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History and Facts :
Watch a video 
(YouTube)
- Free speech versus kids and violent video games
"The Supreme Court will decide whether free speech rights are more important than helping parents keep violent material away from children.
The justices agreed Monday to consider reinstating California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors."
+ a VIDEO
(news.yahoo.com)
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 Impressions: The Tougher Battle
"I was impressed with the enemy's ability to tear through my cover and pleased with the unpredictability with which it occurred...
The snow level, Crack The Sky, offered more tactical variety than the jungle level.
I had to fight through some buildings, with the option to run between them, over their roofs or, my favorite, punch enough holes in them and knock
enough of them down that I could forge my own varied path. "
(kotaku.com)
- Millions spent on casual gaming
"British gamers spent £280m playing online casual games in 2009 says the UK National Gamers Survey Report.
Similar studies carried out in other countries revealed that French players spent £220m and Germans £440m over the same period."
(BBC)
F.P.S. = First Person Shooter
"is a video game genre which centers the gameplay around gun- and projectile weapon-based combat through the first person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist."
(Wikipedia)
- Video game success may be in the mind, study finds
"If you find video games a struggle, it could be to do with the size of certain parts of your brain, a study suggests...
No matter what your brain size is, it's what you do with it that counts. Just remember the hare and the tortoise." "
(BBC)
- Modern Warfare sales are soaring
"Thousands of people queued outside games stores worldwide for the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2...
It is the sixth instalment in the Call of Duty series and gives players the chance to be a member of a military strike force that takes on a Russian ultra-nationalist terrorist group.
Itt sees the combat team travelling to Russia, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Brazil and into orbit, in an attempt to thwart the terrorists."
+ a VIDEO
(BBC)
- Gaming milestone for Elite game
- an article and a video
"The classic computer space-trading game Elite has celebrated its 25th anniversary... (it) was one of the first games to use 3D graphics...
In Elite, you can do lots of different roles, but it is driven by your actions within the game."
(BBC)
Elite is a seminal space trading computer game
"Elite was a hugely influential game, serving as a model for more recent games such as Eve Online, Freelancer, Jumpgate,
Infinity: The Quest for Earth, Wing Commander: Privateer, the Escape Velocity series and the X series of space trading games."
(Wikipedia)
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Serious gaming
"A serious game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment.
The "serious" adjective is generally appended to refer to products used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion, and politics...
These games have an explicit and carefully thought-out educational purpose."
See Edutainment and Game based learning
(Wikipedia)
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ENGAGE Learning Portal Launch
"ENGAGE is a European Network for GrowingActivity in Game-based learning in Education."
(engagelearning.eu)
- Teens and Computer Games
Read the paragraph - middle of the page
"Most games still provide the player with consequences to their actions...
The gamer will often begin to think morally about the situations when they take on the mantle of a particular character.
Furthermore, many games present teens with a positive influence."
(BBC)
- Raising a healthy gamer: seven tips for parents
"In this article, we'll take a look at some of the issues that surround video games and the family, and we'll give you some real-world advice on what
to look for, what the dangers are, and what you can do to have gaming be a safe and fun part of your household."
(arstechnica.com)
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Computer risk
"Is too much time online bad for your health?...
A number of reports have recently linked online networking and computer games to a host of health risks."
(BBC)
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World of Warcraft (commonly acronymed as WoW) "is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)."
It "holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG."
(Wikipedia)
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Web
worlds 'useful' for children
"Virtual worlds can be valuable places where children rehearse
what they will do in real life, reveals research...
Virtual worlds can be a powerful, engaging and interactive alternative
to more passive media."
ROLES ADOPTED DURING PLAY :
Explorer-investigators / Self-stampers / Social climbers / Fighters
/ Collector consumers / Power users / Nurturers / Life system builders
(BBC)
Adventure Rock
- interactive game
(BBC)
- Video
games: the next generation
"The video games industry is obsessed with the phrase
"next generation", but what does it actually mean?
What can gamers expect from any game given that name?"
- with Clips from video games of the future
(BBC)
- Factfile:
The Wii (BBC)
" All you need to know about Nintendo's latest games console."
Vocabulary : 
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F.P.S. = First Person Shooter
"is a video game genre which centers the gameplay around gun- and projectile weapon-based combat through the first person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist."
(Wikipedia)
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Talk Like a Gamer
ex : "To bunny hop is to leap rapidly about the game world to make yourself a more difficult target."
(costik.com)
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Social gaming (Wikipedia)
"commonly refers to playing games as a way of social interaction, as opposed to playing games in solitude, like some card games (solitaire)
and the single-player mode of many video games.
It may refer to:
- Board games
- Multiplayer
- MMO (as well as MMORPG and MMORTS)
- LAN party
- Live action role-playing games
- Miniature wargaming
- Role-playing games
- Alternate Reality Games"
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- Videogame Vocabulary - Lists
People / Beast / Places / Transportation / Item / Equipment / Menu / Story / Status / Spells / Battle
(en.wikibooks.org)
- What
exactly is a next generation game?
"The term next-generation is used a lot in the video games
industry but what does it actually mean?
How are developers taking advantage of new gaming hardware and what
are the challenges and next steps for the industry?"
(BBC)
- Computer
and video games (Wikipedia)
1 Game
2 Gameplay
3 Genres
4 Gaming platforms
4.1 Personal computer games
4.2 Console games
4.3 The near future of console gaming
4.4 Arcade games
4.5 Internet games
5 History
6 Popularity
6.1 Sales
6.2 Computer and video games in the broader culture
7 Development
7.1 Game modifications
8 Naming...
INTERACTIVE exercises : 
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Online Gaming Vocabulary - interactive
"The world of gaming online has really changed the way people play computer games. But it's come with a whole new kind of vocabulary.
This quiz tests your knowledge of that vocabulary. Look at the terms and then enter or choose the correct definition."
(quia.com)
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Video
Game Genres (visualesl.com)
- Video
Games - a text with interactive activities (cdlponline.org)
Exercises TO PRINT :
Debates : 
Lesson plans : 
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Computer
games
"Have a look at the issue of UK Culture, the article, cartoon,
stories and poems, games, trivia and links."
(British Council)
- Korean
gamer dies after 50 hours online (Breaking News English)
- a lesson with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication
activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
- VIDEO
GAMES - Activités Multimédia (Académie
de Dijon)
"Différents types d'activités sur le thème
des jeux vidéo sont proposés, à partir d'enregistrements
provenant de Voanews
:
QCM, textes à trous, questions ouvertes, expression écrite
et orale, discrimination auditive, lien phonie/graphie, accent tonique
etc..."
Poems :
- ROOTED - A Love Poem - written by Michelle Henry
 2009 
using words found on Anarchy Online, a video game
- NOBODY LOVES ME - a poem using a situation on Anarchy Online, a video game
written by Michelle Henry 2009
Cartoons :
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Summer holidays!
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Zap!
Zonk! Pow!
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Videos :
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Brink : les développeurs vous parlent du scénario - Video sous-titrée 
" Bethesda et Splash Damage viennent de sortir un premier developer diary pour Brink.
Celui-ci est destiné à poser le décor du jeu et à vous expliquer en détail comment une guerre civile a pu éclater sur l'Arche, une ile artificielle bâtie dans le cadre d'un projet écolo."
(nofrag.com)
Video également sur Dailymotion
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Gnarcade
"A video game invasion has hit Mt Hood and High Cascade! Check out Scott Stevens, Micah Hollinger, Chris Beresford, Tim Eddy, Ben Bogart, and Casey Wrightsman as they live life like it's one big game."
(YouTube)
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