Video Game History & Impact

How did electronic games serve as a key form of media in the years before personal computers?

What was a major factor in Nintendo's domination of the home video game market in the late 1980s?

What marketing strategy did Sega use to differentiate its Sega Genesis console from Nintendo's NES in the 1990s?

How did the release of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) impact the video game console market in the 2000s?

How did the online video streaming service Twitch contribute to the growth of eSports?

In the early days of video games, what potential did they add to the world of games and entertainment?

What is one of the primary challenges in determining whether violent video games cause violence?

How does the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)'s rating system for video games differ from the movie rating system?

What is 'video game overuse,' as defined by the American Medical Association (AMA)?

What factor contributes to gender stereotyping and sexism in video games?

What is the defining characteristic of a 'sandbox game,' as exemplified by the Grand Theft Auto series?

How did Fortnite change the established business model in the gaming industry?

How does World of Warcraft (WoW) challenge conventional notions of what a game is?

What caused the widespread condemnation of the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2?

How did Wii Sports and Wii Fit appeal to audiences previously untapped by game makers?

According to Reed Hastings, what is the biggest threat to Netflix’s continued dominance in entertainment?

What does Forbes suggest has the potential to be the future of gaming?

What area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps designers with drawing scenes, from deserts to futuristic cities?

What potential breakthrough in cellular technology will positively affect the gaming industry in the 2020s?

What was one of the earliest precursors to modern video games?

What 1970’s game was developed at MIT and spread to other college campuses and computing centers?

What game is responsible for Japan experiencing a national coin shortage?

Which of the following consoles included a Pong-type game and sold well when the arcade version of Pong became popular?

Which of the following computers designed and sold for the home consumer allowed for the development of more complex games such as Mystery House, developed in 1979 for the Apple II?

Multiple factors contributed to the videogame crash of 1983, which of the following is one of the factors?

Which popular video game employed a narrative in the same manner as more complicated computer games but its controls were accessible and its objectives simple?

Sega failed to make a dent in Nintendo’s market share with the Sega Master System, but with the release of which console did Sega successfully persue a new marketing strategy?

What demographic did Sony focus on to step-in on the home console market with its PlayStation console?

What game first popularized the first-person shooter genre?

What game drove sales of CD-ROM drives for computers and reached out to audiences outside of the gaming community?

Nintendo released the Game Boy in 1989, using which game’s popularity to drive purchases of the unit?

In 2003, cellphones were becoming more common and what company placed electronic games in its N-Gage, a combination of a game console and mobile phone?

How did the Grand Theft Auto game series gain extreme popularity?

Beginning in 2006, what company created of way for group play without the need for familiarity with video games by using a dedicated motion-sensitive controller?

Structural characteristics of video games have become a subject of academic research, what is one of the main overall finding of video games?