“Gazillionaire is a cross between business
strategy and Wall Street in wonderland. It's a wild game of buying low
& selling high. You'll run your own company, trade exotic goods, get
rich, and expand your empire.” I chose this game because it is a fun
way for business students to learn the basic business skills needed to
buy and sell commodities. Players create a company, buy a vehicle and
then stock their vehicle with the products that they buy. Then they
research different planets and find out where their products will sell
the best based on the availability of that product on different
planets. Then they fly to each planets to sell their products. The
demand of the product on the planet determines the price that it will
sell for. It is a simple case of supply and demand.
I like this game because it is able to be played
alone or with multiple players. Students can practice their business
skill alone or they can play it with fellow students in the classroom.
The business building skills that can be learned would be a great
advantage to beginning business students that are looking to advance
their knowledge of base level business practices. I would definitely
use this game in the classroom and would have my students journal their
progress each time they participated in the game.
“Business Tycoon Online (BTO) is one of the
most favorable browser games from Asia. It reached 1 million concurrent
online players in Asia and became famous among all the MMO browser
games. Player who starts from scratch will act as an entrepreneur to
fight in Liberty City. Through hard work, he will constantly expand his
business territory and raise social status until he becomes a prominent
socialite.” I chose this game because of the detail that it displays to
the player as they set up their own business. Once they choose the
type of business they want to run, they get to go to a particular
section of town and decide where they want their business to be
located. The player is able to look at other businesses in the area and
see where they think their business will do best.
This game stood out to me because there is a
history behind the game. The designers actually wrote a background for
the game so the player feels like they are delving into a real life
story. I also liked the game because it enables the player to pick the
gender of their player. I think it shows positive encouragement to
young female entrepreneurs. It encourages females to learn the world of
business which I feel is very important. Many young females lack the
confidence needed to jump into the business world and I feel like
Business Tycoon would be a great addition to my classroom. The student
not only gets to pick their business but they also get to pick their own
secretary and employees. Each secretary has their own profile and they
each come with their own attributes that can help their “boss” better
develop their company. Each potential employee also has their own
profile and the player can pick what type of employee they wish to have
work for their company. I think this game would be a wonderful addition
to the classroom because it strongly resembles real like business and
the students get to emulate real business owner. It would be a perfect
game for mid to advanced level business students.
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