Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Loads on videogames
Where to start (there's so much recently)!
The BBC have a useful article which goes through the evolution of videogame controllers. It might seem a bit frivolous but remember that the controller is the means of interaction with the videogame system. Traditional controllers, especially the bigger and more fiddly ones of recent years, are said to favour male gamers; the Wii's popularity should come as no surprise given the way in which it allows no gamers to play with the more straightforward and familiar remote control shaped device.
Videogames are bad (useful for thinking about the effects theories).
No, they allow all sorts of exciting collaboration (useful for thinking about the role of collaboration and community in the world of NMTs - the term Web 2.0 would be justifiably applied in this instance).
Finally, Wired.com has a great article about the use of digital distribution of videogames, which includes lots about the benefits of NMTs to institutions.
The BBC have a useful article which goes through the evolution of videogame controllers. It might seem a bit frivolous but remember that the controller is the means of interaction with the videogame system. Traditional controllers, especially the bigger and more fiddly ones of recent years, are said to favour male gamers; the Wii's popularity should come as no surprise given the way in which it allows no gamers to play with the more straightforward and familiar remote control shaped device.
Videogames are bad (useful for thinking about the effects theories).
No, they allow all sorts of exciting collaboration (useful for thinking about the role of collaboration and community in the world of NMTs - the term Web 2.0 would be justifiably applied in this instance).
Finally, Wired.com has a great article about the use of digital distribution of videogames, which includes lots about the benefits of NMTs to institutions.
Labels: videogames
// posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 8:58 pm 
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