Insert Coin: Part 3-Making a Video Game

Part 3 covers how video games are made. We follow Electronic Arts in the creation of Need for Speed and Triple Play Baseball. Insert Coin: Culture of Video Gameplay is a 1 hour documentary on video games and how they impact our culture. Produced by Brent Stafford for his Masters Thesis (MA) in Advanced Communications from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• video
• games
• violence
• addiction
• effects
• documentary
• television
• culture

[JunkerJames]

I'm not sure you mean "realism". That's a red herring. I think you mean verisimilitude combined with systemic consistency (verb completeness etc.). Realism implies simulation, and yet clearly, not all games try to simulate real life.

[shakyegg]

I agree. But realism in the context of video games also entails a discussion about the seamless immersion into the virtual reality. The actual "reality" of the game may be a story, a made-up fantasy world. However, the realism is the manner in which the technology and gameplay are so seamless that the play becomes fully immersed in the fantasy world. It is a realistic experience of the simulation.

[JunkerJames]

Yep. That's verisimilitude. Believeability within the context of the game world.

[shakyegg]

Awesome thanks!

[shakyegg]

Thanks man. Great stuff.

[JSword]

what? realism is not the key element in games. its about fun.

[familyghost1996]

Resident Evil 2! Awesome game.

[trbot]

@JunkerJames Well, hipsters do annoy me so, yes, I did respond for that reason. I'll even cede that precision in vocabulary can make for eloquent, meaningful conversation. I just have trouble understanding why someone would go so far as to teach someone a new word over a few posts in order to make a point. You wouldn't get far teaching a technical/scientific/mathemati­cal subject if you worked that way. In fact, educators tend to anthropomorphize and simplify to smooth uptake.

[JunkerJames]

@trbot And like, seriously dude... google is right there! OH NO HE USED A LONG WORD. OBVIOUSLY A HIPSTAR

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[JunkerJames]

@trbot :) I understood it without having to look it up. I'm not much of a writer, admittedly, but I don't fully agree with you. Words have subtle meanings which are not captured particularly eloquently in long definition form. Accessibility can sometimes really slow the confluence of ideas. I always feel I lose nothing by dispelling my ignorance of a word, and don't tend to worry about looking ignorant when asking for clarification. Most of the time, people are glad to elaborate.

[trbot]

@JunkerJames Lol. Yes, I intentionally made my reply obtuse. I figured, after you had to look up a word or two, you might have understood my point.

[JunkerJames]

@trbot You mean "hiding or misrepresenting with over-complication", surely?

[trbot]

@JunkerJames There's also a word for using words like versimilitude when people are likely to interpret a word like realism correctly.  It's obfuscation, and a wise writer is advised to eschew it.

[Chubzdoomer]

"Realism" huh. Nintendo must have missed the memo.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

What size television are they all using!? Looks to me like a 21" Sony Trinitron.

[iajua]

O wait, 8:06 a japanese guy??? LOL