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2917 - Michael my WoW char

Posted by Yao on Friday, January 28, 2011 , LABELS: | comments (0)



My wow character is a female Worgen. Unlike I told in class I will play Human. Because I don't know that I can
have 10 days cataclysm trial, now I can play new race. I think to be able to change form between Human and Wolf is awesome.
Her class is a rogue, speedy and agility class. Rogue has sprint ability while worgen racial skill has another sprint. No one can run away from me with 2 sprint!!!!.

ps. Why I choose female? I always play female character but it is not because I wanna be female or something.
In this game, I must look at the back of my character right????
I just prefer looking at female butt rather than male!! hahahaha

2644_WOW_Character

Posted by Teresa on Thursday, January 27, 2011 , LABELS: | comments (0)



This is my character, she is a druid for Worgen race. Worgen is the new race in the Cataclysm, and another one is Goblin. I choose this race cuz I love the wild and handsome outside, of course their debauched aristocratic temperament attracted me. And Druids are shape-shifters with an affinity for the plant and animal kingdoms. They have three types, Balance, Feral and Restoration. They can be turned into a variety of animal forms to attack, heal or travel in the world. So I choose this amazing occupation.XD




2715_WOW_Character

Posted by karis on , LABELS: | comments (0)



my WOW character is a female Undead and she is a Mage. i think "Undead" is a cool race because they can't dead?! lol~
i choose Mage as my occupation caz i am not good at fighting but i still want my character can has so cool and  magnificent moves so i choose Mage.
and~i wanna it is a girl that can represent me ^^

2930_ World of Warcraft _ My character

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 , LABELS: | comments (0)



I chose my WOW character to be female same as myself,and similar hair style. She is a hunter, a night elf, I like her pet "Big Cat" which is my chinese zodiac, and I think "night elf" sounds cool, also I like her weapon.
I named her "Blinglien".

mini homework

Posted by chris on , LABELS: | comments (0)



Draw comparisons between Mark Zuckberg and Steve Jobs



Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer scientist, software developer and philanthropist best known for creating the social networking site Facebook.he is CEO and president.


Steven Paul Jobs is an American business magnate and inventor. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple.


Both of them are the successful man in the world. They create their own business and company and get their career when they are young . however the different between Mark Z and Steve J


Mark Z is a genius programmer and he know that human need communication in the usual life even on the internet so he focuses on the social communication  that he made the platform for the people on net  which is the famous facebook.


Steven J is one of the most  creative producer in the world . what he does that is personal electronic products.such as IPHONE IPOD and IPAD. And the product that he produce always can be the most popular 
thing in the world.


Bayonetta - focus group report

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 , LABELS: | comments (0)





The purpose of forming a game focus group is to find out the out come of a particular game. Our focus group members are Jenny, Arial, Denise, Viviane, Anita…and we’re focusing on the game-Bayonetta with 20 questions to interview.
During the discussion we’ve interviewed 8 people. These 8 people are around age 18-30. 8 of them are males, and all of them are full times student, some have a part time job.
The game seems to have a positive outcome. In general, they all enjoy this game, they know this game from internet and friends. During the discussion they all agreed the main character Bayonetta is the centre selling point of the game. Bayonetta appears to the audience that she has a fantastic body shape, fancy movement, attractive and cool. Bayonetta is very dynamic; the focus group has demonstrated that she never bored them. A great example quoted by Chris: “Her hair transforms to a wolf when she does special tricks….she looks cool in that form”. And in addition, Choi also made a comment: “when she gets necked I see it as a player reward.”
The result finalized that it is a very successful characteristic game.
Neverless the world in the game is unique. The whole environment is a godly world. The focus group thinks they’re greatly influenced by the environment and surrounding during the game play.
The group also indicated they like the style of the game a lot, including the fancy movements, environment design, background music and graphics. Quotes form Michal “I even download its background music, because it is awesome! I love it”. It became quite obvious that the graphic has reached a high standard of audience’s expectation, 8 of them gave a 10/10 for the graphic.
The game play is quite simple. Knowing what to do in the game play is easy to understand. Audiences can easily find out their missions by simple hints or notice by the NPC. They reckon there’s no need to look at the instruction booklet; instead they preferred the tutorial during game play. E.g., help page.
The interviewees have diverse opinions, some people think the buttons combinations are a lot bit complex not easy to master while some of them think it is easy to remember the controls. They all agreed that the control id vary handy and has a fast reaction during game play. It’s easy to get used to the buttons, however they reckon it is going to cost time for them to master the control and performs perfect moments on the character-Bayonetta.
The group also comment on the loading page, they liked the idea of having a trial play on the character while loading, for the purpose of getting used to the buttons, the reactions before the game starts. Michal says “it’s cool to practice”
The music has been applied in the game has also gave the audience a good taste about the game. The sound effects are excellent; the background music draws the players in even more, easy to get into playing and the character. It in includes rocky and classic style music, very unique component and interesting to experience.

However on the other hand, there are also a few suggestions in a subjective view. The focus group thinks the game should have a partner; it may not have to be a second primary character, but a guider or a helper, to allow players fight easier and have a character to corporate with, other than just Bayonette herself.
The instruction book needs to be more appealing to the player or else it can be eliminated, due to all the tutorials are already included in the game, there is no need for a paper document tutorial.
The player thinks there are too many monsters/enemies appearing all at once. It was a bit hard for the player to handle, at the same time challengeable.
Some player from the focus group also comments on Bayonetta’s personality, her movements and attitude are sometimes overacting. May offence some players in someway, however this is another subjective point that can be discussed.

HEURISTICS!

Posted by Hellray on Monday, January 24, 2011 , LABELS: , , | comments (0)





Hi there,


For the remaining two weeks of class-time, you will be researching your choice from one of two games - using heuristics.


Heuristics just means rules or techniques which have been worked out from real-world experience. Games companies now routinely use heuristic questionnaires to evaluate gameplay.


Your choices are between the following two games:


1) America's Army - http://www.americasarmy.com


2) World of Warcraft (WoW) - us.battle.net/wow/


Here are your rules of engagement:


1) You will be playing your game-choice for the remainder of term (about ten days).


2) As soon as you have created a character, you must screenshot them and submit an explanation of your character details on the blog.


3) You must play no less than ten hours of gametime (the evidence for this will be provided by submitting details of the level you reached at the end of week 12).


4) You can select between any of the three heuristics questionnaires that you are provided. You need to survey yourself and AT LEAST two others who are playing the same game as you...I recommend that you form a guild-group before you start gameplay.




WHERE ARE THE HEURISTICS QUESTIONNAIRES?
In the GOODIES box on the right of the BLOG, you'll find:
a) An excel spreadsheet with the HEP and PLAY questionnaires pre-made for you.
b) Two pdfs which have paper versions of the same
c) In the READINGS you will find the original published papers that the research teams first wrote about these questionnaires!


Have fun playing =]