Posts Tagged ‘games’
Insert Coin: Part 4-Video Game Testing & Marketing
Part 4 takes the viewer into the magical world of video game testing. What do video game testers do all day? How fun is it? Why do kids play video games. And, Part 4 also explores television & print video game marketing campaigns & techniques. 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.
Duration : 0:10:27
Video Games and Learning
http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/the-power-tangential-learning
Episode Three in my series of video “lectures,” made in association with Edge.
I’m pleased to introduce game designer James Portnow, cofounder of Divide By Zero Games. He and I will be partnering up to bring you these lectures from here on.
Loosely modeled after Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s Zero Punctuation reviews. For the first time, NOT made to be presented on screen in the classroom.
I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com.
James can be reached at jportnow at gmail dot com.
Like the intro/outro music? Download the full tracks here!
Penguin Cap
http://www.carbohydrom.net/music/CarboHydroM_-_Penguin_Cap.mp3
Walk on Water
http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01527/
Duration : 0:7:21
4 Main Tasks Of A Video Game Tester
http://www.BecomeAGameTester.com
When it comes to video or computer game testing, the game testers play a roll that is just as important as the developers and designers.
Duration : 0:3:23
Video Games and Choice
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22456
Episode Five in my series of video “lectures,” made in association with Gamasutra. Co-written with James Portnow, cofounder of Divide By Zero Games. This episode marks our first entry of Game Design Corner, where we look specifically at elements of game design.
Loosely modeled after Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s Zero Punctuation reviews.
I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com.
James can be reached at jportnow at gmail dot com.
Like the intro/outro music? Download the full tracks here!
Penguin Cap
http://www.carbohydrom.net/music/CarboHydroM_-_Penguin_Cap.mp3
Illusional Hop
Download the full album at the artists’ website!
http://www.baddudesmusic.com/
Duration : 0:7:6
Platinum Arts Sandbox – Free 3D Video Game Maker and World Creation Software – Tutorial 1
http://SandboxGameMaker.com for the free download. POST QUESTIONS IN OUR FORUMS AND CHECK OUR FAQ, NOT IN YOUTUBE COMMENTS PLEASE:
http://forum.sandboxgamemaker.com/
FAQ
http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ
Help Section
http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/
Platinum Arts Sandbox – Free 3D Video Game Creation and Design Software – Tutorial 1
This video covers the basics of world creation in Platinum Arts Sandbox. Sandbox is a 3D game creator and 3D game design tool based on the Cube 2 engine that allows users to quickly and easily create and edit their own worlds in game, even cooperatively. It is free, open source, and easy to use for Kids and Adults. This is the first tutorial and hopefully there will be more soon. Take care and enjoy!
Duration : 0:8:30
Video Game Design 1990 – 2009
Remembering the good old days, when me and my friends were playing Doom, Mortal Kombat, Quake or War Craft on a Pentium 133 MHz computer with Sound Blaster and a 4MB video card. A lot has changed since then.
Duration : 0:9:40
Game Testers
How to get paid to be a video game tester, yes you can play and test games in the comfort of your own home, plus get free copies of the games.
Duration : 0:3:7
Will Wright’s Secret to Game Design: Narcissism
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/02/Will_Wright_on_Spore_SimCity_and_the_Sims
Superstar video game designer Will Wright names one of his central premises to game design to be “people are very narcissistic.” Wright uses this premise to create games like the Sims, which are founded on elaborate, customizable identities.
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Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, the Sims, and now Spore, speaks with pundit John Battelle about the creative process, user-generated content, and much more.
Will Wright is an American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company, Maxis. He is best known as the original designer of groundbreaking computer games such as SimCity, The Sims and Spore.
Duration : 0:2:31