Pervasive Games and other speculations on the future of gaming

Pervasive Games and other speculations on the future of gaming, there many different game consoles in the industry, there are PSP, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Nintendo Wii , Nintendo DS and our computer PC. In games, there are different perspectives like first person shooter, third person shooter and so on. When creating a game, the game designers have to consider the players objective, whether there are any conflicts, enough resource to research, the procedure and the making of the rules. Pervasive games are games that have attractive feature that can bond socially. Pervasive games do not have any specific genre; it will involve with our everyday life and should be exciting and fun. For example, putting our life in a role playing game, we will be given a role to play in our life, a goal to win a game, and obstacles to avoid or the player will lose. One of the famous pervasive game is the ‘Amazing Race’, where it is play internationally, a some sort of a treasure hunting game held in anywhere in the world. They are to go around a place to search for a card, where hints of where to search for the next clue, there are also obstacle courses where the players have to finish it in order to continue in the game. Another example is the sing competition; Singapore Idol, where anyone can participate in it, if they are to win, they get to become a singer quick. In the future of gaming, there will be better equipments of gaming technology, we may not use a controller anymore in the future, and we might interact in the game with our limbs and body. Casual games are everywhere today, on “facebook”, cell phones, and etc. Many of the working adults play casual games because of the short duration and the portability. In conclusion, many pervasive games are create to entertain everyone, future gaming and technology will change and improve to as close as a pervasive game, where the player can interact in it.