Sunday, October 28, 2012

online gaming


This week’s topic was online gaming and the tool that we use in class called dungeon blitz on Face book was like an online game. Dungeon blitz show many different aspects as just any online game that I have played before. Some of the things that we talked about with online gaming is the technology has made online gaming is pretty popular thing these days with all the different things that technology has to offer. But online gaming has some negative things as well like we talked about with the diction of playing too much of online games for like nine straight hours and a situation like this can affect people's lives. Playing the game dungeon blitz didn't give me too much addiction but this can be a game that can affect people. But this game dungeon blitz is just one of many online games that you can play these days.
            This online game dungeon blitz is just another game where people can interact with each other while playing the game. Not just this game people can do this it goes for all games that people can play online. But for this game dungeon blitz since it can be found on Face book it has a little more interaction with people then the other ordinary games.
            Well playing the game dungeon blitz was a pretty interesting task I would have to say because of all the different levels that I got through the more difficult it got. As you moved up each level there were more task yet it do like for example go into these caves and save the people of the town who are the town’s top priority but as you go through those caves you a fight the mean and tough goblins to get through. Also the way the game was set up about which character you had to be in the name had to be a pretty specific one as well because he couldn't have just a simple generic name. Also the different keys you press on the keyboard to move around and also use the special powers you have for each level of the game as he moved up.
            The most challenging playing dungeon blitz is as he moved up in the levels the game play got harder. That means for me it can make me frustrated and I say to myself I just got a work harder. But also the goblins became harder to defeat in the caves as you got into the harder levels but as you know with any online game that's always the case it's not going to be easy all the time. Lastly other thing that was challenging about dungeon blitz was there were so many people around the areas where you have to complete a task you could not find which person to go to complete your task because of all the people that were around.
            The things that I would improve with the online game dungeon blitz is add more characters to the game and also get a chance to people be a goblin and be on the evil side. Maybe also make the presentation of the game a lot better as well because I thought the graphics of the game were not so great they need to be more like the graphics we have today. And also need to find a better way to communicate with each other because when I was playing I was talking so many different people at the same time it got confusing and I lost track of the game.
My experience playing dungeon blitz was very good. I liked my character a lot because he had some great moves and powers as the levels got harder. Going against the goblins especially in the caves were a lot of fun because I was on a roll by keep on killing them and earning a lot of points. This game felt like I was playing a real online game on my PS3 but only it was on Face book and the computer.

Monday, October 15, 2012

second life


Well the topic of the week was virtual communities and the bond that it has with each support group involved with in a certain community. In these virtual communities they can be an online site or offline but also involved with where you are located in the world and thing that interests you. The tool that I played around with Second Life was kind of like that in many different ways. Well Second Life it was like a virtual community and also like an online videogame based on the graphics in the interaction. You had a bunch of people cars, villains and many other different things walking around in these many different types of virtual communities that Second Life had to offer. The communities that I went through were London England, South Beach and haunted town which was pretty cool I thought. But Second Life allows you to join groups and organizations but also it allows you to chat with people in the virtual communities that you're walking around in and it's like meeting new people online but in a virtual community.
I mean the purpose of Second Life is getting to meet people online in a virtual community. This is just showing that there are many other different ways to meet people online besides Face book, MySpace and Twitter. Second Life allows you to walk around and get familiar with many different virtual worlds and also communicate with those people where it can lead from becoming great friends or even better starting a relationship.
Well Second Life to me was like I was playing in online videogame and meeting people in it. I went through so many different virtual communities in the game and I found so many different organizations and clubs that I could join and some of them were kind of interesting to me. I also liked how people could be people, car or some type of villain and that you could fly in the game which I had a lot of fun doing.
Second life to me had it challenges in which I do not know what type of people I was going to meet in this game because there were so many different characters in the game that were kind of odd looking to meet but for me in the game I was just an ordinary person walking around. Another thing that was challenging was there were so many different communities to go in and explore I just had a tough time which one would be best for me to explore in.
Second Life is just another way for people to communicate online but in an online game environment. They need to make it more interactive by which I mean have different things involved in each of the virtual communities. But also they need to advertise this Second Life game a little bit more because I never heard of it and its just one of those new social networking tools that is brand-new to me and I think it needs to be put out there so more people can enjoy it.
I really enjoy playing Second Life because I like going through the different virtual communities and seeing different characters in each of them but also interacting with different people and the clubs and organizations that I got involved with or got invited to. I was just an ordinary person flying around in different worlds which was a lot of fun.