This is my first blog portfolio for our class.  We have been reflecting upon the reasons we study games; culture and games; depth and games; theory and games; and story and games.  This course so far has not only been an amazing journey discussing old games but also a fun look at my classmates' own unique gaming perspectives and those in the gaming field.  As the course progresses, I look forward to reading more of Koster and starting our other textbooks; although I am still apprehensive about trying my own hand at New Game Journalism.

 

Coverage

Video Games are Good... Just Manage Them

The Thrill of Victory

Video Games are like Opera

A Mysty Perspective

Is there a Myst around LEGO Indy 2?

Gaming Reviews Require More Than Just Good Games

DOOMed to Get a Headache

Music of the Myst

Raiders of the Lost LEGOs

All I Need to Know I Learned from Pac Man

The Depth of New Games Journalism

It's Getting Dark Inside the Mystery House

1979: A very Good Year... for a Square Dot?

The Game of Roguelike

They Were the Best

The Williams and Smith Realm

Looking through Different Lenses

Koster's Book is Wright

Analyzing Koster

Koster Continued

The Quintessential Text Title

Got Text Adventure?

Koster Chapters 7-9: Games are Art

 

Depth

A Mysty Perspective

Is there a Myst around LEGO Indy 2?

Gaming Reviews Require More Than Just Good Games

The Depth of New Games Journalism

Analyzing Koster

Koster Continued

 

Interaction

The Social Dimension of Fun

The Thrill of Victory

Video Games are like Opera

DOOMed to Get a Headache

Music of the Myst

The Depth of New Games Journalism

The Game of Roguelike

They Were the Best

The Williams and Smith Realm

Analyzing Koster

 

Discussions

The Thrill of Victory

The Depth of New Games Journalism

The Williams and Smith Realm

Koster Continued

 

Timeliness

Jerz & Jerz, "Times Attack: Educational Review"

The Depth of New Games Journalism

The Game of Roguelike

Koster Continued

 

Xenoblogging

Jeremy's EL 250 Atari games still retro

Keith's Myst..The game I never played

Jessica's Me: The Exception to Koster's Conclusions and Myst Reaction :-)

Michelle's Indy Returns Again

Matt's Koster, Chapters 1 - 3

What is Fun?

Jerz & Jerz, "Civilization 3: Educational Review"

 

Wildcard

The Game of Roguelike