Artifact

My Artifact

            No other online gaming network can compare to the X-box live. X-box live is a network that is only functional if the person owns an X-box. If you have an X-box you then have to set up an account with X-box and then pay a fee that will allow you to join in on the online activities. When you go to pick out how long you want your membership to last they offer a wide variety of different monthly packages. If you are uncertain whether you would in joy playing online you can just buy a month membership. Once your membership runs out you can always renew your membership. Once you get all set up the first thing anyone should buy is a mic. The mic allows you to talk to everyone else while you are playing the game. Playing with a mic could be used for talking strategy with the other members on your team. But most of the time it is not used for that but rather for insulting others. I have not found out why people do this but I picked this artifact so I can study this behavior.

X-box live allows people to play other people from all over the word in many deferent types of games.  The games consist of a wide variety of genres from sports to action and of course the most popular war games. I think playing online has its pros and cons. I like how you get to play against other people instead of just playing the computer or even just a friend at the game all the time. This gives people the opportunity to meet new people and inter act with people from different parts of the word.

The reason why I think we should study this is because a huge part of our population is into the online gaming. It has gotten so big that you can even join clans which are just like a team but it is used for that certain game you are playing. The online gaming has got so big that they now have huge tournaments where your clan can win big money. I think that online gaming will only get bigger in the future and get more serious and more competitive. I also think we need to study this because of how fast this is growing in our culture.

Now it’s starting to get around to little kids and even to older adults. This is even affecting people’s lives because some people are so addicted that they don’t find the time to do anything else. I know some people that do not do anything all day and all night but play games on X-box live. I think that this could eventually hurt are youth if they get addicted to playing these games. I want research this and find out if there is anything about video games affecting are youth.