Exam 3: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground

Electronic games do not have speech protection under the First Amendment.

Game sites and blogs are among the most popular external communities for gamers.

The video game console business is dominated by three major players: ______.

The successful launch of a game involves ______.

The perspective in strategy games is first-person.

Game publishers are legally required to submit games to the ESRB rating system.

Street Fighter is an example of a(n) _____ game.

Minesweeper is an example of a(n) _____ game.

An elevated and angled perspective that enhances the sense of three-dimensionality by allowing players to see the tops and sides of objects is ______ perspective.

A 2013 study found that females are two to three times more likely than males to become addicted to video games.

Like television shows, books, and comics before them, electronic games have also inspired movies.

The first home television game, called Odyssey, was developed by ______.

About ______ percent of U.S. households have a video console.

Atari's first creation was _________________________, a simple two-dimensional tennis-style game with two vertical paddles that bounced a white dot back and forth.

In 1976, an arcade game called ______ prompted the first public outcry over violence of electronic gaming.

Explain how game companies are using interactive technology to attract nongamers.

Why are some games offered free-to-play, or freemium?

Since 2014, Sony's ________ has been the most popular of the new generation of consoles.

AAA game titles typically cost much less than a blockbuster film to make and promote.

The _________________________ game titles are games that represent the current standard for technical excellence.