8th week

Eighth week summary(“computer games”)

We sometimes hear about game engine. There are graphic, physics, ai, etc… in the game engine. We looked around game “mods”. Mod is short-term of modification. It is in rpg, fps, real-time strategy games. Mod can be entirely new games in themselves, so users can experience new fun. Therefore user want to modify the game, although they get a hacking. In fact, directors open the part in development that can be used for mod. There are games which are from movies. For example, Tum raider is that case. Physics is so important thing in the game. For example, we can play a pong. We can see a ball bounded by walls. It is from the physics. Ai is so important, too. If user’s opponent(computer) were too strong, so we can win the that. In the result, we never play the game. Therefore Ai’s level needs a consideration. Then what is good game? In fact, answer is nothing. There are many answers of the question. We can answer that popular game is good game. There are two perspective of game story. One of them is Narratology. People following that talk game’s story was from literatures. However, People following Ludology do not talk that. There are two issues to consider from film theory. One is a identification. We can think he is me or she is me, when we control a character of the game. Two is a space. Space invented by programmer makes us. Then technology embody something in that case.

Sherry Turkle said,

• “When you play a video game you enter into the world of the programmers who made it. You have to do more than identify with a character on the screen. You must act for it. Identification through action has a special kind of hold. Like playing a sport, it puts people into a highly focused, and highly charged state of mind. For many people, what is being pursued in the video game is not just a score, but an altered state.

These day, game spaces were separated by gender. In fact, when we play initial game(likes invader), Games embody the something.

Most important thing is that how does the game influence the users.

Opinion

I love the games. I think game’s markets are so big. Society thinks game is bad thing because of accident in news. However I think game is not bad thing. I think accidents from game are unavoidable in Korea, because Korea is pioneer in game industry. Therefore Korea experience crime or violence or another accident before other country experience these. Then I think game’s market will be bigger than now, because gamers are growing up to adult who has much money. Anyway, I support game industry.