Is it me or is it the games that had myself drawn into the computer gaming scene? Apparently I've been playing video games throughout those years as it's going to offer that constant pleasure and could last for a while. It seems nowaday that it could be classified as a hobby, sports or part of the daily life, but that's not the case.
Over the past few days, BBC Panorama aired an episode about the rise of gaming addiction. Specifically it explores the impact on how video games become part of the everyday life and youth culture. It also includes individuals that became so obsess with the growth of online gaming and staffs' view regarding the prospect that video games has in the modern society that we're living in. Here it is:
Although it's often compared to alcohols and cigarettes, it's likely to be something stimulating within your social life. For instant you're going to get drawn into it a lot and cannot break free from the immersity of a particular game. So far we already had students that experienced damaging effect as they unable to keep up with their university studies and faced difficulties with their social issues.
What's even more intriguing is how it became the subject of uncertainty as obssessive gamers miraculously died from hours of gaming without any sleep or abandon their children in favour of gaming. It left the question mark on whether their fate would have consequences that will be unjustified. Otherwise the addiction had already took over their lives as it consider to be uncontrollable.
Plus it does reflect on how we adapt to these new gadgets and technology of the present days. For example how video games defined the modern society and community that we're living in. I assume everybody had already owned most of those current-gen consoles as it could be indispensable to them. And what I mean by indispensable? They won't let go of it. Plus it does mean one thing: looks like everybody are connected and ready for some online gaming!
Friday, 10 December 2010
Friday, 3 September 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer revealed!
The expectation had grew so much over the past few weeks as the trailers kept coming. That's right, the video clips regarding the online multiplayer is now available to watch as it's gets very exciting. Starting with the short teaser that was shown last month:
Plus we have the insight on the Wager Match, which is a new feature that allows you to undergo several challenging matches by gamble the amount of currency you earned during online multiplayer:
Finally an exclusive interview with the Treyarch staffs as they talked about the features of the forthcoming release:
So much details have already been revealed. Can't wait for this one to come out!
Plus we have the insight on the Wager Match, which is a new feature that allows you to undergo several challenging matches by gamble the amount of currency you earned during online multiplayer:
Finally an exclusive interview with the Treyarch staffs as they talked about the features of the forthcoming release:
So much details have already been revealed. Can't wait for this one to come out!
Monday, 9 August 2010
Hand Baked Arcade - feedback
It took place over the weekend and was filled with expectation: chip tunes and retro gaming! Yep a lot of people turn up for this one day event and the room was getting packed after it was opened. So that's why the Future Gallery was intended for as it developed that innovation within the social space.
What did I saw there? There was Robocod and Streets of Rage projected on the wall; The plug-in version of Tetris and the table arcade cabinet to allows you to choose any random games to play on. One of the highlights was going on the winning streak with Street Fighter II Turbo. It's been a while I haven't play this fighting game as it was considered to be a classic. I assume the key to that success was due to converting onto the home console as the SNES port was incredibly superior and closest to arcade perfection. Plus it became part of the bundle pack in which Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars is also available in other packaging.
Good to see Sami Cetin again, the Super Mario Kart specialist who gave some demonstration with the driving lessons. Yep Super Mario Kart is another of my favourite racing game that boosted the Mario franchise and it looks brilliant in Mode 7. Plus I got loaded with some light gun action as Operation Wolf was available to play on the Master System. It was back to the 8-bit era and was great to use the Light Phaser again as it works really well, but doesn't beat the Mini Uzi in the arcade version. Although I was unable to complete the game, it was fun stuff indeed.
I must say it went really well in terms of atmosphere and generating modern society. Everyone are likely to revisit vintage gaming no matter how much you yearned for the past. Don't know when the next event is coming, but I'll look out for it.
What did I saw there? There was Robocod and Streets of Rage projected on the wall; The plug-in version of Tetris and the table arcade cabinet to allows you to choose any random games to play on. One of the highlights was going on the winning streak with Street Fighter II Turbo. It's been a while I haven't play this fighting game as it was considered to be a classic. I assume the key to that success was due to converting onto the home console as the SNES port was incredibly superior and closest to arcade perfection. Plus it became part of the bundle pack in which Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars is also available in other packaging.
Good to see Sami Cetin again, the Super Mario Kart specialist who gave some demonstration with the driving lessons. Yep Super Mario Kart is another of my favourite racing game that boosted the Mario franchise and it looks brilliant in Mode 7. Plus I got loaded with some light gun action as Operation Wolf was available to play on the Master System. It was back to the 8-bit era and was great to use the Light Phaser again as it works really well, but doesn't beat the Mini Uzi in the arcade version. Although I was unable to complete the game, it was fun stuff indeed.
I must say it went really well in terms of atmosphere and generating modern society. Everyone are likely to revisit vintage gaming no matter how much you yearned for the past. Don't know when the next event is coming, but I'll look out for it.
Monday, 12 July 2010
Retro Computer Games Festival - feedback
It's the time where classic video games is on the verge of disappearing into the mist as we move on to the current gens. During the past few days there's an event going on at Ash Hall and it became the venue for one thing... retro gaming! That's right, a whole day of retro gaming as I decided to recapped the event from Retro Computer Games Festival.
It was my first time that I went to these retro gaming events and it considered to be very promising. Although it took place at the old building, there were several arcade cabinets available in the main hall including the Neo Geo MVS and MAME. Loads of Xboxs were set up too as Halo 2 was the pick of the bunch if you're up for some multiplayer mayhem.
Into the next room, I can't believed the machines were there. From 8-bit to 16-bit, it sprang from different generations as it included the Amiga, C64, NES, Master System, Mega Drive, SNES and several others. Good to see the PC Engine there too as it's one of the consoles that I never own (and likely to be very rare). Thankfully Bomberman was playable as I first played it on the Amiga under the title Dyna Blaster.
As the World Cup theme build up, I had a go on Super Sidekick II for the NeoGeo. Very impressive football game that seemed to be compared to the ISS series. The next half gets interesting as I played the Amiga version of Sensible Soccer. Played with someone, it proved to be an exciting match as it turned into a five-goal thriller.
Then came the moment as I finally met some forum members for first time. It includes boggyb68 as we discussed about online Call of Duty 4; woody.cool as I played him on Super Street Fighter II and won five matches; and Sami Cetin, who is the current record holder on Super Mario Kart as he gave tutorials about the time trial. Also I met witchfinder, Grizzly, filecore, Arcadian, StarshipUK and few others. Plus any chance of meeting I_Need_A_Girlfriend? Who knows?
Finally I like to say thank you to Matt Brown for organising the event which went really well. I had a great time there and hope to pop around for some more vintage gaming in the future.
It was my first time that I went to these retro gaming events and it considered to be very promising. Although it took place at the old building, there were several arcade cabinets available in the main hall including the Neo Geo MVS and MAME. Loads of Xboxs were set up too as Halo 2 was the pick of the bunch if you're up for some multiplayer mayhem.
Into the next room, I can't believed the machines were there. From 8-bit to 16-bit, it sprang from different generations as it included the Amiga, C64, NES, Master System, Mega Drive, SNES and several others. Good to see the PC Engine there too as it's one of the consoles that I never own (and likely to be very rare). Thankfully Bomberman was playable as I first played it on the Amiga under the title Dyna Blaster.
As the World Cup theme build up, I had a go on Super Sidekick II for the NeoGeo. Very impressive football game that seemed to be compared to the ISS series. The next half gets interesting as I played the Amiga version of Sensible Soccer. Played with someone, it proved to be an exciting match as it turned into a five-goal thriller.
Then came the moment as I finally met some forum members for first time. It includes boggyb68 as we discussed about online Call of Duty 4; woody.cool as I played him on Super Street Fighter II and won five matches; and Sami Cetin, who is the current record holder on Super Mario Kart as he gave tutorials about the time trial. Also I met witchfinder, Grizzly, filecore, Arcadian, StarshipUK and few others. Plus any chance of meeting I_Need_A_Girlfriend? Who knows?
Finally I like to say thank you to Matt Brown for organising the event which went really well. I had a great time there and hope to pop around for some more vintage gaming in the future.
Friday, 4 June 2010
Pass... dribble... shoot... goal!!!
It's not long until the 2010 World Cup and it'll be exciting. There have been so many football (or soccer if you're living in the States) games that were released over the years. It's all about gaining possession, being creative with passing and scoring spectacular goals as I decided to picked some of my favourite football games.
Starting with Super Kick-Off, notably released on the Master System. The gameplay is very much based on control as the aftertouch is introduce and allows more creative freedom with the ball including steady dribbling and dummy.
Next up Sensible Soccer. Graphic is just like the ones from the Kick-Off series as the sprites is slightly smaller. Can't believe how fluid the movement was and it felt very pacey. Great gameplay as the passing became very slick and the control is incredible. Plus you can even score goals from long range too which makes it very interesting.
Finally onto International Super Soccer, which captured my attention for the SNES. It has everything that made this game so special: incredible graphics, great sound effects, fluid speed, solid gameplay. What more can you ask for? This has to be the pinnacle of all football games and considered to be a classic.
Starting with Super Kick-Off, notably released on the Master System. The gameplay is very much based on control as the aftertouch is introduce and allows more creative freedom with the ball including steady dribbling and dummy.
Next up Sensible Soccer. Graphic is just like the ones from the Kick-Off series as the sprites is slightly smaller. Can't believe how fluid the movement was and it felt very pacey. Great gameplay as the passing became very slick and the control is incredible. Plus you can even score goals from long range too which makes it very interesting.
Finally onto International Super Soccer, which captured my attention for the SNES. It has everything that made this game so special: incredible graphics, great sound effects, fluid speed, solid gameplay. What more can you ask for? This has to be the pinnacle of all football games and considered to be a classic.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Another new map pack coming!
After the success of the Stimulus Package, Infinity Ward decided to add another downloadable contents to Modern Warfare 2 and yet again is exclusive to Xbox Live. Known as the Resurgence Package, three new maps have been confirmed as we're getting Fuel, an oil refinery; Trailer Park, a mobile home park; and Carnival, a desolated amusement park. Plus we see the return of the Strike and Vacant maps from Call of Duty 4 as it's been updated recently. The price (like previously) is 1200 points and is available to buy on 3rd June 2010. Here's the preview clip for more info:
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