I found the lecture by Veronica very interesting as she was able to bring the class insight into the making of the game "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004." I have only played this game once on Game Cube at my buddy's place, but it is an amazing game. To hear her tell about her long work days in order to complete the game and the little audio aspects ( Read more... )

On cnn.com this week, an article (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/04/07/emulators/index.html) ran discussing emulators gamers can download to play old school video games from a wide range of systems and arcade versions. I remember using video game emulators in high ( Read more... )

Machinima is still confusing to me. I guess I do not see the interest of people wanting to revise hit video games to modern movie standards by adding voice, etc. When everything is rendered automatically, does that mean everytime I watch the movie it is different and will not always follow the same plot lines? The short machinima we watched ( Read more... )

An article on money.cnn.com (http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/07/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes) this week gave a sneak preview to what to expect of Xbox 2 and PS3. The article talks about how both Sony and ( Read more... )

At the close of the day of business yesterday, the Chief Operating Officer and president of Electronic Arts resigned so he could go start a venture capital business (http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/07/technology/ea_resign/index.htm?cnn=yes). ( Read more... )

I think it is evident that movie and video game convergence is on the rise based on the movie we watched today documenting the making of Matrix 2, 3, and the game all at the same time. With high tech blockbuster movies such as the Matrix shooting all of this stuff at once is a huge undertaking. If the Matrix can pull it off, then I think it is ( Read more... )

In a cnn.com article this week (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/fun.games/04/02/two.virtual.worlds.ap/index.html), the article discusses "The Tale of two different gaming worlds." The article mainly focuses on the emergence of online gaming ( Read more... )

While visiting Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend, I came across a video game system called the "Power Player." It looked very interesting as there was no "box" system where the controllers hooked into, but rather just two different types of controllers. I looked on the box and it did not provide any type of description as to ( Read more... )

I read an article on cnn.com this week (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/fun.games/03/08/tv.playstation.reut/index.html) discussing whether or not television is losing viewers during prime time (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.) because of video games. Sony ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago in the IDS weekend section, an article ran (http://www.idsnews.com/story.php?id=21441) discussing the life of the EA Sports IU Campus representative. When walking around campus, you always see adds for Madden or March Madness tournaments at Nick's once a week or ( Read more... )