Igeyimu yeselula i-Pokemon Go ikhishwe e-US ngoJulayi 5 futhi yaba enye yezinhlelo zokusebenza ezilandwa kakhulu ku-Android ne-iPhone emhlabeni wonke phakathi neviki. Manje umdlalo usuyatholakala eRussia. Izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo zinikeza izincazelo zazo ngale «pokemon mania» engazelelwe.
Sidlala imidlalo yevidiyo ngezizathu ezahlukahlukene. Abanye abantu bathanda imidlalo ye-sandbox lapho ongakha khona umhlaba wonke ngendaba yakho nabalingisi, abanye baluthwe imidlalo yokudubula lapho ungadedela khona umusi. I-Quantic Foundry agency, esebenza ngezibalo zegeyimu, igqanyisiwe izinhlobo eziyisithupha zokugqugquzela umdlali okufanele zibe khona kugeyimu eyimpumelelo: isenzo, ulwazi lomphakathi, ikhono, ukucwiliswa emanzini, ukusungula, impumelelo1.
I-Pokemon Go ibonakala ibaphendula ngokugcwele. Ngemva kokufaka uhlelo, umdlali uqala ukubona «izilo zephaketheni» (njengoba igama elithi pokemon esihlokweni limelela) ngekhamera ye-smartphone yabo, njengokungathi bahamba emigwaqweni noma bendiza bezungeza igumbi. Bangabanjwa, baqeqeshwe, futhi babe nezimpi zePokémon nabanye abadlali. Kubukeka sengathi lokhu kwanele ukuchaza impumelelo yomdlalo. Kodwa isilinganiso somsebenzi wokuzilibazisa (abasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingu-20 e-US kuphela) kanye nenani elikhulu labadlali bamageyimu abadala liphakamisa ukuthi kukhona ezinye, izizathu ezijulile.
Umhlaba Enchanted
Indawo yonke ye-Pokemon, ngaphezu kwabantu nezilwane ezivamile, ihlala izidalwa ezinengqondo, amakhono omlingo (isibonelo, ukuphefumula komlilo noma i-teleportation), kanye nekhono lokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Ngakho-ke, ngosizo lokuqeqeshwa, ungakhula ithangi eliphilayo langempela ngezibhamu zamanzi kusuka ku-turtle encane. Ekuqaleni, konke lokhu kwenziwa amaqhawe amahlaya namakhathuni, futhi abalandeli babekwazi ukuzwelana nabo ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesikrini noma ikhasi lencwadi. Ngokufika kwenkathi yemidlalo yevidiyo, ababukeli ngokwabo bakwazi ukuphindukuzalwa njengabaqeqeshi be-Pokemon.
Ubuchwepheshe bokungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona bubeka abalingisi ababonakalayo endaweni esiyijwayele
I-Pokemon Go ithathe esinye isinyathelo sokufiphalisa umugqa phakathi komhlaba wangempela nomhlaba odalwe umcabango wethu. Ubuchwepheshe bokungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona bubeka abalingisi ababonakalayo endaweni esiyijwayele. Acwayiza ekhoneni, acashe ezihlahleni nasemagatsheni ezihlahla, alwele ukugxumela epuletini. Futhi ukusebenzisana nazo kuzenza zibe ngokoqobo nakakhulu futhi, ngokuphambene nakho konke ukucabanga okujwayelekile, kusenza sikholelwe enganekwaneni.
Emuva ebuntwaneni
Imizwa yobuntwana kanye nokuvelayo kugxilile kakhulu engqondweni yethu kangangokuthi ama-echoes abo ezenzweni zethu, esizithandayo nesingazithandi zingatholakala eminyakeni eminingi kamuva. Akukona nje ukuqondana ukuthi i-nostalgia isiphenduke injini enamandla yesiko le-pop - inani lokuphinda kwenziwe ngempumelelo kwamahlaya, amafilimu nezincwadi zezingane lingenakubalwa.
Kubadlali abaningi banamuhla, i-Pokémon iyisithombe esivela ebuntwaneni. Balandela izigigaba zika-Ash osemusha, okwathi, nabangane bakhe kanye nesilwane esifuywayo u-Pikachu (i-Pokemon kagesi eyaba uphawu lwalo lonke uchungechunge), bahamba emhlabeni wonke, bafunda ukuba abangane, uthando nokunakekela abanye. Futhi-ke, ukunqoba. “Amathemba, amaphupho, kanye nemicabango egcwele emiqondweni yethu, kanye nezithombe esizaziyo, ziwumthombo wemizwa enamandla yokunamathela,” kuchaza uJamie Madigan, umbhali wencwadi ethi Understanding Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on People (Ukuthola Abadlali Bamageyimu : IPsychology Yemidlalo Yamavidiyo kanye Nomthelela Wayo Kubantu Abayidlalayo»).
Sesha "yabo"
Kodwa isifiso sokubuyela ebuntwaneni akusho ukuthi sifuna ukuba buthakathaka futhi singabi nakuzisiza futhi. Kunalokho, kuwukuphunyuka ezweni elibandayo, elingalindelekile liye kwelinye—elifudumele, eligcwele ukunakekela nothando. UClay Routledge, isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo eNyuvesi yaseNyakatho Dakota (USA), uClay Routledge uthi: - Sifuna indlela eya kwabanye - kulabo ababelana nathi ngolwazi lwethu, imizwa yethu nezinkumbulo zethu. Kwezabo».
Ngemuva kwesifiso sabadlali sokucasha emhlabeni obonakalayo kukhona ukulangazelela izidingo zangempela abazama ukuzenelisa empilweni yangempela.
Ekugcineni, ngemuva kwesifiso sabadlali sokuphephela emhlabeni obonakalayo kukhona ukulangazelela izidingo zangempela abazama ukuzenelisa empilweni yangempela - njengesidingo sokuxhumana nabanye abantu. “Eqinisweni elingathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona, awugcini nje ngokuthatha izinyathelo – ungakwazi ukuxhumana nabanye ngempumelelo yakho, niqhudelane, nibukise ngamaqoqo enu,” kuchaza umkhangisi uRussell Belk (Russell Belk).
NgokukaRussell Belk, esikhathini esizayo ngeke sisabona umhlaba ongokoqobo njengento engavamile, futhi imizwa yethu ngezehlakalo ezikulo izobaluleka kakhulu kithi njengemizwa yethu ngezenzakalo zangempela. "I" yethu eyandisiwe - ingqondo nomzimba wethu, yonke into esinayo, konke ukuxhumana kwethu nomphakathi kanye nezindima zethu - kancane kancane kudonsa lokho okukwi "cloud" yedijithali2. Ingabe i-Pokémon izoba yizilwane zethu ezifuywayo ezintsha, njengamakati nezinja? Noma mhlawumbe, ngokuphambene nalokho, sizofunda ukwazisa okwengeziwe labo abangagona, baphululwe, bezwe imfudumalo yabo. Isikhathi sizosho.
1 Funda kabanzi ku-quanticfoundry.com.
2. Umbono wamanje kuPsychology, 2016, vol. 10.