The Fun in Video Games

By Brion Flick

What Game Genres Generate the Most Happiness?

Time Magazine

• The Best Genre is shooter

• A Shooter is a game were the main object is shooting at something/someone

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the top game (a shooter)

• And it scored the best on my scale (Click for details)

• According to Time Magazines Top Ten Everything 2009

Game Pro Magazine• The top genre was fighter

• A fighter is a game were you fight other opponents in a room normally using punches and kicks, but also sometimes weapons

• The magazines top ten list showed that 3-6 and 8 were fighters

• According to Game Pro magazine

IGN

• The top genre is Action

• An action game is a game that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time

• In the top ten 2, 4, and 6 are action games

• According to IGN.com

Steam

• The best genre is action

• According to the top ten sellers 1-9 are action or action/adventure games

• According to Steam Engine

Interviews

• Jaco Mazza– RPG– MMORPG– Telepath– World of Warcraft

• Sean Diaz– Shooter– Halo– K.O.S

Interviews 2

• Clarissa– RPG– Adventure

• Greg Mcleod– Game designer– Action– Fighter– Smash Bros Brawl

Conclusion

• According to my research the game Genre that generates the most happiness is an action game

Brion’s Scale

• My scale is done by taking the top two of every category (if there aren’t two it is disqualified) and adding them together the one with the least number is the winner.

• I used this scale for all magazines and websites

• RETURN

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