Videogames

Background Knowledge:

space war 1962 scientific experiment
MUD: Multi user dungeons 
Original videogames by engineers and scientific nerds
Computers were very rare at this time due to the rarity of computers especially for leisure use
The Japanese arcade boom: space invaders
STG: Shooting game (Shoot em up)
Ridiculously popular in Japan
Videogame Arcade invented in Japan
The american arcade boom:
Atari
Japan examples: Donkey Kong, Pacman
American examples: Frogger  

Black box odyssey
Bedroom coders and UK micros
Early experimentations and generic fluidity
Vampire Killer, Telly Wise, Gertie Goose

The 1980s video game crash
Reason why was because they were shit
Rushed 

Japanese imports
Wizardry, role playing games from America

Regional differences- JPN vs the rest of the world

The Japanese console boom
Super Mario Bros
Nintendo NES
 
The concept was original and feature interest to all ages









Arcade: Street Fighter 2 (1991)
Arcade and Consoles: Outzone 

3rd December 1994: Playstation released
Completely changed how it was suddenly acceptable to play videogames
Sony started advertising Playstations in night clubs
More challenging games with more choice

American and Japanese games were still so different to each other.
Distinctive different genres of Role Playing Games
Triple A game a game with a vast production team: Fallout or Final Fantasy

Indies and Majors:
Indie: Undertale
Major: Gears of War

Controversies surrounding production:
LA Noire
Requires a huge amount of people to make games taken hours and hours of work
Exploiting staff

Controversies surrounding representations:
Tomb Raider

Digital Distribution

Videogames are interactive 
They use a different physical platform to access
Special cult following compared to other industries
Sims has a very general audience
Control over a character
Much higher RRP
Longer than other forms of media
Huge expenditure of resources

Assassin's Creed III Liberation:



Triple A game
Ubisoft
French
2012 for PSVita, HD re release for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 


Programmers
Concept artists
Voice actors
Script writer
Coders
Directors/ Producers
Cinematography
Actors

Tackles racism





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