Temática Gamer

Videogames Math

Jeremias25 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:31:40 GMT

Publicidade Anti-GuitarHero

Jeremias25 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:47:46 GMT

Game Over Guy With Emotional Problems...

Jeremias25 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:04:04 GMT

Isto é o que o Game Over Guy tem vontade de dizer quando eu jogo um Beat'em Up...

CoD Pokemon Style!

bluefran — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:57:52 GMT

The video was created by the people at Blasted Roof and uploaded to YouTube this week. The creators did an extraordinary job mixing two of the biggest franchises in entertainment history. You've got your re-done title screen: Your custom Call of Duty Pokémon: Your team of CoD Pokémon (with a call-out to Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, aka FourZeroTwo): Your classic Pokémon-style battle: And you even have that key element of Pokémon, evolution: Unfortunately, ...

Street Fighter Beatbox

Jeremias25 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:46:40 GMT

5 Life Lessons I Learned from Video Games

psipunisher — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:02:03 GMT

5 Life Lessons I Learned from Video Games by Vlad Micu on 08/09/2010 Vlad Micu is an aspiring game professional from the Netherlands. He possesses a Bachelor in Communications and recently finished a Masters degree in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Utrecht. In 2007, he founded his own company; VGVisionary to build up is contacts and experience within the industry. During that time, he has had the opportunity to travel the world and attend numerous trade shows, as ...

Eye Mario System enables your face to control any NES game (video)

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:54:19 GMT

We'll be straight with you -- prior to this fine day, we'd never heard of the whiz kids at Waterloo Labs, but we'll be keeping our focus locked on their initiatives from this point forward. Why, you ask? Just look at that bloke above, who is in the middle of asking Mario to leap over a tunnel with a simple eye movement. Granted, we've seen eye-controlled interfaces before, but there's just something -- shall we say... inspirational -- about being able to control your favorite NES titles with ...

Gamerator - AWESOME!

Jeremias25 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:20:30 GMT

Buy the Gamerator Today! Your custom-built Gamerator is available for purchase for $3,499(US). Please read before ordering: Each Gamerator is custom-built to order, so please allow approximately 4 weeks until your unit is ready to ship. We will charge a $1,000 deposit upon your initial order, and will not charge the remaining amount until your unit is completed and ready to ship. If for some reason you need to cancel your Gamerator order, we will refund your deposit ...

Iuri Monteiro Prova final

SIDSIDSID — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:48:39 GMT

-Olá -Estou aqui para apresentar a PAP 10 que tem como tema principal Self-Promo ou Promoção Pessoal. -Este tema pretende que o aluno se promova como futuro profissional, tendo uma série de peças gráficas que sejam o seu suporte de divulgação para entrar no mercado de trabalho. -Assim como tema escolhi os videojogos para me promover. -Tenho a certeza que é a melhor forma de me promover pois é algo que eu gosto de fazer nos meus tempos recreativos e pela qual tenho ...

Developers' Greatest Ever Verbal Attacks

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:26:24 GMT

Back again with another Top # post (I love these things) this time its developers greatest foot in mouth moments, Come on in click that Read More button. #7 - Stuart Black (Creative Director - Codemasters) Known for slating everyone elses shooters when he can barely finish his own. There’s a lot of cover-based shooters out at the moment… F**king boring. I can’t be bothered hanging around like that. #6 - Mark Rein (Vice President ...

Nuevo récord del mundo de juego sin descanso: 50 horas de Red Dead Redemption

SIDSIDSID — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:16:54 GMT

Si pensabas que con esas noches de torneos al FIFA con tus amigos podías presumir de ser un auténtico vampiro consolero, atento a este grupo de amigos daneses que han batido el actual récord del mundo de juego sin descanso. Nada más y nada menos que 50 horas continuas de Red Dead Redemption se han tirado durante un fin de semana sin soltar el DualShock 3 para conseguir los 1.000 euros de premio que daba la organización si se superaba la actual marca de 40 horas. Seguro que ...

How to Overcome a Gaming Addiction

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:23:37 GMT

Why Are Consoles Banned In China?

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:20:42 GMT

Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there is a flourishing PC gaming culture. There has to be a reason for this ban. Turns out, there is. "Consoles have been banned in China since the year 2000," Lisa Hanson from market researcher Niko Partners tells Kotaku. "The government thought that was the best way to protect Chinese youth from wasting their minds on video games, after a parental outcry." ...

The HaX Life : Pro Gamers

Jeremias25 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:52:16 GMT

Razer: The Hax Life (Full Version) from cultofrazer on Vimeo.

Robert Bowling

Kikobq — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:53:25 GMT

Stalker mode : ON

LEGO: The First-Person Shooter

bluefran — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:18:08 GMT

LEGO games have mostly been confined to kid's titles and platformers. We've yet to see a LEGO first-person shooter. If we ever do, I really hope it looks like this. This is a bolt-action Lee Enfield sniper rifle, built to scale by Jack Streat, and made entirely out of LEGO. It's not built to just look like a rifle, it actually works as a rifle, with a spring-loaded clip (that shoots LEGO bricks), sliding bolt, scope, trigger and one hell of a punch. The FPS action begins at around the 50-second ...

List of Bannned video games around the world

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:55:40 GMT

haha I came across this Manhunt and manhunt 2 seem to be in every list. man I feel sorry for Australia hope they dont ban Dead rising 2 that would suck big time Australia Video games in Australia cannot be rated R18+ as the rating only exists for film. This has led to the various following games being refused classification. Refused classification (RC) is more of a legal term and does not necessarily mean banned as an individual is still allowed to own RC games (with the exception being ...

Games & Violence

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:14:26 GMT

Games & Violence Download the 2010 Essential Facts About Games and Youth Violence Facts, common sense and numerous studies all debunk the myth that there is a link between computer and video games and violence. Blaming video games for violence in the real world is no more productive than blaming the news media for bringing crimes of violence into our homes night after night. Having someone ...

The Transformation of video games industry

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:12:01 GMT

http://www.theesa.com/gamesindailylife/transformation.pdf The Transformation of the Video Game Industry Download Backgrounder In the 1970s, individual gamers pecked at keyboards or manipulated a dial to move black-and-white dots across the screen. Thirty years later, games are an experience for groups of family and friends as they send their cartoon avatars soaring through multi-dimensional virtual cities. The gamer audience has expanded, ...

Big Gamer Survey 2010 - Oportunidade de ganhar dois jogos

psipunisher — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:08:58 GMT

Simples cliquem aqui :

http://playfire.com/gamersurvey/313631303237

Tem algumas perguntas pertinentes e interessantes da comunidade no mundo.......e ainda podem ganhar dois jogos.

University 'Overwhelmed' by Interest in Games Design Degree

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:57:21 GMT

Some believe that having a big-time college football team is the key to boosting enrollment. George Mason University has found that offering a degree in video game design does the trick, too. GMU, located in Fairfax, Va. and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, says the Fall 2010 anticipated enrollment in its newly created Computer Game Design program is five times what it expected. "We've been overwhelmed," said Scott M. Martin, assistant dean for Technology, Research ...

5 Ideas for Running a Gaming Center

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:09:18 GMT

The old arcades of long ago have mostly disappeared in the U.S. Today, gaming centers can be thought of as modern arcades, containing PCs and consoles for games instead of just arcade machines. There was one such gaming center near me that was awesome to go to, but ultimately shared the same fate as most gaming centers seem to do and closed after 2 years, and it's been greatly missed. Below are a few ideas about running a gaming center that I’ve thought of based on my experiences. Charge ...

Why We Play Mario

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:07:48 GMT

If one video game character has withstood the test of time, it's Mario. Despite playing second fiddle to a giant ape in his 1980 debut, Donkey Kong, everyone's favorite Italian plumber went on to star in the world-changing NES classic, Super Mario Bros., and subsequently saved the video game industry from itself -- a much greater feat than rescuing some ditzy princess. Granted, Mario's initial adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom wasn't the first side-scrolling 2D ...

The 15 Most Annoying Levels In Video Game History

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:44:16 GMT

Gamers love a good challenge. Unless it involves an underwater level. Or a mine cart. Or pretty much anything from Mega Man 9. Come to think of it, gamers are frustrated by a lot of things. Here’s a tribute to the levels that made us collectively break our controllers. 1. Battle Toads: Turbo Tunnel The most annoying level of the Citizen Kane of near-impossible video games, the BattleToads speederbike level, is the reason why the Game Genie and adderall ...

5 Reasons It's Still Not Cool to Admit You're a Gamer

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:33:09 GMT

Let's get this out of the way right now: The only reason I don't have more game consoles hooked to my TV is because I'm out of ports on the back for cables to plug into, and I don't want to have to get off the sofa to switch over. I've been playing video games since the Carter administration. So do not compare me to Roger "I never play video games yet dismiss them as worthless" Ebert here. Just... don't. I would have taken my SNES as my date to senior ...

How The Pros Mock Nintendo

bluefran — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:01:58 GMT

For two decades, people have been paid to make fun of Nintendo. These professionals are hired by big companies that either hate Nintendo or consider Nintendo to be semi-ridiculous. (Irony: These pros never laugh last.) Here are their finest works. We'll start with a recent example, to put this trend in a modern context. We've got Activision, a company that supports all Nintendo platforms, but, hey, if they want to kick Mario Kart in the shins (or punch them in the balls), they will try. ...

Gaming addiction grips youngsters

SIDSIDSID — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:24:47 GMT

Gaming addiction grips youngsters Sponsored by It took over my life: Jack, 15, became addicted to computer games and suffered as a result ...

Worst controllers ever?

bluefran — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:41:02 GMT

Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Controller Rez Trance Vibrator Death Crimson Custom Controller Palm-Sized Dance Pads Dragon Quest Slime Controller Katana Grip Spongebob's image source: Kotaku

Smooth or Textured: Does Mouse Pad Surface Impact Performance?

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:43:57 GMT

http://www.surl.org/usabilitynews/72/MousePad.asp Smooth or Textured: Does Mouse Pad Surface Impact Performance? By Jeremy Slocum and Shelby Thompson Summary: This study examined the effects of mouse pad usage on performance of a target acquisition task. Results indicated no performance difference between three specialized mouse pads, a traditional mouse pad and no mouse pad. In addition, no significant differences were found between each of the mousing surfaces based ...

The Effect of Input Device on Video Game Performance

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:41:55 GMT

http://www.surl.org/usabilitynews/101/gaming.asp The Effect of Input Device on Video Game Performance by Kelsi Lenz Summary: First-person shooter (FPS) games have become increasingly popular, and the player’s ability to accurately control their weapon is very important in these games. This study assesses players’ accuracy on eliminating targets in the FPS game Star Wars Battlefront IITM using three different input devices (mouse, Playstation ...

Examining the Critical User Interface Components of First-Person Shooter (FPS) Games

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:40:17 GMT

http://www.surl.org/usabilitynews/102/FPS.asp Examining the Critical User Interface Components of First-Person Shooter (FPS) Games Kelsi Lenz & Doug Fox Summary: First-person shooter (FPS) video games have become the 3rd highest selling genre of video game in the entertainment software industry. One important component of a FPS is the interface that provides feedback on a player’s status in the game. In this study, ...

15 Dias Comemorativos Geeks

Jeremias25 — Thu, 06 May 2010 14:04:55 GMT

The following is a guest post by D. Salmons from iGadget Life. If you are looking for the television reviews or interested in some other products, this website is good for you. We all know about the major holidays, and most of us celebrate at least a few of them. But, underneath those happy holidays that we all share, there lurks a mass of lesser known holidays that beg for our attention. As it would happen, there exists a segment of our population that closely mirror these unsung holidays. ...

20 Video Games That Pushed the Envelope

Jeremias25 — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:01:28 GMT

Since their rise to popularity in the 1980s, video games have constantly pushed the boundaries of what’s appropriate in entertainment, especially in entertainment primarily aimed at teens and young children. There’s no shortage of infamous titles out there, from games that broke taboos about sex and violence to those that were deemed so offensive that they were recalled or never even released. Part of the appeal of games, whether it’s in the college dorm room or at home, Here are 20 of ...

Video game addicts reject holidays, play video games for a week instead

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:39:41 GMT

A new report that looks into the future of the travel industry indicates that video game addicts may well reject holidays in the sunshine and instead opt to have a full week in front of their consoles. Have you ever done this or considering it? Gaming is great of course but it's always nice to have a break, right? A report looking into the travel industry of the future reveals video game addicts could reject foreign holidays in favour of a week in front of their consoles. ...

Avatar: The Movie: A Game?

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:26:21 GMT

There's some debate on my forums about various movie reviews like this one that call Avatar "like a video game." The problem some of my forum members have is when movie reviewers call something "like a video game" and have no idea what they are talking about. Take this quote: You’ll feel like you just mastered the greatest video game ever conceived in an amazing three-hour setting. You’ll change your life, get the girl and save the world, yet all you had to do was sit back ...

Street Fighter HD Remix Features

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:23:25 GMT

You get a hell of a lot when you buy Street Fighter HD Remix, way more than you might realize. Lets go over all the goodies. 1) Two games in one. You get the gameplay of the classic Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, just like the arcade, and the brand new sequel to that game, Street Fighter HD Remix, both in one package. (They are called Classic and Remixed in the menus.) That means you get the nostalgia of the old, awesome gameplay AND you get a new, rebalanced game guided by the ...

Subtractive Design

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:21:36 GMT

(This article originally appeared in Game Developer Magazine.) Subtractive design is the process of removing imperfections and extraneous parts in order to strengthen the core elements. You can think of a design as something you build up, construct and let grow, but it’s pruning away the excess that gives a design a sense of simplicity, elegance, and power. "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." —Albert Einstein First let's look at the theory behind this ...

Writing Well, Part 3: Origins of a Writer

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:20:17 GMT

When writers are asked how to write well, they often reflexively talk about their childhood and how they became writers. James Joyce did it, George Orwell did it, and Steven King did it. I thought this was a strange pattern at first, but now I understand it. Writing well is not just about clarity and omitting needless words—it goes all the way down to the core of a person, and so writers tend to tell you about who they are to explain how or why they write as they do. Many ...

Writing Well, Part 2: Clear Thinking, Clear Writing

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:19:27 GMT

Fortunately, the act of composition, or creation, disciplines the mind; writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too. –Strunk and White, The Elements of Style I’ve found Strunk and White’s quote above to be exactly right. When I sit down to write about an idea I have clear in my head, I often find that it was not so clear after all. The act of putting it into writing—making it tangible—often ...

Writing Well, Part 1: Sensibilities

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:18:31 GMT

You should care about good writing. My English teachers cared about good writing, and they did a good job imparting their writing sensibilities to me, even though most of them hated me. What they never taught me though, was why I should care about good writing. I figured it was like ballet dancing; dancers strive to be the best they can at their craft for its own sake, as well as to impress the judges—that small group who can actually detect the nuances between two different performances. Writing ...

Balancing Puzzle Fighter

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:17:32 GMT

It was a great honor to have the opportunity to design the balance changes and help oversee the new art for the High Definition version of Capcom’s Puzzle Fighter. Game developers do not often talk about why specific changes were made, so I thought the fans (and other game developers) might be interested in the reasoning behind these balance changes. My high level goal was to change as little as possible because the original game is very well-designed and fun. I would even go as ...

Fail-safes in Competitive Game Design: A Detailed Example

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:16:28 GMT

I'd like to take an in-depth look at an example of designing balance into a game through the use of fail-safes. Although I'm choosing a fighting game, the lessons should apply to many types of games. I'll go into some excruciating, genre-heavy details, but I think that's necessary to give the full force of what's really going on here. Welcome to MvC2, don't even ask.Some games end up balanced through sheer coincidence, such as the fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which is "accidentally ...

Playing to Win, Part 3: Not Playing to Win

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:15:33 GMT

Ok, ok. I’ll let you in on the secret: “playing to win” at all times is counter-productive. If you want to win over the long-term, then you can’t play every single game as if it were a tournament finals. If you did you wouldn’t have time for basic R&D, you’d never learn the quirky nuances that show up unexpectedly at tournaments, and you are likely to get stuck honing sub-optimal tactics. Basic R&D Playing to win and playing to learn are often at odds. If you ...

Playing to Win, Part 2: Mailbag

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:14:45 GMT

Rebuttals and Clarifications My original Playing to Win article generated an incredible amount of e-mail, mostly of the form: Dear Sirlin, I thoroughly enjoyed your Play to Win article. It has changed the way I think about games. [Or, I always believed the same things about games but you put them into words for me.] What you described about Street Fighter is exactly the same for [game X] that I play. This man just read Playing to Win. "Game X" took the form of Counter-strike, ...

Playing to Win, Part 1

SIDSIDSID — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:13:31 GMT

I wrote this article many years ago. It was so widely quoted and valuable to so many that I spent two years writing the book Playing to Win. The book is far more polished than these articles, better organized, and covers many, many additional topics not found on my site. If you have any interest in the process of self-improvement through competitive games, the book will serve you better than the articles. Playing to Win, Part 1 Playing to win is the most important and most widely ...

Videojogos com Saúde - parte 3

SIDSIDSID — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:07 GMT

Clique aqui para ouvir este programa. Qual a relação entre os videogames e Medicina? Aposto que sua resposta foi nenhuma, ou talvez o jogo do seriado House que está sendo desenvolvido para videogames. Mas eles tem muito mais em comum do que você possa imaginar. Um aplicativo chamado BodyViz foi desenvolvido na Universidade de Iowa, nos Estados Unidos. Esse programa serve para ajudar os médicos a interagirem com as imagens tridimensionais obtidas através de exames ...

Videojogos com Saúde - parte 2

SIDSIDSID — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:21:22 GMT

Creio poder afirmar com algum grau de confiança que ficou relativamente bem demonstrado nesse artigo que os videojogos podem efectivamente ter um papel positivo na sociedade (não obstante os seus aspectos negativos como este), e é um pouco nesse sentido que pretendo orientar as minhas próximas palavras. De seguida pretendo mostrar mais algumas experiências interessantes neste âmbito e alguns títulos de relevo nesta área tão delicada, que é a Saúde. Dificilmente ...

My gaming resolution by Zebrah

Rubwar — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:55:46 GMT

Citação:For too much of my life I have been a mindless consumer of time. Now, I worry endlessly that this new generation is making the same mistakes I now deeply regret. My 2010 Gaming Resolution. I hope my message is honest and clear. Video Games | | My Gaming ResolutionXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Dependência em Internet e Jogos Electrónicos

SIDSIDSID — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:16:17 GMT

em: http://pplware.sapo.pt/internet/dependencia-em-internet-e-jogos-electronicos/ Hoje em dia a grande maioria das pessoas tem acesso a um computador. E as novas tecnologias estão acessíveis a pessoas de todas as idades e classes sociais. A que mais alicia os Jovens é a Internet e o Jogo Electrónico. A Internet é um mundo que nos promove a facilitação de muitas tarefas, a comunicação com família, amigos e/ou colegas que estejam em qualquer ponto do mundo, a visualização ...

Videojogos com Saúde

SIDSIDSID — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:15:42 GMT

Criado por Paulo Silva em 15 de Fevereiro de 2010 | 15 comentários Actualmente a indústria dos videojogos, uma das mais lucrativas de sempre, enfrenta não só barreiras de cariz técnico mas também relacionadas com uma área bem mais delicada: a Saúde. Frequentemente se associam (negativamente) os efeitos dos videojogos à saúde física e psicológica de quem os joga, culpabilizando os casos de agressividade, vício, ansiedade, stress, comportamentos menos adequados ...