Category Archives: First Readers

 I thought sound, in particular voices and the associated gender of those voices, was rather important in level 16 of Portal. I’m pretty sure it’s test 16, but if I’m wrong, it’s the first one with the robots that are shooting at you (I don’t … Continue reading →

In this article in the New York Times, Heather Chaplin focuses on the ludological aspects of which games should be preserved for future generations.   There was no mention on games which should be preserved because they told a captivating story, … Continue reading →

The goal of the video game committee in the New York Times article is to create a game cannon for America. The biggest challenge seems like it would be cultural rather then technical. As Hayley pointed out in her post … Continue reading →

One of the first things I noticed in the “Is That Just Some Game? No, It’s a Cultural Artifact” article was that film and video games are still closely linked, even in their historical preservation. What surprised me, then, is … Continue reading →

It is interesting that Mr. Lowood and his teams’ canon list for preserving video games is modeled similar to the work of the National Film Preservation Board. During the course of the semester we have looked at how films and … Continue reading →

Video games have obviously had an impact on society in a similar way to art forms such as movies and music. The idea to preserve the video games in a canon is excellent. One of the most fascinating parts of … Continue reading →

I was fascinated by Heather Chaplin’s article on Henry Lowood’s “Video Game Canon” idea. I think video games should absolutely be preserved and that it’s a great concept. These aren’t teenagers or random people picking the games, these are extremely … Continue reading →

Jason Nelson’s anti-game “This is How You Will Die” fits best out of all his games into Galloway’s counter-game categories.  First, Nelson foregrounds TIHYWD in that, while the player does not see any coding or visual programming, he does witness … Continue reading →

As I played through each game assigned for next week, I found myself the most interested in “I made this you play this. We are enemies.”  At first glance, the game seemed like a complete joke; totally sloppy, loud and … Continue reading →

I found Galloway’s article extremely interesting. I did not know that the genre of mod games was out there. I find it extremely interesting that people take aspects or codes of games and turn them into something completely different than … Continue reading →

I played Game, Game, Game, and again Game and I thought about Galloway’s chapter about “countergaming”, and I started thinking about how the the six differences he listed apply to this game. Some of the things Galloway listed were very … Continue reading →

This latest chapter from Galloway described countergaming and its prevalence in mods throughout the span of blockbuster game titles.  I would like to challenge the restriction of countergaming to just mods and offer the possibility of a form of countergaming being within … Continue reading →

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/18/dr-sally-satel-promotes-virtual-reality-war-games-as-a-treatment-for-ptsd/ We mentioned in class the use of video games and virtual reality to help war veterans with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  I found this article online about it.  Make sure to read some of the blog comments, I … Continue reading →