1. HISTORY OF
Solutions to boredom across the ages
GAMES
Bryce Howitson & Homer Rutledge

2. PRE-HISTORY
THE CHALLENGE!
“I can throw a spear further than you any day, time or weather...”

3. 3500 BCE
SENET
Egyptian game approximately 1000 years older than the Great Pyramid of
Giza. It’s so old we’ve forgotten how to play it!

4. 2600 BCE
ROYAL GAME OF UR
The oldest documented game that’s still played and a possible precursor of
Mancala

5. 2000 BCE
WEI-QI (GO)
As in “Take your turn already”! It’s played by an estimated 27million people
today

6. 770 BCE
OLYMPIC GAMES
Forget the gold medal, a statue means you rule the leader
boards for ever

7. 400 AD
CHATURANGA (CHESS)
Because loosing a wooden knight is much cheaper
than loosing a real knight

8. 600 AD
CARD GAMES
Cards are used for games of strategy and chance before some enterprising
architect envisions a building material

9. 1800 s
BOARD GAMES
Because TV’s hadn’t been invented to keep your kids entertained

10. 1971
ARCADE GAMES
22 to continue...

11. 1980 s
CONSOLE GAMING
Entertaining your TV & your thumbs

12. TODAY
MOBILE GAMING
Games in your pocket and anywhere else you happen to be

13. THE FUTURE OF
GAMES
A game layer on top of the world

14. ITS TIME TO
And discuss the implication of games
WAKE UP!

15. QUESTION
What do games say about the society that plays them?
SOCIETY

16. QUESTION
What do games provide for the people who play them?
BENEFIT

17. QUESTION
What game benefits can be used to influence society?
INFLUENCE

18. QUESTION
What is leisure time worth in our society?
VALUE