January 2008 Archives

After visiting the Cathedral de Cuernevaca it gave me an appriciation of how successful these early settlers were. Knowing that these people were able to build this massive building at the time they did and to have it still standing today is pretty remarkable. The trip the next day to Xuchicalco was a very imformative trip. It was hard to believe that the ball game that they played was actually possibly but after our trip to the museum and watching the video there it all made sense. It was hard for me to believe that these people were not allowed to use their hands or feet.

I really enjoyed watching the "You Tube" movies and especially enjoyed the "Tennis for Two." After watching those games and reading "game design is closely interwoven with the development of existing technology" in Professor Jerz's article, I question what would happen today (2008) if a game was put on the market that had full sound effects but was in black and white with very few graphics. Would people buy it? Do people have to have all of the effects to enjoy playing a game? Having owned an Atari (it could still be in the attic at my mothers), this article brought back memories and I understood and comprehended it.

This is a test entry on my blog site.