Mindmap of possible ideas.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Virtual Worlds Collide with Real World
Increased access to virtual worlds…
Samsung brings Second Life to Smartphones
Sparkle: The iPhone Gets Its First Virtual World (And It's Completely 3D)
Unlike high graphic intensive computer games, Virtual Worlds are generally programmed to run on lower level machines…
Interesting Article:
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality + Videogame Culture = Human Pac-man
Segment from BBC Science Special
Friday, February 26, 2010
Virtual Moneys = Real Moneys
The phenomena real money gets translated to virtual money for use in a virtual world, just like Chuck E. Cheese charges for tokens.
Businesses even make money from trading in game money for real money.
http://mymmoshop.com/ - Specializes in the farming and selling of in-game money from massively-multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, and Everquest II, has by purchased by My MMO Inc. to the tune of $10 million.
Money making from the games themselves.
Zynga Pushing Nine Figures In Revenues Thanks To Micro-Transactions
Generating Revenue from Virtual Goods
Video is from the Virtual Goods Summit.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Future of Games from a 2007 Perspective
Article Link
Found an article predicting the future of games from Electronic Gaming Monthly. Issue 215 – May 2007.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The War on Violence in Videogames
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
A Study of Videogames
Important Games (Historical)
- Spacewar! – First Videogame
- Magnavox Odyssey – First Home Console
- Galaxy Game – First Coin Operated Game
Important People
- Chris Crawford
- Ralph Baer
- John Carmack and John Romero
- Shigeru Miyamoto
Interactivity
- Augmented Reality
- Artificial Intelligence
- Input Devices
- Cooperative Play and Connectivity with Friends
Games as a Method of Learning
- Paul Glee reading
- Examples
Cultural Changes within Games
- Games as a means of social change (Activity)
- Games as a means of promotion
Cultural Changes with the Game Industry
- Audience Changing
- Increase of Women in the Industry
- Independent Games
The Near Future of Games
I hope to explore what is going to happen within the next year.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The near future for games.
Project Natal -
Enhancement of Artificial Intelligence -
Digital Distribution of Games - Steam, On Demand, Sony Marketplace, Apple iTunes, etc. Games are no longer limited to being distributed physically. The trend is moving more towards downloading games. Even console games are able to play downloadable content.
OnLive Videogame Service - Streaming game service that allows user to play any pc game on any computer, including Mac. (See Below) Essentially, you're actions are playing on a computer somewhere else, and that is being sent to your computer or TV. Move over cloud computing, it's Cloud Gaming.
Portable Gaming - Portable gaming has been around since the Game and Watch series. But we're moving more towards having a ubiquitous portable console that is more like a media player and console. Although mobile phone gaming is not new, the trend is leaning more towards having a cell phone become an all in one device: gaming, media player, phone, gps system, and ultimately mini computer.
Home Consoles - The home game console is becoming more like a home entertainment hub providing more than just gaming. For instance the Playstation 3, not only plays videogames but also Blu-Ray movies and Netflix streaming.
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