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Defeating Our Tyrannical Energy-Harvesting Overlords

The progression of augmented and virtual reality is, as one of our presenters pointed out in his Virtual Reality presentation, quite terrifying. But it’s also thrilling. Merging digital and physical worlds together to create a cohesive…

Gamergate & Internet Trolls

Growing up I was told: “you can swing your arms as much as you want until you hit someone else.” This phrase also translates to “you can say whatever you wanted until it offends someone.” This unwritten rule is loosely followed in today’s world and rarely followed at all in the online world…

Jacob’s Post: Gamer and Gaming Development

Gaming at its infancy was largely targeted and advertised to adult males and soon after to young males, teenagers and kids. The landscape of the current player base for consoles and pc and mobile gaming has changed dramatically. The increasing number of…

Blog Post 1

Realistically, most people have been playing some form of games for as long as they can remember. Whether it be a board game like checkers or monopoly, games that help kids learn, or even video games. But do games need some form of a narrative? I believe the answer is no.

Sexuality in the Video Game Industry

During the activity and presentation on Wednesday, I think it really affected the males of the…

Games And Mental Health

Video games, movies, and the media have been portraying mental health the wrong way for many years. “We aren’t being…

Sexual Harassment in the Gaming Industry

NeoGAF is a website that has been around for as long as I can remember. If it started in today’s day and age, it probably would have never seen the light of day, due to the dominance of social media. However, it started before social media was booming, and gained many followers in…

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My experience with video games across genres is somewhat limited, I have played mostly sports games in my life, and of those, basketball games dominated. So in the games I’ve played the most of, I see a diverse variety of characters, being that the NBA is a very diverse league and is predominantly black players…

Tom’s 3rd Blog Post

The History of Gaming

Video games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Starting with a Nintendo 64 to finally getting the Xbox one. When comparing these two gaming systems you could mention that the graphics have gotten much better, or you could…