Blog . 20 - Games on tv |
What I'm going to write about may be a phenomenon only seen in Sweden. I don't know what it's like in other countries but it would be interesting to discuss this later in the blog forum. Video Game tv...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:11:00 GMT |
Blog . 19 - 3D Madness |
The String Theory claims that there could be more than three dimensions in our universe. In fact there could be as many as ten. But let's not go further into that (or my lack of knowledge will be...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:05:00 GMT |
Blog . 18 - Do we need reality? |
When I worked on my essay on videogaming and motivation, me and my interviewees talked a little about realistic video games. A few years ago, realism in video games wasn't possible to create. I read s...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:05:00 GMT |
Blog . 17 - Play to forget |
To me video game playing is the ultimate form of relaxation. It suits my personality perfectly. I'm not the lazy type. I'm not one of those who like to lie on the couch watching television for hours. ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:17:00 GMT |
Blog . 16 - Score!!! |
I have played video games for as long as I can remember. Before the kind of video games that we know today existed, there was Game & Watch. I loved Game & Watch! I used to play Turtle Bri...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:13:00 GMT |
Blog . 15 - Too hard and tough and difficult etc. |
Last week's blog was about difficulties in adventure games. This week I'm going to continue on the same theme, only this time I'm going to write about difficulties in other genres. I've already told y...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:07:00 GMT |
Blog . 14 - Adventure frustration |
Grrrrrrrrrr! Have you ever felt that a game is so frustrating that you want to crush the tv screen with your controller? Or eat the game alive? I bet you have. This weeks blog is dedicated to the diff...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:38:00 GMT |
Blog . 13 - Underground, shitty, charming |
Does anyone remember Anton Gustavsson a.k.a. Anton Maiden (R.I.P.)? A guy who worshipped Iron Maiden to such an extent that he was driven to record his own versions of his favorite songs. H...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:33:00 GMT |
Blog . 12 - The end of vg music? |
Last week I wrote about the vg music genre and why I think it's so special. It sometimes tries to sound Western, but fails most of the time. Which is good, because many game soundtracks don't sound li...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:10:00 GMT |
Blog . 11 - What makes vg music so special? |
Let's go back to a previous topic: What caracterizes video game music? In my first blog I wrote: "...short, repetitive songs trying to capture a certain mood. Unlike other genres there are no rules fo...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:00:00 GMT |
