Scholastic Action: The History of Video Games/New Ways to Play

Because of the __________________ America was going through in the early 1980s, people had less money for extras

• console

• recession

• opponents

• virtual

• social

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A new gaming ____________________ made it possible to play video games at home.

• opponents

• console

• virtual

• social

• recession

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These days, when you play a video game, your ___________________ can be from all over the world.

• opponents

• virtual

• social

• recession

• console

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Video games are also more ____________________, giving players the chance to chat online as they play.

• virtual

• recession

• console

• opponents

• social

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In the future, maybe we’ll even play video games with our pets in our own ____________________ world.

• social

• virtual

• recession

• opponents

• console

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Which event in video game history happened first?

• Tetris was released.

• The Game Boy was invented.

• Nintendo invented a console.

• Arcades opened across the country.

What is the main purpose of the section “Taking It Home” in the first article?

• to argue that playing at home is fun

• to describe what it was like to play a video game at home

• to instruct readers in setting up a console at home

• to explain why people began gaming at home

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One difference between the 1980s and today is that today, video games ______.

• have sound

• are less popular

• have to be played on a Game Boy

• are more expensive to play

• can be played almost anywhere

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According to the second article ("New Ways to Play"), how did smartphones change video games?

• They got new people to play video games.

• They added better graphics to the games.

• They made most games confusing

• They made players more competitive.

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In the second article ("New Ways to Play"), in which section can you learn what games will likely be like in the future?

• in the opening section

• in the section “More Connected”

• in the section “Big Changes”

• in the section “What’s Next?”

• in the section "All Kinds of Games

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