Author Archives: Sonia

About Sonia

My name is Sonia. I am a psychology major. I like cats and tea cup pigs.

Marketing and Game Industry Context

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Sonia

Here are the sections our group have created (and claimed). If you would like to add on to one of these sections, please talk to the person in parentheses. Why just xbox, computer, playstation? Why exclude wii? (Kevin) Sales; how … Continue reading →

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Koster’s Ludemes and Portal

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Sonia

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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Posted on April 20, 2011 by Sonia

Mufasa brings up an interesting point in another post where he says he does not believe the question of preservation is one worth answering because of our computer storage capacity. I agree with this, but as someone else brought up … Continue reading →

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differences between expert and novice game players

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Sonia

expert quickly grok games familiar with game logic and controls experience novice the opposite

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Minesweeper

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Sonia

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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What is the Perfect Game?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sonia

In Murray’s article, I strongly agreed with the idea that story telling comes before the game because as the author puts it, “storytelling is a core human activity.” We have told stories since the beginning of time and still do … Continue reading →

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The Tragedies of FPSD

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Sonia

First Person Shooter’s Disease 🙁

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Impressed

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Sonia

I personally have zero experience with all things Nintendo. My parents very successfully managed to shelter me from the world of video games. I did not know what an Atari or Nintendo was until high school so everything in Kline’s … Continue reading →

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video games=art?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sonia

In class, we have mentioned a couple of times the debate on whether or not video games can be considered art. I personally was confused because I wondered: who cares? and how can video games possibly not be considered art? … Continue reading →

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