Alright so here’s the deal, there’s a new drug on the market that was designed by a UNT alumnus. The drug has swept the nation and has a dangerous effect of causing people to get insomnia. If you want to know what drug I am talking about, I am referring to the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game that came out on November 8. The new Call of Duty game sold almost 5.6 million copies for $360 million dollars on the first day. The release of the Call of Duty will cause several students to buy the game and stay up all night trying to pass the game or play multiplayer on Xbox live. Several students will begin by saying I will only play 5 minutes. Eventually the 5 minutes becomes 1 hour, then 2 hours, and eventually the entire night.
One of the game designers, Cesar Stastny, was computer science major at UNT who is responsible for the design, production, and public relations of the Call of Duty Black Ops game. While the problem for this oh so addicting game should go to Stastny, part of the blame should be given to the current interim chair Dr. Ian Parberry who has been creating gamer students in his LARC lab since 1993. Dr. Ian Parberry has created students that have gone on to write their own books, start their own business, and hold senior-level positions at the top gaming industries. Dr. Parberry has also increased his efforts to create more gamers by allowing the Princeton Review to name his program the Top 50 best institutions for studying game design.
So be careful with the Call of Duty Black Ops game to not become addicted. I myself am only going to play 5 minutes of the game…
Fight the Good Fight
Ya Boy Archie Wright!
