Monthly Archives: April 2011
Response to ‘Portal and Gender’
I agree that the fact that both Chell and GLaDOS are female is irrelevant to gameplay. I think the creators of Portal wanted to make a puzzle game, so they came up with the different levels and challenges, and then … Continue reading
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Portal and Gender
As we all know by now, both the protagonist and villain in Portal are female. However, this isn’t nearly as big of a deal as, for example, Lara Croft is to Tomb Raider. Perhaps this is because Chell is rarely … Continue reading
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Koster’s Ludemes and Portal
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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Portal
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
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Portal, Sound, and Music
Earlier in the year we discussed the effect sound and music has on games. Portal is an excellent example, since Portal would not be the game it is today were it not for its audio assets. Sound plays a major … Continue reading
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Came across this on Facebook…
So, this seems like the newest generation of Columbine RPG game: http://ssnat.com/about/
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Memory card reader
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Video Games versus Film
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/3075-Videogames-Are-Not-Movies-Get-Over-It Now, I know it’s not my turn to post something, but with all the discussion we’ve been having in this class about how videogames can be compared to film, I thought it would be interesting to see what the … Continue reading
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Locker Room Hair Dryer
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UT Videogame Archive
The link I wanted to post was this: http://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/videogamearchive/index.php. This is a link to UT’s video game archive, and shows what they have and how they use it.
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Library Study Carrel
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At Dulles Airport
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