Videogames - Theory and Culture (2013)

 

Sup. Here to clean out the tumbleweeds with an interesting article about a game we covered in the curriculum: Sweatshop HD, that one about...

I stumbled across this a few hours ago, been looking at as many of their comics as I can and I must say, it is bloody amazing. Gamer. Ca...

Good news guys, the course results are in!

Here we go: Criminals are using headsets from gaming consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation to plan drug smuggling operations because conve...

Page has kinda died, don't know if it's because of the course ending or that it's exams. Oh well. As a final post relating to ...

So I was reading this blog on stuff ( http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/blogs/game-junkie/8298380/Retails-sales-down-but-Kiwis-still-love-th...

Throughout this paper I have been exposed to such a number of different games that I would have never have come across. I was actually reall...

When I start this final blog, I have already decided to write this with a game mood. It is the last time to write on this blogger and have...

From researching and playing games for the assignment, I realised that games can evoke an emotional response from pla...

 I was thinking about the idea of World of Warcraft as service as opposed to a space and how the whole idea seemed to blur the lines simpl...

I do not know anything about alternative reality games or augmented reality games until the last lecture. It is definitely interesting to ...

Often when people think of gamers they picture a nerdy, white, mama’s boy who will still living at home at the age of 30 in the basement...

MMO space & service Thoroughly enjoyed the readings this week with more of a focus on the Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO), and Stor...

Alternate realities and the like Alternate reality games (ARG) operate in a visual reality, and play on the user investing their time in...

      In Shilo's entry this week on why she hates MMOs she states how the immersive components of World of Warcraft as a virtual world ...

So I played Octodad in the weekend and gosh did I hate it or what. So you’re an octopus pretending to be a human dad. The objective of th...

Having completed the course, and had some time to reflect on it, my mind keeps going back to the simple question – “What is a Gamer?” I...

The ability to game online has transformed not only the gaming world but also the manner in which youths are accustomed to socializing. I ...

Steam today is near ubiquitous when it comes to discussing digital distribution of games (and now even software) online, both legally and ...