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Video Game Chat / TEM's Biweekly Video Games
« on: October 24, 2009, 10:37:04 AM »
Every other week I'll post about a video game. There's no restrictions to what game I might talk about, whether it be the week it's released or the genre the game falls into, which means my thread is the best of the video game thing threads!
Week 1: Introduction to Video Games.
Week 2: Killing Demons
Week 3: GOD OF WARAN
Week 4: Fun-size
Week 5: The Difficulty with Difficulty
Week 6: Defining Exclusivisocity
Week 7: The Downloadening
Week 8: MineCrap
Week 9: I'm Gonna Rip Out Your Eye And **** On Your Brain You Alien Dirtbag
Week 10: Skill Mastery
Introduction to Video Games and Critical Approaches 101 Section 003
This week I'll be discussing video games in general, instead of being all restrictive and only talking about one video game (like SOME people).
What is a video game? A miserable pile of cheat codes? NO THERE'S MORE TO IT.
Video games are artifacts created at first as curious novelties. Most people would be surprised to know that video games are only half a century younger than movies, give or take a few decades depending on when you want to set the mark of FIRST VIDEO GAME EVER. For the past few decades video games have become mainstream and are the prime artifact experiences of many millions of people's lives in the same way some people love books or movies. Just like movies video games were thought of as cool weird things, then they were pure entertainment, and now people are thinking that they are art sometimes. They are an amalgamation of music, photography, and film arts combined and infused with interactivity, giving people even further engagement into a thing. Though, much like movies, sound is secondary and not intrinsic to the definition of what a video game is. So back to the question:
WHAT IS A VIDEO GAME?
There's a screen you look at and you use some kind of interaction tool to influence and change what the screen is displaying, also it has to be electronic or digital some how. There is a goal in mind and your interactions affects the achievement or failure of the goal.
So now that you guys know all about video games, two weeks from now I'll talk about a video game or maybe a genre, who knows.
Attached Color Plate (wk 1): An art made by Instructor TEM that has to do with video games.
Attached Color Plate (wk 2): Demon That Has Been Handled by TEM
Attached Color Plate (wk 3): A picture of a God of War II poster.
Attached Color Plate (wk 4): Bullet Candy on Steam, an example of VG Candy.
Attached Color Plate (wk 5): Choosing a difficulty option in Left 4 Dead.
Attached Color Plate (wk 6): Super Mario World, formerly exclusive to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. See Week 6 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 7): A news bit about Halo: Reach's upcoming map pack. See Week 7 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 8): My feelings after ten minutes of play. See Week 8 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 9): A friendly reminder See Week 9 Post.
Week 1: Introduction to Video Games.
Week 2: Killing Demons
Week 3: GOD OF WARAN
Week 4: Fun-size
Week 5: The Difficulty with Difficulty
Week 6: Defining Exclusivisocity
Week 7: The Downloadening
Week 8: MineCrap
Week 9: I'm Gonna Rip Out Your Eye And **** On Your Brain You Alien Dirtbag
Week 10: Skill Mastery
Introduction to Video Games and Critical Approaches 101 Section 003
This week I'll be discussing video games in general, instead of being all restrictive and only talking about one video game (like SOME people).
What is a video game? A miserable pile of cheat codes? NO THERE'S MORE TO IT.
Video games are artifacts created at first as curious novelties. Most people would be surprised to know that video games are only half a century younger than movies, give or take a few decades depending on when you want to set the mark of FIRST VIDEO GAME EVER. For the past few decades video games have become mainstream and are the prime artifact experiences of many millions of people's lives in the same way some people love books or movies. Just like movies video games were thought of as cool weird things, then they were pure entertainment, and now people are thinking that they are art sometimes. They are an amalgamation of music, photography, and film arts combined and infused with interactivity, giving people even further engagement into a thing. Though, much like movies, sound is secondary and not intrinsic to the definition of what a video game is. So back to the question:
WHAT IS A VIDEO GAME?
There's a screen you look at and you use some kind of interaction tool to influence and change what the screen is displaying, also it has to be electronic or digital some how. There is a goal in mind and your interactions affects the achievement or failure of the goal.
So now that you guys know all about video games, two weeks from now I'll talk about a video game or maybe a genre, who knows.
Attached Color Plate (wk 1): An art made by Instructor TEM that has to do with video games.
Attached Color Plate (wk 2): Demon That Has Been Handled by TEM
Attached Color Plate (wk 3): A picture of a God of War II poster.
Attached Color Plate (wk 4): Bullet Candy on Steam, an example of VG Candy.
Attached Color Plate (wk 5): Choosing a difficulty option in Left 4 Dead.
Attached Color Plate (wk 6): Super Mario World, formerly exclusive to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. See Week 6 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 7): A news bit about Halo: Reach's upcoming map pack. See Week 7 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 8): My feelings after ten minutes of play. See Week 8 Post.
Attached Color Plate (wk 9): A friendly reminder See Week 9 Post.
