Arcade games

‘Berzerk’ is top view shooting arcade game that is developed by ‘Stern Electronic’ Company in 1980. The purpose of the game is to survive from the killing robots. In the game, player needs to destroy the robots, run away from an unbeatable monster, and move to the next randomly generated area until the player die. The humanoid, a green figure that is controlled by players, uses the green laser to eliminate the enemies. If the humanoid stays in one place longer or kills every robot in the place, Evil

The Super Mario franchise is a popular video game series and has been Nintendo's bread and butter for more than 25 years. With the game’s loveable mascot and main character Mario it’s no doubt that the game is favoured, but, there’s one thing that has always been a bit off. When playing the game, you believe that Mario is the protagonist. However, after a lot of research I have found that Mario from the Super Mario games is actually a murderous, womanizing, family destroying, animal abusing, curle

Pioneers of Computer Programming When you think of 21st century computing, two things come to mind: Windows and video games. Learning Team A introduces you to the two men responsible for these phenomena – Bill Gates and Nolan Bushnell. William Henry Gates III During that late 1960's and early 1970's, BASIC was one of the premier programming languages. At that time, Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen made the commitment to learn BASIC by reading the user manuals. In exchange for computer

is popular and what makes it popular. Since pop culture includes an expansive spectrum of subjects I am going to be focusing on one of those and that is Video games. In this essay I will be exploring the ideas and theories of why I believe video games have made a shift into mainstream pop culture. Culture Before I start discussing video games I would like to explore the ideas of how cultures emerge and how this eventually relates to my study. Lehman, D. R., Chiu, C.-Y., & Schaller, M. (2004) in ‘Annual

Violent Video Games I personally enjoy playing video games myself, but I was never those aggressive hardcore gamers. I also never thought much about these different types of games because I only see them as a time to waste when you’re bored or to have fun. However, I have seen my younger siblings, who are in elementary to junior high school; watched these kind of violent games on YouTube, I would hear faint violent yelling or common conversations from their room. I’ve also noticed that there are

Golden age of Arcade Games Games are something based on entertainment and enjoyment. But they have the tendency to offer you valuable things like peace, relaxation and happiness without having to spend anything other than time. No one can ever forgot, how extremely they enjoyed while playing games. Children alone are not the ones who know the value of games. Thus it approached each and every individual in different ways with its different types and nature. Generally, Games can be categorized into

This year at Comic Con my husband and I spent a lot of time in the Xbox Lounge. Our hotel was a across the street from where it was being held and it was never too busy. There were times the lines to play games such as Mortal Kombat X, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and Rise of the Tomb Raider, exceeded 45 minutes, but on the adjacent wall there were 6 huge TVs unoccupied by players beckoning us to play. There awaited Forza Motorsport 6. Glossy images of different cars and courses flashed across

The telephone game. Little did I know that as an adult I would grow up to play that silly, annoying and pointless game of telephone. Although, this time it was not among five friends on the playground. The adult version was a giant, Costco-sized, City-wide version of the game. Just as my childhood game, this "adult" version is played by some more than others. While some of my classmates in grade school would spend their whole 30-minute recess going around in a circle, whispering in someone's ear

Ralph as he looks to distinguish himself as more than a bad guy in the sense of the word. The move takes place inside of a video game called “Wreck-it-Ralph”, located in a larger arcade store filled with customers. Wreck-it-Ralph is a game where Ralph is designed as a muscular freak with only one purpose in his life, to destroy and damage a high-rise apartment in the game, that is until Fix-it-Felix comes in and saves the day. In the eyes of the viewer, Ralph is the villain who looks to destroy the

Video Games Video games first started being introduced into the world around the 1970’s and since then have evolved and made an impact on the real life and online world. Throughout the years of video games making more and more of an impact in the entertainment industry, the question to weather they are a form of media still remains. Media is defined as “the main means of mass communication (television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively.” And depending where you’re coming from media can