COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Camera Angle, Grand Theft Auto V, Candy Crush Saga

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1101
• Professor: Chris Russill

Document Summary

Exam essay style 2 questions on the carr book (blue or black pen) Mock exam nov. 26 & no class or discussion groups on dec. 3 and 4. Guest lecture patrick scott: some ways to think about games, historically, as technical artifacts, as cultural artifacts, as a little bit of both, brief history of games, mainframes and early history. 2 players goal was to shoot the other player out of the sky: made in mit, share the instructions on how to write the program in order to play the game. Arcade game a clone of space war: using other people"s computing power to play a game. Home systems: zelda nintendo entertainment system, 30 million units sold, first handheld video game gameboy, sony released the playstation in 1999. Tic tac toe: can see how the game is going to branch out by the first move. Skyrim archery gameplay: archery leveling bonuses in skyrim, games as cultural artifacts.