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Lecturers from the Politics department of the University of Westminster came to talk to us. They indicated that their students are great at coming up with an idea for a political boardgames, however they lack in the design sector of the game. Therefore they have decided that their students should join with us so we could help them with designing part.
The seven images above show some of the design games that class 2011 had produced.

Coalition Game: in this game the parties share policies and money between each other and then try to form a coalitions.

Fight For Libya: Players take the side of either Muammar Gadafi’s Libyan Army or the rebel forces of the Libyan People’s Army. Players fight to gain control of Libya.

Video games now play an integral part of a person’s lifestyle. Video games are no longer reserved for kids or the young at heart but are now a mainstream form of entertainment for people of all ages. And especially now that video games are no longer confined to high end gaming consoles but are now also found on highly portable devices such as laptops, tablets and even mobile phones and multimedia players.

Moreover, game titles nowadays cater to a more flexible fan base. Aside from the classic game genres that include adventure, racing and puzzle, there are now first person shooter games, role playing games, survival horror, simulation and strategy games. Graphics have also improved immensely throughout the years as newer and more powerful hardware are now available to ordinary people.

But apart from the excellent graphics and great storylines, a major factor that make up a good game are the characters where the story of the entire game is centered. Throughout the history of computer games, there have been numerous characters that have made a name for themselves as iconic symbols of a generation or as admired characters with almost celebrity-like statuses.

In today’s edition of You! Be Inspired! we are going to take a look at (in no particular order) 15 of the most successful, most popular and most recognized video game characters that have graced our computers, handheld gaming consoles or other gaming devices one might have played in the past.

Mario is the Italian-American plumber of Nintendo’s Mario video game franchise. This character was created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation and has been considered as one of the most popular and iconic video game character in history.

In terms of design, Mario is usually depicted as a short Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom where the turtle-like villain Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach in order to take over the kingdom. Aside from the classic adventure game, Mario has appeared in several game genres including racing, puzzle, party, role-playing, fighting and sports.

Prince of Persia is a video game franchise first released on October 3, 1989 and was created by Jordan Mechner. It was originally made as a two-dimensional platform game, but was later improved and recreated as a series of 3D games which were developed and published by several different companies. Because of this, the entire franchise has undergone several reworkings and a number of different stories are told throughout the different games, but the theme remains relatively the same. That is the game is set in ancient Persia and features a prince with amazing acrobatic skills which he uses to save the main plot element.

Lara Croft is another Square Enix’s creation and plays the primary character in the Tomb Raider game series. She was created by Core design, a defunct game developer back in 1996. She is usually depicted as an intelligent, beautiful and athletic English adventurer who ventures into ancient temples and ruins in search of treasures and valuable artifacts.