FILM 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Online Dating Service, First-Person Shooter, Doritos
9 Dec 2015
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Lesson 11: digital media & culture outline (subject to revision) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Stereotypes of gamers, but everyone plays games: eg all gamers are males, females play social games. Equal divide between game players, female and male. Gaming market: consoles, software, online memberships, accessories = 23761$, graphics, animation, scripting, design. Gaming mental calisthenics pop culture enhances the brain: games increase attention span, enhance cognitive abilities, increase visual intelligence, manual dexterity. Atari: first commercial successful computer game, pong, start of commercial gaming industry, moved out of arcades, created home console for pong, cartridge arcade games. Sold consoles less than the cost of producing them. Money in game industry comes from software and games. Trade characters - mario brothers, donkey kong: first recognizable gaming trade characters. Shows and toys based on these characters. End of 80"s: gaming industry introduced mobile gaming, gameboys, game titles were (platform exclusive) Could only play tetris with nintendo gameboy.
