Blog 5

In my own words I'd have to describe modding as a way to adjust a game's interface to your own preferences. Although there is a whole another definition to modding as to the way Prensky explains it. Using mods in a game are tools that you can download for specific games to make your life easier. Modding on the other hand can mean taking a game and flipping it upside down with all the things you can add to it. For example if you take a simple game like Super Mario brothers and add more monsters or warp pipes to the game, that would be an example of altering the game to perhaps to make it more entertaining or just called modding. In Don't Bother Me Mom- I'm Learning Mark Prensky quotes the creator of the Sims on page 120 and Will Wright( the creator) talks about how mod authors not only make new stuff for the game but tools for the content. The things you can learn from mod can be endless. From modding you can learn basic code and how to script in games or you can just expand your imagination and put it on a stage of your favorite games by modding and displaying your creativity. Also modding can be benefitial because what you think you or your kids know about moddings, Other people are looking for modders to start projects that will eventually turn in to a game or just people who are looking for modders to mod something for a company. If you learn how to mod and get really good at it and understand the concept, with this knowledge pursuing a career in modding is highly possible. I'm not sure what effects modding would have on a game like Wii fit but i can assume that eventually somewhere in modding games, modders just wanted more and things like the wii and eyetoy for playstation were made. With these types of games out there, this opens up a new door to video games. Games like these where one needs to be active in order to participate and achieve goals in a game make being healthy and having a good time doing it highly achievable. Thats a whole new level of gaming and modding its self that is yet to be explored, although its present but can advance in many more ways in the future.