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Stewart Barnes commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

A lot of games are doon to tthe power o' the sub-conscious mind. How do they get there? Marketing & Advertising. One only has to watch Saturday night TV to see whit Andy Warhol was on aboot.

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yup apparently we do sat 11th April - sat 18th April according to theUWS website

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Scott Roberts replied to Michael Robertson's discussion 'Does Genre exist in the gaming world?'

A game that IMO combines two disparate genres to create something somewhat new succesfully is Savage Battle for Newearth which had one player acting as the commander with an RTS overview able to issue commands and build structures and the other pl...

November 13

David Farrell replied to Michael Robertson's discussion 'Does Genre exist in the gaming world?'

Curious that you mention that, because I remember a game, must have been about three or four years back now, called "Rise and Fall: Civilisations at War". It used a concept called Hero Mode, where the user presses a button and they are given Third...

November 13

Michael Robertson commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

Doesn't observation precede interpretation as a necessary step for pyschology? I agree with your opinion on how the analysis of the mind and speculation of what to expect can sometimes precede the observations or indeed the observer therefore quan...

November 13

Peter Bloomfield replied to Michael Robertson's discussion 'Does Genre exist in the gaming world?'

I think genre is primarily about expected conventions, and it's really important for developers and users to work together to figure out what those conventions are. That allows for transfer of gameplay skills across titles, reducing the learning c...

November 13

John Sutherland replied to Michael Robertson's discussion 'Does Genre exist in the gaming world?'

We seem to have inherited a set of classifications that were randomly established a couple of decades back. Firstly, that aint very long ago. Secondly, a lot *has* changed in that short time. For RPG, should we read Fantasy? And what is a free-roa...

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Does Genre exist in the gaming world?

What a strange question I know...but what does genre mean to us as gamers? For movie/book lovers you have your action,dramas, thrillers etc. and for your music appreciators you have blues, country, rock, metal (sub divide you may its still metal)...

November 13

John Sutherland commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

The terms anthropology and psychology were both coined in the 16th century, but quite separately. My issue with psychology is that it is an interpretive subject, whereas anthropology is an observational one. Psychology is a subject which issues in...

November 13

Michael Robertson replied to m_Craig's discussion 'Our degree's mean nothing?!'

Develop, develop, develop. If in doubt, develop. Every minute as game developers we are required to be constantly moving forward but to always remember where we came from. I think that video is a good illustration of this kind of thinking. He use...

November 13

Michael Robertson commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

@Kalakian hahahaha Aye to that! Doesn't Anthropology stem from Pyschology? I always considered it as a subdivision and a more specific approach to how we as humans are and are always going to be "One". The mind rules all :D.

November 13

Michael Robertson commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

It certainly seems that the escapism and immersion in games is what truly seperates us from other creative media industry. Something thats stuck with me for quite some time is that players play games with their mind and not their hands. The immers...

November 13

Kalakian commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

You don't believe in psychology? May as well say you don't believe in something like maths or computing ... it's something that exists, not something for you to believe in :P

November 13

John Sutherland commented on Michael Robertson's blog post 'Fellow gamers'

I don't believe in Psychology, but prefer Anthropology. People is people is people and we too is people (copyright DrJ 2009). There is a seeking after challenge and success that runs right through the genomes. And there are others: like a mother's...

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programming, animation, music, design, playing games, other

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I love games!! Everything from visual design and audio creation to coding and construction its all good.

I enjoy following the developments of the industry as there are alot of interesting developments recently and there really hasn't been a better time to get into it!

Current platforms I'm gaming on:
xbox 360
PC
PSP
DS

I love my RPG's though aint no hardcore hobgoblin :( D&D was way too much like geek man love for my liking! lol Action/adventure(is that still a genre nowadays?) and my shooters are get alot of playing these days though I'm a bit rubbish on the PC but improving!
Hmmmm.....additional information and warbling pending lol ^_~

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I feel I should share my thoughts a bit more on here and immerse in the lively community. It is also pretty relevant to you guys and gals! What I'm asking is when it comes down to it all, to the very essence and creation. Why do we play games? It amazes me how many people are actually afraid to play games like Silent Hill because they border on the obscene and yet others (myself included) actually enjoy being scared out of their wits time and time again. However on t… Continue

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At 7:20am on June 16, 2009, John Sutherland said…: 'hallowed halls' ... mmm. A bit scabby in reality, but working on it. If you come with a focus of working hard then things should be OK. But, beware - hoenstly - it can be tough and even boring at times. The tough bits are programming and maths, the boring bits are the abstract comp sci stuff. The good bits are getting to write games.

At 1:57am on May 8, 2009, Joshua Styles said…: ^_^. Thank ya.

At 2:15pm on February 15, 2009, John Sutherland said…: If you've got questions about the courses we run you can always bug us more directly here too! Someone asked me about programming, so I pointed them away from me to Kalakian and Daniel Livingstone. I am good at pointing people at other people when questions get hard :-)

At 4:30pm on February 13, 2009, John Sutherland said…: Welcome! Feel free to look around and take part in or start discussions. Enjoy!

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