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Amman Tech Tuesdays “Gaming Edition” – August 3rd

It is not just about “waka waka waka”!!

Ala N. DawodGames content and community

specialist Yahoo! Middle east


What is “waka waka waka”

• When someone says “games”…. Is this what goes into your mind?

• If yes, prepare for the following…

• If not,…. Also prepare for the following!!


Videogames… origins

• “William Higinbotham” invented a device that allow tow players to play a tennis-like game in 1958


• In 1961, Steve Russell invented a game called “Spacewar!” on the PDP-1 computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Russell


• Ralph Baer thought about electronic games in the mid 50’s

• And is developed in the device called Odyssey in 1972


• And in 1972 , Nolan Bushnell

• started a company with a 500 $ !!!• Started a company and named it “go”


• And after some time…

• They made coin machine called “pong”


• the placed the machine in a bar. And watched from a distance.

• People liked “this new thing”. And they made a success. And stated producing 100 machines a day!!


• At that point when arcade machines that were successful. They decided to inter people’s homes in 1975

• And they made this


• And they also made famous consoles…

• Atari VCS 2600 (1977)


• The company was sold for 28 millions… which was at that time 1976.

• But the company has deteriorated since then.• Which marked a new dawn for another

competitor


• Nintendo was originally a card games maker from 1889!

• But they saw something interesting in video games and decided to shift and work in the games section

• But they saw the real success after hiring this man


The student on the fine art

• There was a young man

• Graduated with a degree in fine arts

• Joined the company as a game designer


• So he came up with this game:

• Donkey kong


• This was the precursor for the star of games of all times. The best seller of all time (collectively more than 200 million units !!)

• Later became: Mario


• At that time his name was “jump man”. And he was a part of donkey kong game.

• Then in the 1983 he starred in his own game.


He is also the creator all great Nintendo games:

• Mario• Zelda• Wii sport • Wii music


!!معقولة؟• According to a study:• 69% of adults recognize MARIO,• While only 53% recognize Paris Hilton (ICM research)

I WIN


Sony enters the race• Sony entered the gaming area in 1994 with

“Playstation” and became a key player in the gaming industry.

• Sony broke records in sales for PS1 by selling more than 100 million units


• And continued stunning success with the PS2

• Which is considered until today as the best seller in the history of videogames buy selling around 150 million units


A lesson of believing in your self

• Ken kutaragi story– Aka: the father of

playstation


العجيب ! الرابط؟ • اللعبة هذه بين الرابط ما


الفيلم؟ هذا و


The answer is

• This man:

• Shinji mikami• Designer of Aladdin

game…. And … Resident Evil games


Are you a fan of Farmville?

• Time magazine tells you it is on of THE WORST INVENTIONS EVER!!

• Time magazine made a list of worst 50 inventions ever made, and Farmville was one of them because it a productivity killer, and it is only a series of mindless endless clicking

• Which – as a videogames geek – made me very happy

V.S.


Video games now

• Video games are now extremely popular. • Some people consider them more

entertaining that movies.


Are games better than movies?

• Spider-Man creator Stan Lee has said he believes games are catching up with films these days - and in even surpassing them in some respects!!


Are games better than movies?

• Well in figures, the game “call of duty modern warfare2” sold 20 million copies. With revenue of 1.2 billion dollars

• It had the most successful opening day in the history of all entertainment. With 6 million copies in the opening day

• It has beaten Batman the dark knight movie , and harry potter movie in the total of revenue for the first week.


And to stress more on my point

• Shigeru myimoto upon receiving the BAFTA award…

• Yes games can grant you a bafta award


• And also atari founder nolan bushnell


In the end…

• Games are an equal form of art just like any other form of art, like movie, music, anything

• And here’s a sample


Video 2


• Any questions?

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دريف 1. ميغا Sega Mega Drive. 1سيغا

نينتيندو 2. Super Nintendo. 2سوبر

فاميلي 3. NES (Nintendo or "Family"). 3نينتيندو

Atari 2600 2600. 4أتاري 4.

Most of them. 5معظمهم 5.

واحد 6. None of them. 6وال

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