- What is a game?
- What makes games relevant?
- What types of games exist?
- Why do we play games?
- Where do we learn to play games?
- What are the elements that make for an addictive interactive game that can survive for generations?
What games do you play, what are their historical lineages?
Choose 1-2 games that you play and research its lineage. Once you have found its proto-game ancestor, research and document the following for the original game and the version you know:
- What is the story behind the game?
- What are the rules?
- What type of game is it?
- How is the game learned?
- Why is it played?
- How has it changed over time?
- Why is it important?