Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Week 6: Genre in Video Games

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                   Week 6: Genre in Video Games   The video game industry has grown substantially over years since its time of creation, what was once an industry which had only a handful of simple video games and game genres, that is until one being a very simple game called Pong then started a boom for the video game industry. Pacman started the boom for arcade videos as game similar to Pacman started to be developed and arcade games evolved from there bur arcade games and Pong gave birth to many other genres that it had to be put into...

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Week 5: Ludonarrative Dissonance/Ressonance

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                              Week 5: Ludonarrative Dissonance/Ressonance When people play games sometimes people play for story or sometimes just for the mechanics of the games, other times they play it for both elements. A game with a good story is in reality extremely hard to make but there are some games out there that actually have a good story and gameplay. Story can play a very big part into how a video game is shaped out especially if it has a good narrative. A game with a good narrative can really help...