OSP & Videogames: An introduction

1) What were the first videogames like?

The first video game were born upon mighty post-war mainframes: designed for rapid code breaking eg. pong

2) How have videogames changed over time?
Video games have increase in capabilities for the graphics and have many new features

3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames?

The most successful games are bring recreational pleasure and are simplistic to escape form struggles in the real world

4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames over the years? Here's a good article on the impact of videogames on players that might be helpful.
Video games cause people to become distracted and some are very violent 

Read this Guardian feature from about the sensationally popular videogame Fortnite: Battle Royale and watch the original trailer below.




Now answer the following questions:

1) How many Fortnite players are there worldwide? Here's an updated article with recent figures for you.
350 million players

2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game?
Fortnite is a unique fps battle royale with cosmetic dances which create excitement 

3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite?
People thought that fortnite copied a game called PUBG and a lot of PUBG players got upset about that. Also this game cause a serious addiction which could effect kids education.

4) Copy and paste two comments from 'below the line' of the Guardian article - these are comments written by Guardian readers in response to the feature. Select one comment you agree with and one you disagree with and explain why. 
It’s also possible to team up with a friend, or group of friends, and compete as a duo or a squad you can  up with random strangers around the world, All you have to do is click either Duo or Squad and fill