Really Good News About Your Children's Video Games

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing ?action? video and computer games has positive effects ? enhancing student?s visual selective attention. But that finding is just one small part of a more important message that all parents and educators […]

Video Game Jobs - Want To Be A Game Designer?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

For those that don?t want to be stuck in the basic coding of a video game, never witnessing the visual interpretation of your work, the role of game designer might be a better fit for you. While, programmers are directly attached to basic code and game engines and artists are in charge of bringing all […]

Video Game Violence - What Do You Think About It?

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Ever since video game designers were able to put red pixels on their imaginary characters that had recently deceased, there have been people crusading against their subversive ways. The outrage at video games seems to be cyclic, fading very briefly before exploding into the public eye once more with renewed frenzy. The controversy seems to […]

Create Video Games As Your Fun Career

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Do you like video games? Do you beat video games after playing once? Do you feel like the games are too easy? Well, it sounds like you have a passion for these things then you should go where your heart leads you.

If you at the point where you are thinking about your career, I suggest […]

Popular Electronic Games - They Are Not Just For Kids Anymore

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Superheroes battle monsters and space invaders in fast action games. Players take on the role of these superheroes in epic battles. In other games players race cars, boats, motorcycles, helicopters and planes against villains and even less evil opponents to win high stakes races.

Game titles such as Burnout3: Takedown, ESPN, NHL ? 2K5, Silent Hill […]

How To Make a Video Game - It's Free, and Not as Hard as You Think

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Video Game making has evolved dramatically over the past decade. It used to be a world filled with tedious hours of programming in a language like C. But today there are readily available tools that do all this programming work for you and allow you to focus on the creative task of building a fantasy […]

The Game Audio Explosion - A Guide to Great Game Sound Part I: Pre-production and Sound Design

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

I. FAR BEYOND BLEEPS AND LOOPS

The new console era is upon us. It has been met by developers everywhere with great anticipation, promise, ?and yet, reluctance. Programmers have spent a large portion of the past decade squeezing every last bit of potential from our PS2s, Xbox?s and Gamecubes.Now, after tricking these machines into performing […]

Video Game Design: What Courses Should Gamers Take?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Although many video game enthusiasts are content to spend their free time with their consoles, there is a small percentage of gamers though who would like to make their living in the industry. Getting a video game design job is not an easy task though. If you ever thought you’d like to get into the […]