Rise of the Video Game is a five-part documentary on video games produced by the Discovery Chanel. Video, as well as descriptions of each episode, are shown below the fold.
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Discovery Channel – Rise of the Video Game
Posted by richardhuskey on October 3, 2012
http://richardhuskey.com/2012/10/03/rise-of-the-video-game/
Discovery Channel – Gamer Generation
The Discovery Chanel hosted a two-part video series – Gamer Generation. While these videos are a bit dated, each still provides a useful overview of the industry, media effects, and video games research. Of particular note, Dr. Weber’s study Does playing violent video games induce aggression? Empirical evidence of a functional magnetic resonance imaging study is featured in the fourth [...]
Posted by richardhuskey on October 3, 2012
http://richardhuskey.com/2012/10/03/discovery-channel-gamer-generation-episode/
Systems Theory in Virtual Worlds
A while back I read From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stuart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner. Reflecting on the book, the passage below struck me as particularly interesting: Rather than work with a transmission model of communication, in which performers or others attempt to send a message to their audience, [...]
Posted by richardhuskey on November 21, 2011
http://richardhuskey.com/2011/11/21/systems-theory-in-virtual-worlds/
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