Gaming & The Military

1. Gaming & The Military Steve Christman, Lisa Haptonstall & Mike Lassen

2. Overview • Gaming Yesterday & Today • Top Ten Video Games • 2003 • Free • Playing & Gaming

3. Gaming Yesterday & Today • Computer games have been around for more than 25 years • 1970s: Black and white tennis game Pong • Today: High graphics first person shooter games • Industry worth over $6B in USA alone • Biggest entertainment market in front of TV and film

4. Top Ten Video Games of 2003 • The Sims • Madden NFL 2004 • Phantasy Star online Episodes I & II • The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King • True Crime Streets of LA • Alter Echo • DDRMAX 2: Dance Dance Revolution • Tenchu Wrath of Heaven • Brute Force • Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds

5. Top Ten Free Games, Jun 04 • Super Mario XP • Doom 95 • Super Mario 3: Mario Forever • Zelda • Kings Quest I • Duke Nukem 3D • Quake • Grand Theft Auto • Pacman 3D • Icy Tower

6. Playing & Gaming • Both are similar types of leisure— • What is the difference? • Why did the Military choose gaming? • Playing • Open-ended territory in which make-believe and world-building are crucial factors • Gaming • Confined areas that challenge the interpretation and optimizing of rules and tactics – not to mention time and space • Gaming & The Military • Game-mode presses forward one’s tactical capabilities to sustain balance between structured and unstructured spaces • Climb upwards to the next level and not lose sight of structure