Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - Games people play for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

Answer

  • Tetris (1984), Wii Sports (2006), The Oregon Trail (1971), Minecraft (2009), Grand Theft Auto V (2013), Super Mario Bros (1985) and PacMan (1980) are the biggest-selling games in history.
  • Gaming industry jobs include: various types of artist and designer, programmers, animators, modellers, engineers, sound engineers, composers, brand manager, creative director, director of marketing, game testers, human relations manager, producer, production coordinator, script writer, etc.
  • Stereotypes are: male, teen, nerdy, geeky, pale and spotty, socially awkward.