Online Education Game-

http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/landsteiner/landsteiner.html
The above website is an educational game that investigates different bloodtypes and the administration of blood. It is extremely interactive and requires the player to think hard but will reap the rewards. You will also look into the different forms of antibodies. This website makes it very easy to learn with the information being easy to find and understand but the game is also enjoyable to play. It looks into antigens and has so much information presented on one page.

Of the few website I investigated this was definately the most informative, the website mainly focussed on the elements of science and especially biology. It was an extremely informative website and one that I learned very much from!

Favourite Website-

Google is my favourite website because it offers easy access to every website I need. It makes them easy to find and offers the most relevant information to your search. It also offers a extremely useful image search that gives top quality images that match your search from all over the internet. Recently Google have released a feature which makes Google searches instant. Google also offers many other features such as Google mail, a free email service provided by google. They also offer another service which allows google to place ads from different companies on your website and google will pay you depending on how much traffic your website recieves.

Advergaming- The benifits of advergaming.

In this blog I will be investigating the website below- 
http://money.howstuffworks.com/advergaming5.htm  
Games that have much anticipation and are expected to sell many copies may charge upwards of 500,000 for companies to advertise in a game. A few examples of companies known to pay alot for adergames is - Nike, Adidas and also Honda. Smaller game developers may charge under 5k for their game.

Their are hidden ways of incorporating advertisising into a game, like having company logos on the mahjong blocks. One of the great difficulties for game developers is choosing how in which the advertising should be incorporated into the game and how it is to be showed.

Certain gaming developers that are new to the scene may be able to develop a extremely fun and enjoyable game but might be unable to promote the advertising in a good way. A experienced game developer will be able to make a game that is both very entertaining and also gives a clear understanding of the company needing to be advertised.

Advergaming is an ever increasing market, it gives the potential to almost be "unskippable" with pop-up windows being almost closed instantly, Tivo and foxtel giving you the opportunity to skip ads. Advergaming is becoming an ever growing market with game developers becoming ever smarter and discovering more interactive forms of advertising.

Thankyou for reading my blog, hope you learnt alot and my next one will be out soon!

Simulation Games.

Simulation games are designed to place a person in a realistic environment generally for training purposes. One of the most used simulators is the flight simulator, it is designed to place a pilot in a real life situation in control of his own plane. It incorporates every element of flying although you are not actually off the ground, the windscreen is generally replaced by a simulation. Another major form of simulation is used within the army. Which involved the use of real guns but the target practice is based on firing at objects on a screen.

Above is a flight simulator.

The world of simulation has seen a major evolution since it was forced introduced over a decade ago. Simulators are becoming more realistic and are gradually unveiling much improved graphics.
The better the simulator generally it will be closed to the public although you may be able to gain access with a large wad of cash. 

Blog 2-Advergaming

http://www.articlealley.com/article_112072_3.html
What I Learnt From the Article Above-
That one of the main intentions of advergaming is the attract users to the website and allow them to interact in someway with brands. They are easily installable to websites, you can also often be paid for a having ads on your website/throughout your game.


I learnt that one form of advergaming is Revenue-Generating Advergame which consists of putting a game on their website that consist of one form of advertising and is designed to make the visitor continually returning to play this game thus a larger chance of the visitor noticing the products that are advertised. 


Another form is Attention-Generating Advergame, the main objective of this is to raise awareness about things like global warming and politics. It is not necessarily designed for cash purposes but more about sharing knowledge and enjoying that while having a fun gaming experience.


The last form of advergaming is called Stealth Advergame, a good example of this would be the picture of the racecar in my last blog, this contains the white banner in the background. Another form would be a banner that runs along the side of the pitch in a Soccer game or along the court in a basketball game.

Advergames can also effect certain peoples opinion of a certain company or brand.

 

The above picture is an example of a Revenue Generating Advergame.

 

The above picure is an example of a Attention Generating Advergame. 

The above image is an example of a Stealth Advergame, as you can s

ee in the background on the boards it is showing Toshiba and Fujifilm.

Introdutive Reflection- Advergames.

I believe that advergames are just games orientated with some form of advertising located throughout the game. Whether the advertising is in the background, played at different intervals throughout the game. Maybe also coupons offered at the end of the game. 
Some websites dedicated to advergames or discuss advergaming?
http://www.malleyadvergames.com/ 
Advergames is a website that offers a service allowing you to incorporate your business into a advergame made by this company. They also explain the benefits of advergaming and what exactly the intention of advergames is.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-advergame.htm  
This website gives an indepth description of advergaming and their history. Who exactly is involved with advergaming and also the different forms of advergaming.
www.fuelindustries.com/blogs/2006-09-01/what-is-an-advergame
The above website mainly discusses advergaming and peoples misunderstanding of it. It is written by an gaming advertises himself and he discusses the focus on consumers. It discusses the major forms of advergaming and how they compare to all the different forms.

A website that discusses the benefits of Advergaming-
agens.no/why/why-you-need-an-advergame/

In the above picture the shown advertising is the white billboard.

War Afghanistan!

I find the war in Afghan to be quite a opiniated and sad topic. Australian soldiers are being killed every year at war overseas with many more suffering serious injuries. I dont know much about the war in comparison to many people regarding the background information and political statistics in relation to the war.

 But I know there are many humanitarian rights and other groups out their strongly against sending the troops to Afghanistan. I personally dont understand the reasoning behind sending our troops to Afghanistan.

It takes people away from their partners and their kids and sometimes they will never return. It affects me especially when I see on the news that another Australian Soldier has died in a IED or shot dead. 

Not only do Australian Soldiers suffer physical injuries, many more suffer from pscological diseases that have effected them due to many reasons whether it being alone too much at a warfield or just environment of warfare.