The Growth of Technology and the Dependence on Media
All the groundbreaking improvements that have been done to gaming technologies from improved graphics and visuals to increased story branching have only helped the game feel more and more real. The gamer no longer visualize himself in a different alien world or a parallel dimension buy rather in a world very similar to the one he actually lives in, our world ... Continue Reading
by Abbass El Ghoul
Bridging the Gap Between Reality and Simulation Through Technology
Ever since the introduction of the original PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and the Xbox, gaming started to integrate itself into the mainstream medium. You could now comfortably sit at your home while playing these pre-made gaming boxes, with the polygons that fill up the screen and the low framerate coupled by the 16-bit sounds ... Continue Reading
by Ali Bdeir
The Social Significance of Voice Chatting
We all know the stereotype of the typical gamer who is portrayed as an anti-social fat dude that lives in his mother’s basement. Either you are a little kid or a lonely male adult. Some may argue that this case was true back then. However, with the increasing numbers of gamers of all genders, races, and cultures nowadays. Gaming has become more of an accepted hobby and even a career. What led to that?
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Porn, the Military and Technology in Games
Technology’s continued progress is nothing short of a miracle. The pace at which technology becomes obsolete is now so fast that it has set a precedent of which we have never seen before. There are many extraneous reasons for this, however the two largest industries that have pushed technology forward unlike any other is pornography and the military...Continue Reading
by Luke El Dib
Reaching The Final Form
In a world characterized by evolution, we have begun to see it take over every field possible, namely the world of gaming and game development, as more resources and technological growth are pumped into the industry as it grows to be the international business it has become. This inflow of resources could only serve the evolutionary ... Continue Reading
by Rayan Hilal
A Study of Player Immersion in The Last of Us: Philosophical and Technological Aspects
Games are an ever-evolving form of entertainment. From the earliest of times, games like checkers and chess have been around since 3000 BCE and 600 AD. respectively. With the advancement of technology came an advancement of games. Boardgames with plastic shaped instead of wood shaped avatars came about, and eventually with the current rise of technology, games went digital... Continue Reading