Agenda, Oct.19, 2007

Expert School Year 2007-2008
Oct.19, 2007 Agenda

11:30 am Get all signed consents and waiver from participants. Anyway who does not have their consents, cannot participate.
Icebreaker

11:45 am Lunch

12:30 am Guided Game Play - play only games not played before

1:00 pm Testing in groups in studio - those who aren't testing will draft their expectation, goals, and specific qualities they can contribute to this Expert School year session
Start Game Critiques

3:30 pm Blog - What did you test today in the studio (name everything)? What were 3 great things about each thing you tested and why? What are 3 things about each you could improve and how?

4:00 pm Video Closet - What new game did you play today? Why did you decide to play that game? What are 3 important things people should know about this game and why?

4:15 Open game play

4:45 Clean up

5:00 Adjourn

Agenda, Nov. 21, 2007

Expert School Year 2007-2008
Nov.21, 2007 Agenda

8:30 am Get all signed model releases. Open Game Play

9:15 am Pirates Testing

11:15 am Blog and Video Closet
Blog – If you could change anything about playing Science Pirates, what would that be and why? If you don’t think you would change anything, explain why that is? Also, describe 3 things you really enjoyed.

VC – Describe your experience playing Pirates today? What are Some things that struck you as great and why? What did you learn from this game play experience?

noon Lunch

1 pm Adjourn

Agenda, Dec. 20, 2007

Expert School Year 2007-2008
Dec. 20, 2007 Agenda

11:30 am Get all signed model releases for outstanding experts.

Guided Game Play – have experts draw from new games to play, start game play before lunch

11:45-noon Lunch start/Game Play with Experts

1:00 pm Guided game play – draw games to play, rotate stations every 45 min – each expert should play at least 2 different games

3:30 pm Blog and Video Closet
Blog – Describe the two games you played today and on what system. What was your favorite and why? What made them special?

VC – Name 2 of the games you played today. What are the 3 best things you noticed about each game you played today and why? What are 3 things you would like to improve about each game and why?

4:15pm Open game play

5 pm Adjourn

new Game play

The two best games i played today was rockband and playground. Rockband is for ps3 but soon for ps2 and playground is for wii. Rock band is my favorite game I've played at the game lab so far because it kinda gives you practice for real drums and really helps you learn how to play the drums. Its also a good workout. Playground was fun because you get to do anything you can't do at school like throw paper air planes and race or even play dodge ball. I think rockband was really cool. I hope it comes out for ps2 because its really neat.

new Game play

New Game Play

The two best games I played today where probably Smarty Pants and DDR. Both games where on the Wii.I thought that smarty pants was really cool because it was a fun interactive quiz game.The questions weren't to hard and there was a variety to them.DDR was fun because it did get me up and moving (I think my parents would be surprised to hear that). The only problem with DDR was that the was that they weren't playing real dance music, just normal songs mixed to be techno (like 'Lips of an Angel' by Hinder). But over all it was a really good music. I think those are two really important parts of a video game, good tunes and interaction...... 

New Game Play

Today, I played two games called Karakoe and Smarty Pants. The system that the Karakoe is played on is the Play Station. Smarty Pants was on the Wii system. These were my two favorite games today because they were fun and challenging. Karakoe was special because it included singing, which is a hobby of mine. The fact that Smarty Pants had answering questions and competing in it made it special to me, because I'm very competitive.

New Game Play

The 2 best games that I played were Motor Storm which is a racing game and Heavenly Sword which is an action game.They are both played on the Playstation 3 . These are my favorite games because they are fun to play and have action in both of them. In Motor Storm when you crash your car blows up  and Heavenly Sword is about a girl who has a sword that makes her do amazing stuff like she could do special moves to defeat her enemies and she could jump higher.

NEW GAME PLAY

The two best games that I played today were mini golf and rockband which were played on the x-box 360 and the playstation 3. These were my favoite games to play today because in Rock band I played the drums which I am good at because in band I play percussion which made that game special to me, and with mini golf because it had a really cool course that you played on and was a little hard and easy which made it an alright game which made it special.

new gameplay

Ratchet and clank and Rock band were the best games that I played today. They were both ps3 games
1. Ratchet and clank is about This little furry thing and his robo friend beating thiings with wrenches and shooting theose things with your thermonuclear gun while collecting bolt things
2.Rock band is about controlling the world through your music by getting good performances. You gain fans and get bigger venues you earn cash and buy stuff
They were my favorite because they were games that you could pick up and set them both down which is ideal for a games lab.
They were special because they did not need stories for you to be excited about them .

new game play

Today we played new games and one of my favorites was Ratchetand Clank. This game is played on the PS3 and there can be only one player. I liked this game because it was chalenging but also really fun, and the animation was suprisingly very good because it was realistic, almost. I also thought the characters were cool because they weren't your everyday characters. There was like a fox sort of thing and a robot. The other game that I liked was Playgroud and that is played on the Wii. I enjoyed this game because it had different sports and there could be up to four players. I especially liked dodgeball. I think that both of these games are special because they are so different from each other and they keep you interested.

New Game Play

Today I played Playground for the Wii and Smarty Pants for the Wii. On Playground, you have to unlock the games and we had unlocked Paper Racers, Kicks, Dodgeball, and Slot Car Racers. Paper Racers is flying paper airplanes through a school hallway. You use the Wii remote to manuever your plane. In kicks you had teams of two and you played soccer. Dodgeball was just like regular dodgeball only using a remote control. On slot Car racers you raced cars but could drop tacks or zap people. On Smarty Pants you play against the other people and answered questions about books, fashion, sports, and even more. Playground was one of my favorite games because you can play super fun games with up to three other people. I liked Smarty Pants because you can have fun and learn some interesting stuff. Playground was special because the games you played were just regular games with added fun. Smarty Pants was special because it was educational and fun.

new game play

The two games i played that i liked was medal of honer 2. The other game was play ground. These two games were played on the wii. These two games was fun play ground was more of a sport game that you play and you get points. Medal of honer was more of a action and violent game to play but still fun. These two games were the most coolest games I have played today because they were very interesting to play they seemed most realistic I would say that what made them special was the wii remotes because its makes the game more fun . So thats why i like these games i played today.

new game play

new game play

The two best games I played today are Playground for the wii which I liked because it was really interactive like the dodgeball because it wouldn't automatically catch the ball. The other game was Smarty Pants for the wii. I liked this game because you had to be fast to answer the question. You had to buzz in. These games were special because the difficulty was who you played not the games.

New Game Play

The two best games I played today were Wii Playground, and Smarty Pants.Wii Playground is on Wii, and Smarty Pants is on Wii. Wii Playground was perfect for multiplayer, since it had good, easy-to-grasp games. The best game would have to be dodgeball because it would always switch difficulty. Smarty Pants was a great trivia game, but it seemed hard because of it's conditions. For example, when you stop on a certain spot, you would get a card and play it automatically.It was still fun because it was always challenging. They were special because I wasn't playing alone.

New Game Play

The two games I played today were Smarty Pants and Playground; both on the Wii. These were my favorite games because they were both very interactive and fun to play. I felt as if I could really get into the game, especially the Playground game because there were so many variations of games, such as you can play dodgeball, soccer/volleyball, paper airplane races, and slot car races. All of the games were multiplayer. For the Smarty Pants game, it was really easy to get into because you have to buzz in to answer and question and it made you feel as if you were on a game show. The questions ranged in difficulty and in subject, which makes it a challenging game, but I enjoy challenges. They were special because when you played the game you could really get into the game and have a good time competing with other people.

new game play

The two best games I played today were Playground which was on Wii and Motorstorm wich was on playstation 3. Playgrond was one of my favorite games because it was competitive and you are also interactive with other players. I also liked it because it had some of my favorite activities for example tether ball and dodgeball. Moterstorm was special because the graphics were fantastic because the looked so.. realistic and you also got to choose youre own vehicle.