Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment RevolutionThe Edge calls "Trigger Happy" a "seminal piece of work". For the first time ever, an aficionado with a knowledge of art, culture, and a real love of gaming takes a critical look at the future of our videogames, and compares their aesthetic and economic impact on society to that of film. Thirty years after the invention of the simplest of games, more videogames are played by adults than children. This revolutionary book is the first-ever academically worthy and deeply engaging critique of one of today's most popular forms of play: videogames are on track to supersede movies as the most innovative form of entertainment in the new century. |
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... feel " is at base more important than fancy graphics or speed for its own sake . But in the racing game , graphics and speed are part of the " feel . " Every increase in technological power enhances the genre's unique pleasure : the feeling ...
... feel " is at base more important than fancy graphics or speed for its own sake . But in the racing game , graphics and speed are part of the " feel . " Every increase in technological power enhances the genre's unique pleasure : the feeling ...
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... feel that we can make Lara significantly different to the way she is now , without making her sort of real - life , by only going up to say twelve to fourteen hundred polygons . You don't need to go any higher than that because you'll ...
... feel that we can make Lara significantly different to the way she is now , without making her sort of real - life , by only going up to say twelve to fourteen hundred polygons . You don't need to go any higher than that because you'll ...
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... feel they've completed the game . There are more cunning methods of doing it which we have tried in some games , which is to actually make the game adapt to how good you are . So , for example , in a racing game if you're driving along ...
... feel they've completed the game . There are more cunning methods of doing it which we have tried in some games , which is to actually make the game adapt to how good you are . So , for example , in a racing game if you're driving along ...
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