ARTG 80H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Strange Company, Lev Manovich, Game Players
17 Feb 2017
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Session based on preparation done in section, come at lowood with questions of any sort. From doom to quake id"s game engine as a platform. Weird al yankovic, it"s all about the pentiums. Dominant game genre of the 1990s (fps) Economic model for software (manovich, eric raymond, the magic cauldron ) Game software: separation of game assets and game engine. Name came from john cormack"s character in d&d. Created various forums to find out what players wanted, which went on to influence the development of the game. The most important pc game ever pc zone. Quake overwhelms the senses usa today. Quake looks like no other game and perfectly displays id"s trademark fusion of nightmarish art and advanced technology. wired: source: mobygames. Quake is successful, forms the foundation of idtech games, evolution of each game comes with tech innovation. The personal computer became the dominant platform of the 1990s.
