Unit 36: Interview Techniques

Research Document
Order of contents:
Topic Research for item 1:Gaming and game development
Guest Research for item 1: Marjid
Topic Research for item 2:
Guest Research for item 2:
Topic Research for item 3:
Guest Research for item 3:
Topic Research for item 4 (If used):
Guest Research for item 4 (If used):
Each student takes a topic and researches it extensively. Share your
finding with your team members so they can input your findings
into their booklet

You need to carry out EXTENSIVE research on your topic and guest.
You need to demonstrate why you have used your guest for this
topic. You need to reference where you found your research.
(Referencing is KEY)
Interviewee:
Research of topic:
Key Facts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_programming_languages
first programming language was made during 1949 when the short
code was introduced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages
There are over 200 programming languages
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200810/physicshistory.cfm
The first video game was created during 1958 William Higinbotham:
making a ping pong game
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_video_games_are_there_in_t
he_world
There are over 5 Million games
Potential areas of interest:
How long does it take to make a simple 2d game?
How many games are there that use only one language?
How many website use more than one language?
Areas of concern:
Wikipedia can sometimes be known to produce fake sources as
anyone can edit it.

Research of Guest
Primary Research: (Interviews with guest to find out what they

know; interviews with friends of guest to find out about guest) Insert
voice recordings /notes

Sent him a message asking him about queries on gaming and

development, as he never posts any information about his games
online, and only keeps it privately or only shows a few people

My reply was