MC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Playstation 3, Columbine High School Massacre, Rockstar Games
16 Nov 2017
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Isps and advertisers logging what sites you visit. Video games: video games are now considered to be a form of mass communication due to their prevalence and massive money making ability, video game consoles are also seen as media-delivery systems. The sixth-generation consoles (xbox and ps2) were able to play dvds. Eighth-generation ps4 and xbox one s played blu-rays and o ered 4k: streaming is also seen in these consoles, video games are not speci cally on consoles anymore. Of course, we can think about video games on computers as well: steam, a digital distribution client sold . 5 billion worth of games in 2014, think about video games on phones. What about them are di erent from other kinds of video games: ads! Wednesday, october 18, 2017: video games are often seen as bad by people who are quick to point the nger at societal issues.
