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Feminism in Portal

http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/218960/portal-s-glados-as-feminist-icon/ Here’s an interesting article on the female roles in Portal.  It goes into detail about Glados and who she represents in society.

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Portal and Gender

As we all know by now, both the protagonist and villain in Portal are female. However, this isn’t nearly as big of a deal as, for example, Lara Croft is to Tomb Raider. Perhaps this is because Chell is rarely … Continue reading

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Koster’s Ludemes and Portal

In chapter 7 of “A Theory of Fun,” Koster listed many ludemes of a successful game: preparation, sense of space, solid core mechanics, range of challenges, range of abilities required to solve encounter, and skills required in using ability. Portal … Continue reading

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Video Games versus Film

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/3075-Videogames-Are-Not-Movies-Get-Over-It Now, I know it’s not my turn to post something, but with all the discussion we’ve been having in this class about how videogames can be compared to film, I thought it would be interesting to see what the … Continue reading

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Portal Categories

The list we created in class DIEGETIC: images (objects/setting) video audio the cake   NON-DIEGETIC cultural influence development (designers/programers) popular reception (comments, reviews) fan-made (audio, video, poster)

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Odds and ends

http://applesandtea.blogspot.com/2011/03/id-like-side-of-nostalgia-please.html As we were talking about video game cannon, I thought this person had some nice reviews of older games. I think however that both old and newer games need to be included in whatever game cannon we develop. I … Continue reading

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expert players vs. novice players

an expert video game player is someone who is able to consider their diegetic surroundings and components of the game beyond just how they play it. They figure out how to get extra points and understand the logistics of the … Continue reading

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Expert v. Novice Gamers

Expert gamers are people who play lots of games and know what to expect i.e. they can grok the game very easily.  They play games for fun, but also are probably very competitive if the game lends itself to that.  … Continue reading

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expert/novice

Someone who is an expert gamer is someone who can pick up most games easily.  An expert gamer typically has experience in many types of game play meaning it takes them less time to grok games.  An expert can also … Continue reading

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Experts vs. Novice Players

I think the main difference between expert versus novice game players in general is intensity. Expert players obviously play more often, so they have more invested in the games. They invest more time, thought, and emotions into their favorite games. … Continue reading

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Novice vs Expert

Novice game players usually are playing the game or genre of game for the first time or haven’t spent much time playing the game.  They are not familiar with all of the controls of the game and don’t know any … Continue reading

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Expert and Novice

What’s the difference between expert and novice game players? Expert players spend more time playing games, and are better at them. It depends on the genera. For FPS type games experts tend to have faster reflexes. Turn based games have … Continue reading

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Minesweeper

This reminded me of the video Professor Sample showed in classed where the comedians were making fun of their game Desert Bus.

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More Jason Nelson hipsterdom

Jason Nelson being hipster with poetry. Pretentious as always… http://www.secrettechnology.com/poem_cube/poem_cube.html

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Portal 2 Alternate Reality Game

This post is not for any grade, just something I felt was interesting. There is an ARG for Portal 2. There is a Steam Topic and a wiki discussing the game. On April 1, 2011, Valve released the Potato Sack … Continue reading

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