Games:EDU:08 North: Matt Southern

Graduating Games: 2008 Edition

“ Most Games Courses Suck” ,[object Object],“ Most Games Suck”

The Two Big Videogame Crashes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: JC Herz, Joystick Nation , p.15 “ 1985 – The US home videogame industry is virtually non-existent”

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Contents ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Only 1 Truly Mainstream Game ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Illusion of Progress ,[object Object],[object Object],“ the same thing, only prettier” Slow, not static

30 Years = Cultural Infancy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Emerging as the ‘Killer App’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Nascent Industrialisation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Cinema of Attractions ,[object Object]

Censorship and Control ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

‘ A Business Pure And Simple’ ,[object Object],[object Object]

Growth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

"You sort of see these recurring themes where a democracy turns itself into a dictatorship, and it always seems to happen kind of in the same way, with the same kinds of issues..." George Lucas

Popular Does Not Mean Dumb ,[object Object]

Theoretical / Practical Tools

Pre-Production ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lateral Thinking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Brainstorming Design by committee

Lateral Thinking ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Restricted Creativity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Constraints are Good ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Succinct Product Statements ,[object Object],[object Object]

Concept Art ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gameplay Storyboarding ,[object Object],[object Object]

Movie Envy ,[object Object],[object Object]

Narrative Fundamentalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Meta-Genre ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fundamentally… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ By 1908 or 1909, in many French and American films, everything having to do with mise-en-scene, framing, and editing was being ‘remotivated’, subordinated to a causal narrative chain dependant on such devices as repetition, delay, surprise, suspense and, above all, closure”. P.95

Consoles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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MMO ,[object Object],“ The player pool is mostly boys and young men. And the medium has genre limitations: Don't look for MMOGs based on Brokeback Mountain or Walk the Line anytime soon” http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_07/b3971073.htm?chan=tc ”

MMO ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

iTV ,[object Object],[object Object]

iTV Going Forward… ,[object Object]

New Design Talent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

They’re Interactive! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A Game is... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

From Casual to Mainstream ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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