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Origins of the First-Person Shooter
The moment I read the title of Chapter 2 in Galloway’s Gaming, I was instantly excited. I thought the chapter would make mention of the first games that incorporated first-person shooting. I figured the chapter would be all about Doom … Continue reading
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Five things you never knew about Pac-Man
This story was on the Yahoo! front page. Just some interesting tidbits about the creation of the characters.
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History of “Combos” in videogaming
Here is a Wikipedia entry on the history of combos. The article mentions how the combo was left in as a “design defect” or glitch in Street Fighter II. Here is a video of the glitch mentioned (go to 1:22).
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GDC Video Game Awards
Check out the GDC Video Game Awards; independent Minecraft took five! Links to the games here and USA Today’s coverage here.
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My Play Aloud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbM4sYkT-4Y I played the Silver Surfer, if you watch you will see that it is not a fun game…
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Video Games Live
Video Games Live Intro is a video of an orchestra providing the sounds for video games.
It’s all in your head.
Whalen made a fitting parallel between how games and cartoons use sound/music to enhance the actions of the characters. When reading the article, I thought about how playing a game without music and watching a cartoon without sound compare. Firstly, you … Continue reading
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Video Games and Storytelling+Humor=Awesome.
This is a really really neat way to present the evolution of video games and storytelling. This video lecture on Youtube is by a professor who wanted to do more than just talk to his students about video games and storytelling. … Continue reading
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Pokemon Comes to Life
Yesterday’s class was a lot of fun for me talking about being a Nintendo kid and such and especially when Pokemon was brought up. I played Pokemon blue like it was no ones business. I found this clip and thought … Continue reading
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Copyright
The reading this week brought up the idea of copyright: more specifically, that that King Kong and Donkey Kong could be distinguished from one another and be made to generate their own profit. At its conception, ‘King Kong’ was one … Continue reading
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Glee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_B9FCZJMA Last semester, when this episode of Glee aired, I thought to myself: What the heck is an Atari? Fortunately, now I know. (“I guess she’s an Xbox, I’m more an Atari”) I thought it would be more entertaining to watch … Continue reading
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New tetris like game
A ninja/Tetris game
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Sarah S- Seeker 2/3/2011
http://www.gamejudgment.com/are-video-games-the-downfall-of-society This website offers an interesting blog entry by Anthony Arvizu. Arvizu, an avid gamer, believes that video games are unrelated to the societal issues that they are often linked to, including violence, bullying, and anti-social behavior. He also provides … Continue reading
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