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TASK 1
Listen to a girl and a boy discussing some games from the article and answer the following questions.
1 Which game do they both want to try?

2 Which game have they both played before?

3 Which game will the girl get today?

4 Which game has only one of the speakers played?

5 Which game will the boy get today?

TASK 2
Here are some extracts from player reviews of the games in the article.
Can you work out which quote is about which game? Each game named in the article is mentioned once.

1 My review of the new Dishonored game has been 7 I always thought that video games exist so we can
delayed: suddenly, killing evil princes seems far less experience driving expensive cars at dangerous
important than ensuring a load of new tractors gets speeds. But I’ve now realized I have a lot more fun in
to Bratislava on time. a game where I struggle to move a vehicle at all.

2 One of the first things you’ll notice is the visuals. 8 It’s a joke of a game. It’s small and its design is
They are stunning and well suited to the genre, and simple. But it’s a really funny joke, full of great
the models of the trees, rides and animatronics are slapstick humor and unexpected surprises.
all well textured and modelled.

9 There are times when I’m amazed by this game, and

3 When you’re rushing along the rails through times when I’m a little disappointed, but considering
the outskirts of Cologne, rain lashing the panoramic that it’s rendering the entire Earth I’m more
windscreen of your ICE 3, there are few gaming impressed than not.
experiences quite as zen.

10 None of the lives you’re in charge of actually want

4 My favorite video games are ones that have in-depth, to be there, and making a mistake puts those lives in
epic and emotional adventures. So it strikes me as very danger. They can contract diseases or get injured by
odd that I have spent so much time humming to myself fighting. They can feel fear and lack of privacy.
while I clean and beautify houses for almost no reason.

11 As you drive your tractors, harvesters, etc., you can

5 Nothing beats hands-on experience if you want to
get better at understanding how your car works.
But cars, tools and workspaces are expensive. This
video game could make practical mechanical training
much more accessible.
6 It lets you operate detailed cable cars and snow
vehicles. At the same time, it has a complex
economic system with ticket prices and reputation
which you need to raise by improving satisfaction
and publicity.
hear the distinct hums of each engine and the crunch
of dried grass as you drive over it.
12 You can hunt animals and use their hides and guts to
make better clothes, and you can search abandoned
homes and vehicles for items to make improvised tools.
13 It’s fun game but also a tool for those who want to
practice this hobby without spending thousands of
dollars. You’ll quickly realize that the only thing that
isn’t real world about this simulator is how your screws
don’t magically vanish whenever you need them.

BRIDGE DECEMBER 2020 8 TEACHERS’ FILE – ACTIVITIES