| novels, video games can be categorized into | | | | wouldn’t get so bored just building things. |
| different genres. One of the genres of video | | | | A fire would happen in a building and would have |
| games that exist is the role-playing games. Before | | | | to deal with that disaster. Some sim games deal |
| there were video games, role-playing games were | | | | with you being roller coaster or train baron. The |
| played, usually using dice. One example of | | | | popular games in this genre are simply called Sims |
| role-playing in the real world was Dungeons and | | | | these days. In these sim games, you pretend to |
| Dragons. In this game, you pretended to be a | | | | be a person going through the stages of life and |
| person who existed in a world where dragons, | | | | the troubles that you have in each stage of life. |
| magic and other fantastical elements existed. Each | | | | Puzzle video games are games where you simply |
| of your actions in that world was mostly | | | | have to solve the puzzle to move to the next |
| determined by the roll of the dice. You played | | | | level. Some games are like the famous game |
| with other people and they took on roles as well | | | | called Concentration where you have to match all |
| in that world as well. In the video game version, | | | | the pieces. Once you match all the pieces, you |
| you take on the role of a person and use joystick | | | | can go on to the next level. It can be like |
| or game console to do your actions on the | | | | tic-tac-toe where you have to put three matching |
| screen. They just translated games that existed | | | | things together and then you can move on. Some |
| in the real world into video. | | | | are actually video game versions of jigsaw |
| Sports video games are just video versions of | | | | puzzles. |
| games like tennis, football and American football. | | | | One popular genre is the strategy game genre. In |
| You can be Michael Jordan and play against other | | | | this genre, you must you’re your mind |
| superstars of the NBA. Do you want to be | | | | against the computer or other opponents to win |
| favorite American football player? You can be | | | | the game. One example of this game is the |
| that player or any other player in the video game | | | | Civilization game series. In Civilization, you pretend |
| version? You can be Tiger Woods in a video | | | | to be a civilization like the Egyptians, Russians, |
| game version of golf. Video game version of real | | | | Germans or any past civilization. Your civilization |
| sports let you pretend to be a super star that | | | | starts out at the cave man and you must find |
| you will probably never be in real life. | | | | ways to evolve your civilization. While you are |
| Sim is short for simulated and the video or | | | | trying to evolve, other civilizations exist and they |
| computers usually have the word Sim in their title. | | | | exist to destroy your civilization. You won this |
| It probably all started with a game called in Sim | | | | game by either beating all the other civilizations or |
| City. In Sim City, you pretend to be a person | | | | by entering the Space Age. All you have really is |
| running a city. You had to build everything that | | | | your mind and you must use it or be destroyed in |
| made up a city and had to deal with disasters | | | | a strategy game. |
| that would come out of nowhere so you | | | | |