Reyy tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59 2007-12-15T06:15:13Z Computer Games Theoary and Practice - UDIST30013 California College of the Arts, Fall 2007. Instructor: Andy Cox Movable Type 3.31 Final Project: Hide, Seek, & Destroy tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.897 2007-12-15T05:56:29Z 2007-12-15T06:15:13Z The game is internet based. The more people playing at one time, the more chaotic, and therefore more fun! The game begins when several mysterious explosions occur in San Francisco during morning rush hour...... Reyy games2.jpg games3.jpg]]> Game Theory competition... tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.716 2007-11-05T17:54:03Z 2007-11-05T18:05:44Z Wesley Chen shows off diagrams on game theory. http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=194809 This is an excerpt from the article "We like the word 'game' because we played video games," Chen said. "Everything can be represented by games, everything from politics, job search,... Reyy Wesley Chen shows off diagrams on game theory. http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=194809 This is an excerpt from the article
"We like the word 'game' because we played video games," Chen said. "Everything can be represented by games, everything from politics, job search, even love." An example is when a boy wants to win a girl, Chen said. He can use game theory to decide his moves. "You can use this game to benefit you by listing the possible outcomes. Let's say if I present her with a gift, what will she think? You can list the possible outcomes and plan four, five or six steps ahead."
The statement about "Everything can be represented by games,..."is very indicative to me how "serious" games are to a multitude of people. I'm still hoping to apply game theory to my final studio project this semester. I would love to see the diagram he was showing in the image above.]]> Indigo Prophecy tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.695 2007-10-31T17:46:04Z 2007-10-31T18:10:35Z I really like this game. Maybe there's something to the non-linearity idea that was mentioned in the "Ergodic Literature" reader. The aspect of changing characters in the middle of the game is interesting but I believe the "selecting" of one... Reyy This shot is a good example of the game's ambiance that is quite successful in projecting the story.. Lucas2.jpg ...while this example shows the game's attempt of multiplicity of scenarios.]]> To ergon or not to ergon... tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.625 2007-10-17T16:24:26Z 2007-10-17T16:57:16Z I like the premise of the text. The way Aarseth used a mathematical(or is it physics) idea, ergodic, to do his literary analysis is very intriguing. But it almost sounds like "deconstruction". I am curious if derrida himself had an... Reyy Although it's funny that the book, Ergodic Literature, is presenting the idea of non-linear by using a linear form. I'm not saying it's oxymoronic. It's just funny. ]]> AFMP tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.595 2007-10-10T21:44:53Z 2007-10-10T21:51:07Z This game might improve exponentially just by maybe using bullet points instead of these lengthy paragraphs. Not unless the target audience are gamers who loves to read hours and hours of texts before one even starts the game. There's... Reyy This game might improve exponentially just by maybe using bullet points instead of these lengthy paragraphs. Not unless the target audience are gamers who loves to read hours and hours of texts before one even starts the game. There's a reason "pong" was one of the progenitors of the video game history...]]> "serious game" idea tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.594 2007-10-10T21:33:16Z 2007-10-10T21:44:44Z The game idea is about survival after an apocalyptic event i.e. nuclear detonation on major cities worldwide. How do you come out from the ashes, in a sense? Maybe, as a first-person wanderer, you collect things that you believe it... Reyy http://www.outbreakthegame.com/about.php ]]> Games imitating art? Or Movie Industry stealing from games? tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.560 2007-10-08T18:24:48Z 2007-10-08T19:15:00Z Or maybe it's inevitable that the games will become one of the savior on the non-imaginative movie moguls. With the advent of the digital tech they[movie moguls] certainly have an abundant of storylines from the comic book industry... But here's... Reyy http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sections/whats_on/features/play/index.asp...don't forget to click play to get a preview of the event... I would have like to have heard and seen this event. It's not an actual art show or is it? Using a group of musicians to activate the images of the games is not unique but arguably quite an artform. Imagine watching your favorite game with the live sound of strings, brass, percussion, etc...Specifically, I would love to have seen and heard the performance for Final Fantasy! Back to the movie/games...I saw the two movie versions of Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within and Advent Children. The former bombed in the theaters and the latter is the one I enjoyed watching. Tifalodz.JPG
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children... is a 2005 computer-animated film directed by Tetsuya Nomura, co-directed by Takeshi Nozue, written by Kazushige Nojima and based on the highly successful 1997 console role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. The film is set two years after Final Fantasy VII and one year before "Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cereberus" and follows Cloud Strife as he unravels the cause of a mysterious plague that has beset the population. The initial DVD and UMD release of the film in 2005 was voiced in Japanese. The English-dubbed NTSC and PAL versions were released on April 25, 2006. The Spanish-dubbed PAL version was released on January 30, 2007, in UMD and on February 20, 2007, in DVD. The film's soundtrack, scored by Nobuo Uematsu, was released on September 28, 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_children#Story This second version probably fared better than the previous one because the movie used anime as the base for its graphic artwork. Although, I'm not a Final Fantasy player, I enjoyed the movie immensely.]]> Military games hoopla tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.539 2007-10-03T18:19:28Z 2007-10-03T19:17:35Z "Do you think that military use of computer games increases or decreases the likelihood of armed conflict?" Neither...but then again speculating on the affects of games on our "fibble" minds have been goin' for years. Depending on the politics of... Reyy "Do you think that military use of computer games increases or decreases the likelihood of armed conflict?" Neither...but then again speculating on the affects of games on our "fibble" minds have been goin' for years. Depending on the politics of the so called experts speculating, we get the "this is good/bad for you" Half-life 2 tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.535 2007-10-03T18:00:13Z 2007-10-03T21:11:31Z This image reminds me of an old tv commercial, was it an Apple superbowl commercial?...where a person hurls a hammer of sort unto a large projector screen. The screen had an ominous image of a man speaking, to the... Reyy This image reminds me of an old tv commercial, was it an Apple superbowl commercial?...where a person hurls a hammer of sort unto a large projector screen. The screen had an ominous image of a man speaking, to the masses viewing the screen. Also very Orwellian in the "1984" sense...]]> Stag Hunt - obscure game theory tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.534 2007-10-03T17:20:34Z 2007-10-03T20:42:13Z We are hunting wabbits... Here's another "game theory" article that uses a different scenario than the "nash equilibrium" or the "prisoner's dilemma. But it's interesting the word "trust" was the caveat... http://www.slate.com/id/2174706/ totally unrelated but funny... http://gprime.net/game.php/nanacacrash... Reyy We are hunting wabbits... Here's another "game theory" article that uses a different scenario than the "nash equilibrium" or the "prisoner's dilemma. But it's interesting the word "trust" was the caveat... http://www.slate.com/id/2174706/ totally unrelated but funny... http://gprime.net/game.php/nanacacrash ]]> Abstraction nVDO tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reyy//59.380 2007-09-16T14:28:02Z 2007-09-16T16:20:17Z I don't think game designers are "limiting themselves" to the conventions established in other media. If M. Wolf was referring to the narrative quality of the other media, then the designers are not limiting themselves. They are designing in such... Reyy I don't think game designers are "limiting themselves" to the conventions established in other media. If M. Wolf was referring to the narrative quality of the other media, then the designers are not limiting themselves. They are designing in such a way that players can use "intuition" on top of the rules established by the game. [GDs know their players] Most players will want an objective, [start here...end here]. Is there a possibility for abstraction to result in a different gaming experience? Sure. The notion of "abstraction resulting in new gaming experience" that the author suggested is confusing. I thought the games today evolved from abstracted games of the past. Yes, a lot of the video games copy from the more successful ones. But that's a result of a market driven industry. The thing I like about the abstraction of a video game is the essence of the game will be clear. It's up to me to add to it [imagery]. Out of the games played last Wednesday, "Space Invaders" appealed to me the most. It didn't have the 3D illusion of the other two. I realize the game was sold to people as "beings from another world, universe, galaxy, etc invading the planet". But to me it was interesting, that I didn't need the 3D illusion to see my 'space' becoming more limited as these things come down the screen. As far as for a game to be played for the midterm, I thought of any Halo game. Unfortunately I don't have Halo or any pc game for that matter. Minesweeper, maybe? "game theory" tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reynaldo_raquel//59.344 2007-09-12T04:48:43Z 2007-09-12T05:42:34Z I remember from the movie "A Beautiful Mind" how gaming theory was mentioned. Or was it implied? After looking at a wiki entry about the movie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_%28film%29 The term Nash Equilibrium caught my interest. "In game theory, the Nash equilibrium...Stated... Reyy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Mind_%28film%29 The term Nash Equilibrium caught my interest.
"In game theory, the Nash equilibrium...Stated simply, you and I are in Nash equilibrium if I am making the best decision I can, taking into account your decision, and you are making the best decision you can, taking into account my decision." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium
I don't know how well the wiki entry was researched. But I find it interesting how this theory intuitively reminds me of "tic tac toe". There's a lot of mathematics in the entry so be forewarned (sorry, the internet has ruined my grammar skills) The last video I played was called "Gravity Pods". It's pretty much another hybrid of pong. I enjoy the visual calculations, riddled with obstacles, the player has to make in order to blow up the target. It is from http://www.wickedpissahgames.com/games/gravitypods/GravityPods.html The discussion we had about McLuhan's book was a little disappointing but I think most people were preoccupied about the presentation of their craft, me included.]]> Games: McLuhan tag:www.twcdc.com,2007:/reynaldo_raquel//59.275 2007-09-09T17:26:16Z 2007-09-09T17:53:31Z I thought I would start at the conclusion of the reading to illustrate my understanding of McLuhan's topics, "That games are extensions, not of our private but of our social selves, and that they are media of communication, should now... Reyy I thought I would start at the conclusion of the reading to illustrate my understanding of McLuhan's topics, "That games are extensions, not of our private but of our social selves, and that they are media of communication, should now be plain. If, finally, we ask, "Are games mass media?" the answer has to be "Yes." Games are situations contrived to permit simultaneous participation of many people in some significant pattern of their own corporate lives."(pg. 245) Games and sports are a medium of communication. As much as it were to tribal societies of the past but we have intellectualized it through writing...aka rules, rulebooks, scoreboards, magazines. McLuhan also points out that the form or pattern of the game is of first importance because it is the central core of the experience. Although the interdependence of the everyone to the game is what makes the game "fun". As an example he uses a hockey player's attitude towards his game and the audience, "Rocket Richard, the Canadian hockey player, used to comment on the poor acoustics of some arenas. He felt that the puck off his stick rode on the roar of the crowd." This is also probably along the same thought as the phrase "home field advantage"...[breaktime...breakfast ^_^ ]