Leslie's Inquiry

My inquiry project is going to be about video game sounds. I have played video games ever since I was a little girl and it has become my favorite hobby. In more ways then one, video games have been interesting to me. Any chance that I get I like to spend it on playing video games. I love playing video games and have seen the wonderful transformation it has made over time. In my opinion playing the different games mean more to me then just getting to the next level. It works my mind mentally, emotionally, and now with new technology, physically. I am a true "gamer". As I play, I think about how much video games have developed over time. I think about the graphics, video game systems, and the sounds. This is what brought me to my inquiry question. My question for my inquiry project is "How have video game sounds changed from the 80's to now?"

Some specific questions that I exploring at this stage are the way that I am going to present all of these ideas for the presentation at the end. I am also wondering how am I going to use this information to set a purpose for my audience. I know I used this question because I was interested in it but I have yet to find out what I want people to take away after hearing about my project.

At this stage I am also noticing that I have found a lot of research on the different sounds from the 80s to now. This is very helpful. I am also noticing that not only has the sound changed but other things as well. These things include the graphics, video game systems, video games, the memory. This shows how technology has and will continue to evolve. At this stage I am trying to gather all my research and put it down on paper so that even a person who doesn't play video games will be interested in my topic and can understand it.

Some next steps that i will take include putting all my data and research together to make my final presentation. I also am going to figure out what I want my message to be at the end of my inquiry presentation.

I have always thought that people who play video games are judged. I never told anyone that I play video games because of that. Now I have learned that analyzing, learning, playing, video games can be complex and that there is nothing wrong with playing video games even if your a girl. Video games are technology at its best.

One source that I came across is a book by Mark J.P. Wolf called The Video Game Explosion. This book describes how video game systems and video games have changed from the 80s till now. This book was very helpful. Although when I went on this website http://img.flipkart.com/bk_imgs/687/9780313338687.jpg I was able to see parts of the book, I had to go out and buy the book. This book describes how the sound has changed and it helped me out a lot. This was a great source. It was filled with rich insight on the different stages that the sound goes through.

Another website that I went on that gave me even more ideas was http://gadgets.fosfor.se/gaming-now-and-then/. This website gave me ideas about the different games that were made when video games first came out and how they have changed. I forgot about a lot of the titles of video games that I can use to describe the transformation. This website has helped me compare and contrast the video games from the 80s to now not only with sound but with graphics and similarities.