Monthly Archives: March 2011

Future First Person Shooter

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Meghan Walsh

Someone on youtube decided to create a ‘Future First Person Shooter’- kind of shocking. However, these people don’t scream and there’s not nearly enough blood! Also- no health bar? For me this is way too unrealistic.watch?v=CyCyzB0CedM

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RE: Controversy in Video Games, Featuring Bulletstorm and Fox News

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Jason Ko

There is little to no evidence to suggest that violent video games contribute to violent behavior.  In fact, many studies are showing that playing violent video games allows for the player to vent their emotions in a safe environment.  We … Continue reading →

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Controversary in new first person shooter game

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Kevin Sinagra

FOX News called out Bulletstorm as the “Worst Video Game in the World” due to the extreme amount of violence. This game, Bulletstorm released on February 22, 2011, seems to be creating a lot of buzz in the first person … Continue reading →

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History of First Person Shooters

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Rebecca

I was curious as to how first person shooter games came about, and how they became so popular, so I found this website that has five parts about the time history of first person shooter games. It’s not incredibly detailed, but it does touch … Continue reading →

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Side Scrolling Perspective

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mufasa

This video does the opposite of the video we watched in class. They put people into a side scrolling game via technology, and showed them from the side. It does not work nearly as well as it does in games.

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The Tragedies of FPSD

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Sonia

First Person Shooter’s Disease 🙁

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Survey on First Person Shooters

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Professor Sample

Please take the following survey: http://polldaddy.com/s/4178EB7B7EE4303D

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The Subjective Shot in Movies

Posted on March 8, 2011 by khrk

The one really intriguing thing about Galloway’s essay to me was about the subjective shot in movies. I never really thought about the different points of views that can be seen in movies because to me it just seemed normal … Continue reading →

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Perspective: Yours or Mine or Ours?

Posted on March 7, 2011 by kstrylow

We all know what a first-person story sounds like, but what does it look like?  A regularly-shot film with a voice over?  A single, continuous shot from one perspective?  Does it change when you are the story?  When you make … Continue reading →

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Origins of the First-Person Shooter

Posted on March 7, 2011 by rcummins

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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Game time versus Cinema time

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Stephanie

I had some trouble understanding Galloway’s description on pages 65-67 of how video games and cinema differ in the definition of time. He says that video games can be paused, sped up, slowed down, and restarted. But movies can do … Continue reading →

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Five things you never knew about Pac-Man

Posted on March 6, 2011 by rderkse1

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

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Mike

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

Posted on March 3, 2011 by kstrylow

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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Video Game Music Awards

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Jason Ko

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/710690/Why-Video-Game-Music-Deserves-A-Dedicated-Grammy-Award.html We discussed in class how the limitation of hardware dictated what sounds could be created, thus shaping the music.  In the case of the Atari 2600, some pitches were not even in tune.  In the modern era, technology has … Continue reading →

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