The game Evoke was created by Jane McGonigal as a way for the general public to be aware of problems that could happen in the future and give them the opportunity to solve these problems collaboritivly with others. It is designed to target the people of the Africa to help them develop answers to the problems that they have now, and encourages them to take the problems that they have and to try and conquer them themselves, because Jane McGonigal says that the people who will be our problem solvers in the future will be the ones that had to overcome the problems now. When she said this is made me think about that thought more and more. Does she mean that if we don’t have to figure anything out ourselves we will fall behind in the world, the homeless people who struggle to get by are actually farther ahead than the people who are getting spoon fed because of the money they have, or does she just mean that the world problems will get figured out by people who have first-hand experiece with them. I personally think that it is the latter, the only people that can figure out how to save Africa are the people of Africa, and we have to develop technology to help them. That is why I believe instead of trying to figure out a way to fix Africa, we just need to help them get the technology to help them, and the education they need to fix the problems. Thats what the game Evoke is doing, giving them the change to get the technology they need to help them fix their problems and it gives us a chance to help alongside them.

The video game I am going to review is MLB 12 The Show. This game has multiple game modes that you can play. The first one I am going to talk about is the Franchise Mode. In this mode, you take over control of a major league franchise, and have control over everything from the 40 man roster to scouting players who you might want to draft. Even the minor league rosters you have control over. You go season to season, signing free agents, resigning players, making trades, trying to turn your team into a winner with a budget that is assigned by your owner. You have a “contract” with your team and can get fired if your team loses to much and you can then take over a different team and turn them into a winner.

The next game mode is called Road to the Show. In this mode you make yourself, create your playing style, and use the xp points they give you to make yourself better. You then start out as a fairly bad player in AA, and then start playing games to gain xp points to make yourself better. As you improve, you get to move up to AAA and then eventually the majors. Then after you have 7 years of major league experience, you get to be a free agent and let all of the major league teams bid on you.  Then after you retire, you have to wait 5 years to see if you are a Hall of Famer.

The final game mode I am going to talk about is the mode called Rivalry mode. In this mode, you and a friend pick a team, decide how many games, and then set the rules for different aspects of the game; like who is the home team, if there is a DH, and other baseball related  things. You then start the rivalry and see who is the better player.

This game has many different things to do that appeal to a wide array of people. I would highly recommend this game to anyone who is interested in baseball or baseball related games.

The new video game that I started playing was MLB 12 The Show, and it doesn’t really have an “opening sequence” but it does have different game modes that can kinda have them. The game mode that I will talk about it Road to the Show, and in this game mode you create yourself and pick a team for him to start in. You start out in AA, which is the lowest level that you can play in, and start as a starter for that team. As you play more games and get more XP points you can use them to make yourself better and as you get better and start performing better you get called up to AAA which is one step away from the major leagues. Once you perform well enough at AAA and the major league club has a spot for you take, they give you a call-up to the majors where your career really starts. After being in “The Show” for awhile, you reach free agency where you can sign with any major league team that offers you a contract to be on the team. Once you have been in the show for an extended period of time, you can make the decision to retire, and if you do, after 5 years you could be elected to the Hall of Fame, where you will be forever immortalized as a great baseball player.