By Jack Brummet
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Sunday, July 27, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
"Pause: Get out of the game," a videogame about the dangers of videogame addiction
By Jack Brummet, Games Editor
Pause: Get Out Of The Game is a game, or, what the original publisher called "an informational campaign" to raise awareness about "the dangers of video game addiction." Pause was developed by Dwayne Rajkumar.
The game "mimics the life of a video game addict as they play at the cost of ignoring their family, friends, responsibilities, and personal health. The player is presented with choices and the opportunity to stop playing at any time; consequences of continuing result in the degrading of their characters physical and personal life."
Not too shockingly, comments for their YouTube video are disabled. And, alas, the game has disappeared from the net (so far). It was available for download in a couple of different locations, finally ending up on Dropbox, where it is also not available.
On YouTube, I found another anti-game screed, posted below. It is a parody.
Pause: Get Out Of The Game is a game, or, what the original publisher called "an informational campaign" to raise awareness about "the dangers of video game addiction." Pause was developed by Dwayne Rajkumar.
The game "mimics the life of a video game addict as they play at the cost of ignoring their family, friends, responsibilities, and personal health. The player is presented with choices and the opportunity to stop playing at any time; consequences of continuing result in the degrading of their characters physical and personal life."
Not too shockingly, comments for their YouTube video are disabled. And, alas, the game has disappeared from the net (so far). It was available for download in a couple of different locations, finally ending up on Dropbox, where it is also not available.
On YouTube, I found another anti-game screed, posted below. It is a parody.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
The first videogame—"Tennis For Two," running on a Donner Model 30 with oscilloscope display
By Jack Brummet, Gaming Ed.
Tennis for Two may be the first videogame (1958)? It ran on a Donner Model 30 analog computer; the display was an oscilloscope.
Tennis for Two may be the first videogame (1958)? It ran on a Donner Model 30 analog computer; the display was an oscilloscope.
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
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