By Robbie White
Nintendo, Sega and Sony are all synonymous with video games, however none of them got their start in that industry. Nintendo started out making playing cards in 1889, Sony with electric rice cookers in 1946, and Sega with photo booths in 1954. However, it would be the gaming industry where they would face off against… Continue reading The console wars
By Nils Olson
Digital games have existed since the development of modern computers. As computers have changed so have the games. They have moved hand-in-hand with computers. From the days of fridge-sized mainframes on university campuses, to the hobbyist computer movement of the 1970s, into our homes, our pubs, our phones, our PDAs–video games have saturated all aspects… Continue reading A brief history of gaming
By Nils Olson
Berber, Arthur Asa. Video Games: a popular culture phenomenon. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2002. Darley, Andrew. Visual digital culture: surface play and spectacle in new media genres. New York: Routledge, 2000. From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: gender and computer games. Eds. Justing Cassell and Henry Jenkins, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998. Gee, James Paul. What Video… Continue reading Required reading