xbox One begin sells
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HOw video games have changed

Wow, your videogame is evolving (Obvious pokemon reference)

How Video Games Have changed

  • Video Games become more motion driven.
  • Online multi-player has become popular
  • Video Game graphics have been improved
  • Games on cartridges are now on disks
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Random videogame facts

That even i didn't know before
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fact#1 mario jumpman mario

was originally an antagonist in donkey kong

Fact#2 Super Mario 64

Increases Brain's motor and problem-solving skills

Fact#3 Gastly and Wooper

Can learn ice punch despite not having limbs

FACT#4 TOPEKA, KANSAS

CHANGED ITS NAME TO TOPIKACHU, kANSAS FOR A DAY IN HONOR OF POKEMON

FACT#5 SONIC CAN'T SWIM

BECAUSE SEGA BELIEVED THAT HEDGEHOGS COULDN'T SWIM. THEY CAN

FACT#6 SEGA SPONSORED TWO F1 RACERS

SONIC COULD BE SEEN ALL OVER THE FINISHING LINE. EVEN ON THE TROPHY

FACT#7 THE CREEPER

WAS CREATED BY A FAILED ATTEMPT AT MAKING A PIG

FACT#8 RUBIES WERE IN MINECRAFT BUT WERE LATER REMOVED

BECAUSE A BLIND DEVELOPER COULDN'T SEE THEM WELL, SO THEY WERE REPLACED WITH EMERALDS

FACT#9 LINK'S VOICE COULD'VE SOUNDED LIKE MARIO'S

BUT DOESN'T BECAUSE A DEVELOPER REJECTED THE IDEA STATING, LINK WILL NEVER HAVE A VOICE

FACT#10 EVERYTHING IS SLANTED

IN A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS, SO THAT IT CAN HAVE THE SAME PERSPECTIVE LIKE THE LINK OF TIME

HOW VIDEO GAMES AFFECT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

WELL THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE GONNA BE LIES

VIDEO GAMES HAVE:

PREDICTED THE FUTURE (AND IT ACTUALLY CAME TRUE!)

Deus Ex actually predicted the 9/11 attack a year before it happened. There was not enough memory space to contain the Twin Towers, so the game simply says that the buildings were destroyed by terrorists.

VIDEO GAMES CAN:

INCREASE BRAIN'S FUNCTIONALITY

Again, Thank you Mario

VIDEO GAMES CAN:

WIN THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS (literallY IN JAPAN)

A young man from Japan(That rhymes) who goes by the username, Sal 9000, married his video game girlfriend in real life. He claims she's better than any other woman he's met.

WORKS CITED

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