Video Games | Off Book | PBS Arts

Video games are important. They are a storytelling medium, a place for self-expression, a sandbox for the human imagination, and an extension of an ages old tradition of gaming. We play out some of the most essential aspects of our culture in games, and we learn more about ourselves and the world around us in the process. From the powerful cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, we are in the midst of an explosion of gaming activity that, as some predict, will continue to define the way we live and interact with information, and each other, far into the future.


Featuring:

Eric Zimmerman, Game Designer
Jesper Juul, Game Studies Scholar
Leigh Alexander, Game Journalist
Syed Salahuddin, Game Designer and Curator

Music by:

4mat, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/4mat/
The Shortsleeves, http://theshortsleeves.bandcamp.com/
Trash80, http://trash80.net/

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Category:

Gaming

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• indie games
• ps3
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[novriltataki]

Watching this movie really makes me feel like paying the fee to subscribe to insomnia.ac 3.0

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[BitfeNicks]

Hey hipsters! Plaid isn't the only pattern ya know?

[IronJackalTw]

VIDEO GAMES R GAME & always will be!  Only those STRONG in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, & Math) FIELDS can make these!! >=)

Overgrowth: HD Teaser trailer....

watch?v=NVx39i4DzKA

Crysis Physics Extreme Explosions....

watch?v=5ULei3VxVe8

Sadly, we R held back by ARTsy-FARTsy....

watch?v=RolbMDrDF60

Gamasutra needs to filter out at least half of their content, which R GIBBERISH & FLUFF! That's 4 a site on VIDEO GAMING MAKING that rarely talked about VIDEO GAME MAKING!! {roll my eyes}

[IronJackalTw]

STOP making our VIDEO GAMES so short & ARTsy!! =/

SEARCH & READ "The "dumbing down" of video games - MMO-Champion"

SEARCH & READ "Creepy Jesus, With You Always"

SEARCH & READ "I Come To Praise First-Person Shooters, Not To Bury Them"

Mike Langlois, FPS GAMERS don't need your approval! Ted Haggard like your LGBT weirdo R irritating! Go play THE SIMS, or join USA MILITARY because Bush 2.0 make it possible 4 U now!! >=P

Gamasutra write so much false ASSumptions & little USEFUL INFO!! >=(

[IronJackalTw]

ARTsy-FARTsy SUX! U don't have ball to WRITE your STORY SHIT in your NOVEL INDUSTRY, to CINEMA your NARRATIVE SHIT in your FILM INDUSTRY, to PAINT your ARTsy SHIT in your ART MUSEUM, & to MORALITY your TED HAGGARD SHIT in your CHURCH! That's WHY U R wasting time in VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY....

watch?v=zNiiHVYnQ6A

SEARCH & READ "GDC 2012 details Game IT Summit talks featuring McGonigal"

Luis Blondet, U R ARTsy-FARTsy DOORMAT! U should have played our FPS & GTA to beat HOOKER & take her $!! >=P

[IronJackalTw]

R U sure that U want FPS GAMERS start shooting REAL FIREARMS at those started BS WARS?....

watch?v=xyUX6wV1lBQ

SEARCH & READ "Army Reports Record Suicide Numbers | Military"

SEARCH & READ "Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II"

Pat Tillman could be someone I know in High School on our FOOTBALL TEAM....

watch?v=ecTUO3IKebY

Bush Knocked down Twin Towers (911) - Immortal Technique....

watch?v=6bdr_2IAJWU

Crawl back to your GAY Jews HOLLYWOOD & off FPS GAMES!! >=(

[IronJackalTw]

Video Games R ART not GAME crowd is FULL OF SHIT in denial!! =/

George Carlin on Mass-Media (sorry 4 repetition, but middle part is great)....

watch?v=AtK_YsVInw8

SERACH & READ "'The world has changed': Team Ninja's Hayashi on more realistic, respectful games"

SEARCH & READ "Peter Molyneux"

Andreas Ronning is correct! Tomonobu Itagaki served his EVIL MASTERS well! TORUS.... lol? Bring on Grade-A Prime-Cut FULL OF SHIT already....

watch?v=04Wf2-gqQdU

We lived in a SICK SICK WORLD!! >=P

[IronJackalTw]

SEARCH & READ "Weekly Rant: Advertisements in Video Games - Cheat Code Central"

Josh Engen said, "narcissistic loudmouth who thinks that you deserve to live in a world where no one tries to sell you a product, you might want to ask your doctor for a psych referral."

George Carlin talks about advertising....

watch?v=RW2JInyMoPc

SEARCH & READ "Advertising in Violent Video Games Results in Poor Recall"

We already paid $60 per GAME! U can't even deliver GAMEPLAY we want, CLUE-LESS IDIOTS!! >=(

[IronJackalTw]

I had been VIDEO GAMING 4 ever! It is one of my HOBBY, & I as GAMER will accurately define it without any BS Euphemisms! Video Game is a GAMING Medium! It is a sub set of SOFTWARE with 1 & 0 where computers can read them in machine code! This COMPUTER SOFTWARE contain GAMEPLAY, which allowed USER INPUTS & INTERACTIONS with DISPLAY on SCREEN! With this GAMEPLAY, it had GAME PHYSICS ENGINE, TEXTURE (polygon or spirit) FILES, AUDIO FILES, UI, AI, & ETC that made up this GAMING MEDIUM!! >=)

[IronJackalTw]

Video GAME is a medium that dare not speak its name! It's cloaked in euphemisms such as INTERACTIVE MEDIA or DIGITAL ARTS now a day!! >=(

Why Radio & Music Industry Sucks now....

watch?v=Vzm50HEmNeM

George Carlin - Advertising Lingo....

watch?v=38wFNVKehBw

If I want STORY, I read a BOOK! That's ART my arse, STORY my arse, & MORALITY my arse! I told U exactly what a GREAT GAME not ART CRAP is, which must be driven with GAMEPLAY, TECH, & BLACK HEART! Spare me LINGO CRAP 4 DIP-SHIT!! >=P