NBA 2K16
https://www.2k.com/games/nba-2k16
The NBA 2K16 franchise is focussed on bringing the best true to life NBA experience. You can create your own player and go through that mode, create your won franchise and manage your team or even play on line and improve on your skills as a manager or player. With specialized effects and true to player movements this game is expected to be the most authentic NBA game out there.
This game has become so realistic that to play it successfully you have to have sound knowledge of the basics of basketball. How to defend against screen and rolls, setting up plays and attacking lanes, boxing out and rebounding, all are at the very center of of the game. Seeing as I am a coach of basketball I find this game and most of its predecessors very informative and entertaining. Not only do they manage to get special moves and features of real players you are able to design your own.
I have seen where this game has simplified my coaching job. By teaching in the gym and then going to play the game, I have noticed that they have a natural unconscious understanding of how the game should be played. So what I have done is teach them in the gym then show them in the game. This not only becomes fun and competitive but they begin to see how the game is really played and how ingenious the creators of the game are.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed
Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure game series that spans across nine individual games and many different consoles. The games are played in a fictitious history in real world events and stays true to the line of Assassins fighting for freedom and justice against the Knights Templars. This game is played in the third person on an open world setting where you have free will to explore and they span from England to Italy during varying eras.
This game has high quality for geography as it supplies a wide array of locations and maps to be discovered. I found it to be very action packed yet it allows for analytical skills to be show cased when solving how to assassinate or retrieve important documents. This game also expects the player to flex their creative ability to think outside the box as situations are more than likely structured in a way that forces you to think like an assassin.
As for educational purposes, this game helps teach how to read maps and can even improve comprehension skills. Being set in eras that we study in history and do not pay attention to, this game allows us to see bits and pieces of historical truths and locations. In my class this game would be very interesting as they provide a written pop up for every voice transaction. It also expects you to read maps and documents to solve puzzles necessary to complete tasks given. You have free reign to explore and converse with people of all natures.
https://www.2k.com/games/nba-2k16
The NBA 2K16 franchise is focussed on bringing the best true to life NBA experience. You can create your own player and go through that mode, create your won franchise and manage your team or even play on line and improve on your skills as a manager or player. With specialized effects and true to player movements this game is expected to be the most authentic NBA game out there.
This game has become so realistic that to play it successfully you have to have sound knowledge of the basics of basketball. How to defend against screen and rolls, setting up plays and attacking lanes, boxing out and rebounding, all are at the very center of of the game. Seeing as I am a coach of basketball I find this game and most of its predecessors very informative and entertaining. Not only do they manage to get special moves and features of real players you are able to design your own.
I have seen where this game has simplified my coaching job. By teaching in the gym and then going to play the game, I have noticed that they have a natural unconscious understanding of how the game should be played. So what I have done is teach them in the gym then show them in the game. This not only becomes fun and competitive but they begin to see how the game is really played and how ingenious the creators of the game are.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed
Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure game series that spans across nine individual games and many different consoles. The games are played in a fictitious history in real world events and stays true to the line of Assassins fighting for freedom and justice against the Knights Templars. This game is played in the third person on an open world setting where you have free will to explore and they span from England to Italy during varying eras.
This game has high quality for geography as it supplies a wide array of locations and maps to be discovered. I found it to be very action packed yet it allows for analytical skills to be show cased when solving how to assassinate or retrieve important documents. This game also expects the player to flex their creative ability to think outside the box as situations are more than likely structured in a way that forces you to think like an assassin.
As for educational purposes, this game helps teach how to read maps and can even improve comprehension skills. Being set in eras that we study in history and do not pay attention to, this game allows us to see bits and pieces of historical truths and locations. In my class this game would be very interesting as they provide a written pop up for every voice transaction. It also expects you to read maps and documents to solve puzzles necessary to complete tasks given. You have free reign to explore and converse with people of all natures.
What a great idea - using a simulation game for coaching! Thank you for the introduction to NBA 2K16.
ReplyDeleteHello Tremett,
ReplyDeleteOne of my students is going to Newcastle, UK to study sports management this July. He said that his love for English started with watching NBA matches. He knows all these sports words which I find like gibberish. Haha. The NBA 2K16 game is something I can recommend to him as a pleasant change from the tedious IELTS cramming every day. Thank you for sharing.
Yanmei
ReplyDeleteTremett,
Interesting choice of NBA2K. I noticed in class someone else mentioned Madden as well. I think we cannot easily dismiss these “Sports” games when it comes to education.
I am not someone who is sports oriented, but I do know some of the minor rules of basketball and football. I am going to say Using something like this can be very helpful to collegiate players in order to learn about screens, and the various plays coaches use in the game.
Truly, I had never considered these types of games to be used by other than teenagers. However, If you look at the simulation aspect of these games, it truly is a learning experience that is amazing to see
David Velasco