Archive for March, 2006

Japanese Vs Western

Friday, March 31st, 2006

This week we are investigating the difference in quality between early Japanese and early western games and consoles.

Here are some of the games and consoles I looked at.

Japanese Consoles

The Neo Geo was originally created in 1990 by SNK. It began as a rental-only, arcade-exact system (see AES) in Japan before its huge popularity prompted [...]

Video Game Violence

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

This week in our lecture we watched a documentary on video game violence called ‘First Person Shooter’. This documentary is quite old but is still applies today, maybe even more.
Here is a link to the video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2791133924012342287&q=first+person+shooter
Overview
The filmmaker’s son and friends became hooked on the game, playing into the night at parlors away from home. School [...]

Clive Barker’s Undying

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Game Description
The year is 1899 and Jeremiah Covenant and his four younger siblings have unleashed true horror on the world by reading aloud a dark ritual at the island of the four stones. Now it is years later and as Patrick Galloway, you must unravel the undying curse of the Covenant family. From [...]

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Released: 21.02.2001
Published By: Codemasters Software Company Limited, The
Developed By: Rebel Act Studios
Platform: Windows
Genre: Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective
Non-Sport: Medieval / Fantasy

Here is a link of a review for the game.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=1287
Severance.doc
Severance List.doc

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Released: 28.05.1998
Published By: Kadokawa Shoten
Developed By: Game Arts Co., Ltd.
Platform: PlayStation
Also for: Saturn
Genre: Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)
Perspective: 3rd-Person Perspective, Top-Down
Non-Sport: Anime / Manga

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a retitled version of Lunar: Silver Star Story, which is a remake of Lunar: The Silver Star, a video game made by Game Arts. Lunar: Silver Star [...]