The Casual (Game) Revolution

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11844&mode=toc

Controversial Massacre Level Attracts industy scorn

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/11/19/wot-i-think-about-that-level/

Controversy over Kurt Cobain representation in videogame

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=25225

Jason Rubin 2003 Powerpoint on "Jak & Daxter"

http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AeKjuFl1dbmaZGdiZnp3Z3dfNjUyZjhtNHhuY3M&hl=en

'Sposionman Postmortem in Gamasutra

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4205/postmortem_twisted_pixels_.php

Game Certificate offerings

Class,

Click here for information on enrolling for CCSF Game Certificate classes in 2010.

DC

DC's Power point on Game Sound

http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AeKjuFl1dbmaZGdiZnp3Z3dfNjQ4Z2s0aDN3Z2M&hl=en

Gears of War Sound

"Trigger Happy" by Stephen Poole - for free online

http://www.archive.org/details/StevenPoole-TriggerHappyTheInnerLifeOfVideogames2001

Play Donkey Kong Online

Play the game here

Film for 10/30/09

"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is an American documentary film that follows Steve Wiebe as he tries to take the world high score for the arcade game Donkey Kong from reigning champion Billy Mitchell. The film premiered January 22, 2007, at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival[1] and has been shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, the SXSW Film Festival, the TriBeCa Film Festival, the True/False Film Festival, the Aspen Comedy Festival, and the Fantasia Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on August 17, 2007, in 5 theaters, and by September 9, 2007, the film had expanded to 39 theaters in the U.S.[2] Later in 2007, it appeared on the cable network G4.

David Cox's gmail address for class items

Students,

Please use the below address to send me Game 100 related items:

dcoxexploringgameworlds@gmail.com


Thanks

DC

Lecture: Urban Planning, Architecture and Video Game Space

This week & next week:

D.Cox will discuss basic spatial theory lecture comparing classic film texts such as Hitchcock's "Rear Window", "Dial M for Murder" as well as films such as "Dark Passage", "Sunset Boulevard" and "Blue Velvet" to video-games which rely for their effectiveness upon the user 'knowing their way around' the game environment as if it were actual space.
How cues such as sound, shadow, and other elements reinforce a player's sense of
"being somewhere" in “HALO“, “FAR CRY“, SILENT HILL, RESIDENT EVIL, "Myst", "Freak Show", "Bad Day on the Midway" and "Cosmology of Kyoto".

YouTube - David Perry: Will videogames become better than life?

http://www.ted.com Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They'll be lush, complex...

YouTube - Rear Window (1954) pt.1/11

part one

YouTube - Sunset Boulevard (Wilder, 1950)

dir. Billy Wildermusic from Salome by Richard Strauss

YouTube - Dark Passage (1947) Trailer

Dark Passage (1947) Director: Delmer DavesStarring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes MooreheadComments: One of the first uses of POV in film. The first ...

YouTube - Dark Passage (1947)

. . . just a scene.

YouTube - Blue Velvet Part 1

YouTube - Rollercoaster tycoon 2 coaster design

http://www.rctisland.nl/ Please, visid my site! =DThis is my first video I made with Windows movie maker. Now my vidieos have sound.This song is called: Club...

YouTube - A Hearts Desire- Using The Movies Lionhead Studios

Before any of you ask, no this is not a sims 2 game :P This short flick was made using the PC game The Movies. But I must admitt, this movie looks like it co...

YouTube - (Lionhead Studios The Movies) The RueBS Chronicles: Attack of the Clones

Rubeus Eden is at it again. And this time, he thinks I have a bunch of clones and kill his civilians.Done with Lionhead Studio's "The Movies." Th...

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ITEM 2 and ESSAYS DUE IN 2 WEEKS!!

In 2 weeks on Friday, Nov 6, 2009

Completed Item 2 Projects due - remainder of time between the start of Nov
and the end of the course will be troubleshooting main assignments.

Also - Written "Cultural Issues" Essay Due

In Class exercises for today

Pick up where we left off last week where students take an image from fine art, film or photography history and use it as the basis for an idea for a videogame.

In class exercise 2:

Think of an idea for a game that permits the player to construct something you have not seen in commercial games (no cities, buildings or vehicles). Assume that you will constrain the players abilities via an economy but allow him to earn new tools and features for his construction over time.

Design a set of elementary parts from which the item may be constructed and specify a price for each part.

Include a number of upgrades - more expensive parts that replace cheaper versions.

OUTCOME

Write a short paper (2 paragraphs) explaining the domain in which the player will be creating and supply your list of parts, given them in the order in which the player will earn the ability to buy them (cheapest to most expensive).

Also indicate in a general way how the player can use the item he constructs to earn money.

In Class Assignment 10/15 GAME WORLD DESIGN

1) Imagine that you could use any content you liked in a game without regard for copyright. Choose one of hte following game genres and then select a famous painter,photographer, or film maker, and a famour composer or musician, whose work you would like to use to create the appropriate emotional tone for your game.

Create a short presentation (e.g. use Powerpoint or similar) that shows how the images and the music work together for your purposes. The genres are:

ACTION (survival horror sub-genre)

REAL-TIME STRATEGY (modern warfare)
or

CHILDREN'S NONVIOLENT ADVENTURE game

Feel free to use google to search for images from fine art history, photography, painting. You can use the sites of the major galleries around the world - e.g. Tate gallery, museum of modern art, Guggenheim Gallery, or wikipedia - assemble a number of images and put together a presentation on a game based on one or more of these images.

This link has links to the major Art Galleries of the world

Post your finished presentation to your blog using google docs 'share' function (it gives you a URL when you have uploaded your file; - post this URL to your presentation on your blog.

Email me the blog address - dcoxexploringgameworlds@gmail.com

1) Complete the rule set for your group's "Us VS It" game

Slideshow for 10/9/09 - GAME CONCEPTS

Click here to see this week's presentation (it is large so be patient)

Will Wright on creating games, game language, game theory

Will Wright (designer "The Sims" discusses toys

Next week's class - on 10/9/09

Next week lecture – GAME CONCEPTS

Presentations –

In-class exercise “Us vs It” board game – collaborative game design assignment

Homework – each team to assign a member to put game elements on cardboard & cut out ready for next week

Complete ‘level design’ list as outlined in this week’s blog entry for in-class ex.