Week2-HistoryOfGames

HISTORY OF

Solutions to boredom across the agesGAMES

Bryce Howitson & Homer Rutledge

PRE-HISTORYTHE CHALLENGE!“I can throw a spear further than you any day, time or weather...”

3500 BCESENETEgyptian game approximately 1000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza. It’s so old we’ve forgotten how to play it!

2600 BCEROYAL GAME OF URThe oldest documented game that’s still played and a possible precursor of Mancala

2000 BCEWEI-QI (GO)As in “Take your turn already”! It’s played by an estimated 27million people today

770 BCEOLYMPIC GAMESForget the gold medal, a statue means you rule the leader boards for ever

400 ADCHATURANGA (CHESS)Because loosing a wooden knight is much cheaper than loosing a real knight

600 ADCARD GAMESCards are used for games of strategy and chance before some enterprising architect envisions a building material

1800’sBOARD GAMESBecause TV’s hadn’t been invented to keep your kids entertained

1971ARCADE GAMES22 to continue...

1980’sCONSOLE GAMINGEntertaining your TV & your thumbs

TODAYMOBILE GAMINGGames in your pocket and anywhere else you happen to be

THE FUTURE OFGAMESA game layer on top of the world

ITS TIME TO

And discuss the implication of gamesWAKE UP!

QUESTION

What do games say about the society that plays them?SOCIETY

QUESTION

What do games provide for the people who play them?BENEFIT

QUESTION

What game benefits can be used to influence society?INFLUENCE

QUESTION

What is leisure time worth in our society?VALUE