Exam 3: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground

Coin-operated games could be found in the penny arcade.

The way in which the rules structure how players interact with the game is called _________________________.

Until 2009, the best-selling video game of all time was Super Mario Bros.

The key component of the first video games was the _________________________.

The Atari 2600, released in 1977, used a(n) ______ processer.

One of the biggest launches of any media product ever was the release of Grand Theft Auto V, which made more than $1 billion in its first three days.

With its increased profile and flexibility across platforms, the gaming industry has achieved a mass medium status on par with film or television.

The stories, characters, personalities, and music that require licensing agreements are called _________________________.

_________________________ is slang for "modifying game software or hardware."

Nintendo's most recent console, released in 2006, is the ______.

The ______ convention is a convention created by gamers for gamers, held each year in Seattle and Boston.

The best example of enduring games is the ______ series created by Nintendo mainstay Shigeru Miyamoto in 1983.

Video games created for purely promotional purposes are called _________________________.

Angry Birds is an example of a(n) ______ game.

Most shooter games have a first-person shooter (FPS) perspective.

______ is a game franchise produced by independent game publisher Blizzard Entertainment.

MMORPG stands for "massively multiplayer online role-playing game."

What do the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect have in common?

How are Apple's devices, games, and distribution system transforming the portable video game business?

French professor Pierre Lévy coined the term ______ in 1997 to describe the Internet.