Author Archives: BDombro

Just a little bit of everything

I managed to attend nearly all the sessions at the conference, but I was recording video of the presentations and workshops, so I didn’t really get to pay as much attention or participate as much as I would have liked. … Continue reading

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Simulation vs gaming

All of the games required for playing were mentioned in the readings for Tuesday except for one, September 12th. The game tried to label itself not as a game but as a simulation, that would shed light and insight and … Continue reading

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HardCore Casual Gamers

At the beginning of class on Tuesday We took that in class poll to show us what the gaming habits of our class looked like. We then started talking about the differences between casual and hardcore games, and gamers. We … Continue reading

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Evolution of Game Music: A change for both Games and Music as mediums

An interesting article about different aspects of game music and its influence on the rest of game culture. It got me thinking about one thing though… Is the music part of the game, or are game just part of the … Continue reading

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Where is the Fun?

After reading the Origins of an Industry article I was thinking about the first computer games developed on those large university and military computers, like Spacewar. These games were first developed by the hackers who were exploring the possibilities of … Continue reading

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