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Keeping it Family Friendly: Social Media and Online Gaming #1/12

Welcome to the first edition of "Keeping it Family Friendly: Social Media and Online Gaming." 


Disclaimer: The owner of this blog is does not own the licence or the creative rights to Wizard101. The game is created and owned by KingsIsle Entertainment. This blogger only owns the 11 wizards she's created in the game.



Before we begin our dive into why Wizard101 is successful at what it does.
Gamers have been around since at least the time of the Pharaohs. Whether or not ancient pharaohs played "diaha" a dangerous game that gave birth to the card game Duel Monsters is unknown. :)

Games have existed in many forms, from board games all the way to online gaming.
This blog will focus on one game in particular. 

Drumroll please! 
  
In Wizard101 the player chooses their wizard from the seven schools of magic. (Similar to choosing one's major) This wizard is the "Chosen One who will 'Save Wizard City'" 

The seven schools of magic are

Storm
Fire
Life
Balance
Ice
Death
Myth



The game was created in 2009 by Kingslsle Entertainment and has about 3 million players. 

Wizard101 is easily summed up like this,
Take World of Warcraft, and add elements from Yu-Gi-Oh! or Magic the Gathering

Your Wizard literally saves the worlds of the Spiral with a children's card game.  

But what makes this game fun for all ages?
it's got things that appeal to kids and kids at heart. 

but that's for the rest of the series. 



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  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Hi Jessica. I'm glad to see someone writing about gaming and social media. I look forward to seeing you blog evolve. - Jon

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