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Art Styles in Computer Games and the Default Bias
University of Huddersfield Repository Jarvis, Nathan Photorealism versus Non-Photorealism: Art styles in computer games and the default bias. Original Citation Jarvis, Nathan (2013) Photorealism versus Non-Photorealism: Art styles in computer games and the default bias. Masters thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/19756/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD Photorealism versus Non-Photorealism: Art styles in computer games and the default bias. Master of Research (MRes) Thesis Nathan Jarvis - U0859020010 18/09/2013 Supervisor: Daryl Marples Co-Supervisor: Duke Gledhill 1.0.0 – Contents. 1.0.0 – CONTENTS. 1 2.0.0 – ABSTRACT. 4 2.1.0 – LITERATURE REVIEW. 4 2.2.0 – SUMMARY OF CHANGES (SEPTEMBER 2013). -
Inside the Video Game Industry
Inside the Video Game Industry GameDevelopersTalkAbout theBusinessofPlay Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister, Randy Nichols, and Ryan Kaufman Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University] at 11:09 14 September 2017 First published by Routledge Th ird Avenue, New York, NY and by Routledge Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business © Taylor & Francis Th e right of Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister, Randy Nichols, and Ryan Kaufman to be identifi ed as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections and of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act . All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Ruggill, Judd Ethan, editor. | McAllister, Ken S., – editor. | Nichols, Randall K., editor. | Kaufman, Ryan, editor. Title: Inside the video game industry : game developers talk about the business of play / edited by Judd Ethan Ruggill, Ken S. McAllister, Randy Nichols, and Ryan Kaufman. Description: New York : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, [] | Includes index. Identifi ers: LCCN | ISBN (hardback) | ISBN (pbk.) | ISBN (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Video games industry. -
Criticism of Religion and Child Abuse in the Video Game the Binding of Isaac
Tilburg University I Have Faith in Thee, Lord Bosman, Frank; van Wieringen, Archibald Published in: Religions DOI: 10.3390/rel9040133 Publication date: 2018 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in Tilburg University Research Portal Citation for published version (APA): Bosman, F., & van Wieringen, A. (2018). I Have Faith in Thee, Lord: Criticism of Religion and Child Abuse in the Video Game the Binding of Isaac. Religions, 9(4), [133]. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9040133 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 30. sep. 2021 religions Article I Have Faith in Thee, Lord: Criticism of Religion and Child Abuse in the Video Game the Binding of Isaac Frank G. Bosman 1,* and Archibald L. H. M. van Wieringen 2 1 Department of Systematic Theology and Philosophy, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands 2 Department of Biblical Sciences and Church History, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected] Received: 26 March 2018; Accepted: 12 April 2018; Published: 16 April 2018 Abstract: The game The Binding of Isaac is an excellent example of a game that incorporates criticism of religion. -
Games: ARM, Chrome OS, Steam, and New Titles with Source Code And/Or GNU/Linux Support
Published on Tux Machines (http://www.tuxmachines.org) Home > content > Games: ARM, Chrome OS, Steam, and New Titles With Source Code and/or GNU/Linux Support Games: ARM, Chrome OS, Steam, and New Titles With Source Code and/or GNU/Linux Support By Roy Schestowitz Created 11/01/2021 - 1:47pm Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 11th of January 2021 01:47:59 PM Filed under Gaming [1] What do ARM-powered Macs mean for LINUX GAMING? [2] Looks like we may see Steam properly on Chrome OS by the end of 2021 | GamingOnLinux[3] In a move that might help boost Linux gaming numbers, it seems Google are still moving forward with their plan to get Steam running properly native on Chrome OS during 2021. This is something we've talked about before, and again and now it appears to be moving a bit quicker. The new report comes from Chrome Unboxed, who noticed some interesting commits landing talking about project Borealis, which appears to be the code name for this huge project which includes running Steam. I should note though, that Borealis isn't just about Steam but appears to be some wider Linux push for Chrome OS to get more working on it. Last we heard, Borealis itself was based on Ubuntu too. Fast-paced competitive score-fight platformer Jumpala releases January 19 | GamingOnLinux[4] Yokereba Games have teamed up with publisher Versus Evil for the release of Jumpala, a game that takes competitive platforming and turns it into a high-speed score-fight. Jumpala has each character hop between small platforms, each platform having a number attached to add to your score. -
Intersomatic Awareness in Game Design
The London School of Economics and Political Science Intersomatic Awareness in Game Design Siobhán Thomas A thesis submitted to the Department of Management of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. London, June 2015 1 Declaration I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 66,515 words. 2 Abstract The aim of this qualitative research study was to develop an understanding of the lived experiences of game designers from the particular vantage point of intersomatic awareness. Intersomatic awareness is an interbodily awareness based on the premise that the body of another is always understood through the body of the self. While the term intersomatics is related to intersubjectivity, intercoordination, and intercorporeality it has a specific focus on somatic relationships between lived bodies. This research examined game designers’ body-oriented design practices, finding that within design work the body is a ground of experiential knowledge which is largely untapped. To access this knowledge a hermeneutic methodology was employed. The thesis presents a functional model of intersomatic awareness comprised of four dimensions: sensory ordering, sensory intensification, somatic imprinting, and somatic marking. -
Video Gaming and Death
Untitled. Photographer: Pawel Kadysz (https://stocksnap.io/photo/OZ4IBMDS8E). Special Issue Video Gaming and Death edited by John W. Borchert Issue 09 (2018) articles Introduction to a Special Issue on Video Gaming and Death by John W. Borchert, 1 Death Narratives: A Typology of Narratological Embeddings of Player's Death in Digital Games by Frank G. Bosman, 12 No Sympathy for Devils: What Christian Video Games Can Teach Us About Violence in Family-Friendly Entertainment by Vincent Gonzalez, 53 Perilous and Peril-Less Gaming: Representations of Death with Nintendo’s Wolf Link Amiibo by Rex Barnes, 107 “You Shouldn’t Have Done That”: “Ben Drowned” and the Uncanny Horror of the Haunted Cartridge by John Sanders, 135 Win to Exit: Perma-Death and Resurrection in Sword Art Online and Log Horizon by David McConeghy, 170 Death, Fabulation, and Virtual Reality Gaming by Jordan Brady Loewen, 202 The Self Across the Gap of Death: Some Christian Constructions of Continued Identity from Athenagoras to Ratzinger and Their Relevance to Digital Reconstitutions by Joshua Wise, 222 reviews Graveyard Keeper. A Review by Kathrin Trattner, 250 interviews Interview with Dr. Beverley Foulks McGuire on Video-Gaming, Buddhism, and Death by John W. Borchert, 259 reports Dying in the Game: A Perceptive of Life, Death and Rebirth Through World of Warcraft by Wanda Gregory, 265 Perilous and Peril-Less Gaming: Representations of Death with Nintendo’s Wolf Link Amiibo Rex Barnes Abstract This article examines the motif of death in popular electronic games and its imaginative applications when employing the Wolf Link Amiibo in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017). -
Nintendo Co., Ltd
Nintendo Co., Ltd. Earnings Release for Fiscal Year Ended March 2018 Supplementary Information [Note] Forecasts announced by Nintendo Co., Ltd. herein are prepared based on management's assumptions with information available at this time and therefore involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Please note such risks and uncertainties may cause the actual results to be materially different from the forecasts (earnings forecast, dividend forecast and other forecasts). Nintendo Co., Ltd. Consolidated Statements of Income Transition million yen FY3/2014 FY3/2015 FY3/2016 FY3/2017 FY3/2018 Net sales 571,726 549,780 504,459 489,095 1,055,682 Cost of sales 408,506 335,196 283,494 290,197 652,141 Gross profit 163,219 214,584 220,965 198,898 403,540 (Gross profit ratio) (28.5%) (39.0%) (43.8%) (40.7%) (38.2%) Selling, general and administrative expenses 209,645 189,814 188,083 169,535 225,983 Operating profit -46,425 24,770 32,881 29,362 177,557 (Operating profit ratio) (-8.1%) (4.5%) (6.5%) (6.0%) (16.8%) Non-operating income 53,136 46,043 14,550 28,593 23,509 (of which foreign exchange gains) (39,287) (34,051) ( - ) ( - ) ( - ) Non-operating expenses 624 283 18,641 7,591 1,710 (of which foreign exchange losses) ( - ) ( - ) (18,356) (5,256) (766) Ordinary profit 6,086 70,530 28,790 50,364 199,356 (Ordinary profit ratio) (1.1%) (12.8%) (5.7%) (10.3%) (18.9%) Extraordinary income 4,922 3,737 407 64,775 3,240 Extraordinary losses 79 2,176 1,482 409 1,507 Profit before income taxes 10,929 72,091 27,715 114,730 201,090 Income taxes 34,132 30,228 11,197 12,147 60,144 Profit -23,202 41,862 16,518 102,582 140,945 Profit attributable to non-controlling interests 20 18 13 8 1,354 Profit attributable to owners of parent -23,222 41,843 16,505 102,574 139,590 (Profit attributable to (-4.1%) (7.6%) (3.3%) (21.0%) (13.2%) owners of parent ratio) - 1 - Nintendo Co., Ltd. -
Bioshock Infinite
SOUTH AFRICA’S LEADING GAMING, COMPUTER & TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE VOL 15 ISSUE 10 Reviews Call of Duty: Black Ops II ZombiU Hitman: Absolution PC / PLAYSTATION / XBOX / NINTENDO + MORE The best and wors t of 2012 We give awards to things – not in a traditional way… BioShock Infi nite Loo k! Up in the sky! Editor Michael “RedTide“ James [email protected] Contents Features Assistant editor 24 THE BEST AND WORST OF 2012 Geoff “GeometriX“ Burrows Regulars We like to think we’re totally non-conformist, 8 Ed’s Note maaaaan. Screw the corporations. Maaaaan, etc. So Staff writer 10 Inbox when we do a “Best of [Year X]” list, we like to do it Dane “Barkskin “ Remendes our way. Here are the best, the worst, the weirdest 14 Bytes and, most importantly, the most memorable of all our Contributing editor 41 home_coded gaming experiences in 2012. Here’s to 2013 being an Lauren “Guardi3n “ Das Neves 62 Everything else equally memorable year in gaming! Technical writer Neo “ShockG“ Sibeko Opinion 34 BIOSHOCK INFINITE International correspondent How do you take one of the most infl uential, most Miktar “Miktar” Dracon 14 I, Gamer evocative experiences of this generation and make 16 The Game Stalker it even more so? You take to the skies, of course. Contributors 18 The Indie Investigator Miktar’s played a few hours of Irrational’s BioShock Rodain “Nandrew” Joubert 20 Miktar’s Meanderings Infi nite, and it’s left him breathless – but fi lled with Walt “Shryke” Pretorius 67 Hardwired beautiful, descriptive words. Go read them. Miklós “Mikit0707 “ Szecsei 82 Game Over Pippa -
A Chronicle of Map Interfaces in Games
Maps, Navigation and Transportation: Find a way DIS ’20, July 6–10, 2020, Eindhoven, Netherlands Paper to Pixels: A Chronicle of Map Interfaces in Games Z O. Toups,1,3 Nicolas LaLone,4 Katta Spiel,5 Bill Hamilton2,3 1Play & Interactive Experiences for Learning Lab / 2Participatory Live Experiences Laboratory 3Computer Science Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA 4Bridge Lab, Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA 5e-Media Research Lab, KU Leuven, BE & Centre for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, AT [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ABSTRACT More than physical navigation, maps navigate the complex Game map interfaces provide an alternative perspective on and dynamic world of human culture. Maps on news media the worlds players inhabit. Compared to navigation applica- show political and socio-economic divides. Maps can show us tions popular in day-to-day life, game maps have different where people like ice cream over frozen yogurt or can be used affordances to match players’ situated goals. To contextualize by sports commentators showing us where specific athletes and understand these differences and how they developed, we have placed a ball or puck over time. present a historical chronicle of game map interfaces. Starting Despite that ubiquity, maps in and of themselves are generally from how games came to involve maps, we trace how maps static, a relic of the paper to which they owe their creation. are first separate from the game, becoming more and more There is so much more that maps can provide users given the integrated into play until converging in smartphone-style inter- growing ubiquity of computation and the increasing digital faces. -
Game Developer Power 50 the Binding November 2012 of Isaac
THE LEADING GAME INDUSTRY MAGAZINE VOL19 NO 11 NOVEMBER 2012 INSIDE: GAME DEVELOPER POWER 50 THE BINDING NOVEMBER 2012 OF ISAAC www.unrealengine.com real Matinee extensively for Lost Planet 3. many inspirations from visionary directors Spark Unlimited Explores Sophos said these tools empower level de- such as Ridley Scott and John Carpenter. Lost Planet 3 with signers, artist, animators and sound design- Using UE3’s volumetric lighting capabilities ers to quickly prototype, iterate and polish of the engine, Spark was able to more effec- Unreal Engine 3 gameplay scenarios and cinematics. With tively create the moody atmosphere and light- multiple departments being comfortable with ing schemes to help create a sci-fi world that Capcom has enlisted Los Angeles developer Kismet and Matinee, engineers and design- shows as nicely as the reference it draws upon. Spark Unlimited to continue the adventures ers are no longer the bottleneck when it “Even though it takes place in the future, in the world of E.D.N. III. Lost Planet 3 is a comes to implementing assets, which fa- we defi nitely took a lot of inspiration from the prequel to the original game, offering fans of cilitates rapid development and leads to a Old West frontier,” said Sophos. “We also the franchise a very different experience in higher level of polish across the entire game. wanted a lived-in, retro-vibe, so high-tech the harsh, icy conditions of the unforgiving Sophos said the communication between hardware took a backseat to improvised planet. The game combines on-foot third-per- Spark and Epic has been great in its ongoing weapons and real-world fi rearms. -
Linux Journal 23 FOSS Project Spotlight: Nitrux, a Linux Distribution with a Focus on Appimages and Atomic Upgrades by Nitrux Latinoamerican S.C
ModSecurity Globbing Edit PDFs and nginx and Regex with Xournal Since 1994: The original magazine of the Linux community Linux Gaming A Talk with Linux Game Developers | Review: Thrones of Britannia Two Portable DIY Retro Console Projects | Survey of Native Linux Games TASBot the Linux-Powered Robot Plays Games for Charity ISSUE 290 | SEPTEMBER 2018 www.linuxjournal.com SEPTEMBER 2018 CONTENTS ISSUE 290 86 DEEP DIVE: Gaming 87 Crossing Platforms: a Talk with the Developers Building Games for Linux By K.G. Orphanides Games for Linux are booming like never before. The revolution comes courtesy of cross-platform dev tools, passionate programmers and community support. 105 Would You Like to Play a Linux Game? By Marcel Gagné A look at several games native to Linux. 117 Meet TASBot, a Linux-Powered Robot Playing Video Games for Charity By Allan Cecil Can a Linux-powered robot play video games faster than you? Only if he . takes a hint from piano rolls...and the game for Linux in November 2016. Enix. Feral Interactive released and published by Square , developed by Eidos Montréal doesn’t desync. 135 Review: Thrones Shroud of the Avatar Shroud of Britannia Deus Ex: Mankind Divided By Marcel Gagné from from A look at the recent game from the Total War series on the Linux desktop Image from Portalarium’s Portalarium’s Image from thanks to Steam and Feral Interactive. Cover image 2 | September 2018 | http://www.linuxjournal.com CONTENTS 6 Letters UPFRONT 14 Clearing Out /boot By Adam McPartlan 17 VCs Are Investing Big into a New Cryptocurrency: Introducing Handshake By Petros Koutoupis 20 Edit PDFs with Xournal By Kyle Rankin 22 Patreon and Linux Journal 23 FOSS Project Spotlight: Nitrux, a Linux Distribution with a Focus on AppImages and Atomic Upgrades By Nitrux Latinoamerican S.C. -
Games, Design and Play
Praise for Games, Design and Play “Sharp and Macklin break down the design process in detail from concept to code to completion. What I particularly like about this book is its inclusion of prototyping methods and design patterns that are often overlooked by others. I suspect it will be helpful to designers looking to break new ground outside the AAA space.” —Brenda Romero, Game Designer, Romero Games “There are many books you can read about games. But Games, Design, and Play is something new. Colleen Macklin and John Sharp don’t just explain what games are—they detail the game design process itself.” —Eric Zimmerman, Game Designer & Arts Professor, NYU Game Center “Game, Design and Play is a detailed, thoughtful, and well-researched primer on the multifaceted discipline that is game design.” —Mare Sheppard, President, Metanet Software “I’ve been studying and teaching game design for over a decade and this is the first time I’ve read a book that catalogs so many diverse aspects of the game design process. Colleen and John dissect and examine games of all types (not just videogames) and then expertly show you how to put all the pieces together to form your own unique design.” —Stone Librande, Lead Designer, Riot Games “The authors share a wealth of experience, making for a text full of great concepts, thorough process and applied practice. Throughout they provide pertinent examples and use engaging exercises which makes it useful, informative and insightful.” —Drew Davidson, Director and Teaching Professor, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University “This is a book that fills the much needed space between systems thinking and play theory.