CMN 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anti-Social Behaviour, Breakcore, Graphics Processing Unit
20 Oct 2016
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Games read chapter as this directly follows (chap 6) Coin operated: example; pac-man at the arcade, the enjoyment was in the novelty of going to the arcade to play, social layer. Nintendo (learned from atari: atari; very early console game company that"s porpularity lasted a very short period, no longer one big machine for each game, but one small console to play multiple games. Includes buying those games: introduction of multiple controllers. Quality, not just volume: not atari"s focus (why they plummeted?, nintendo focused on depth, storylines, characters etc. Spinoffs: cartoons, lunch boxes, comic books, stickers etc. Sega: attract developers: for more complex games and. Gameboy: handheld and portable: you can take our games everywhere! Computers: dedicated graphics processing unit (gpu: sounds, graphics, storylines now available on computers instead of just as consoles. Media-content platforms at center of home-entertainment: we now have more multipurpose technologies. Example; wii used for (netflix, workouts, attach to tv, dance dance revolution)
