BCM215: Game Media Industries
Dog’s Life: A Critics Nightmare That Slipped Through the Nostalgia Cracks
Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Guitar Hero and Singstar. A childhood fever dream of gaming obsession soaking up youthful attention and parents’ funds; We flashback to the early 00’s where the gaming industry hit the mainstream, enticing early day ‘indie’ developers into the potentials of a newly thriving culture. I came from an average family…
Wii U? More Like ‘Pee U’
The success of the Nintendo Wii lies in the approach taken by its developers to not compete with other game companies on their computing capabilities. Rather the foundation of the Wii was to construct a console that could be played by a broad audience through novel gameplay, cornering a market that may have not taken…
Old School Runescape: Community Involvment Makes for a Better Gaming Experience
For my Digital Artifact, I am looking to delve deeper into the community history and involvement of the game Old School Runescape in order to represent how through nostalgia and participatory media culture the game narrative has changed in order to meet the demands of their demographic, simultaneously boosting its popularity. The importance of this…
More Peers Review Pitches
I attempted to provide thorough feedback to the three pitches in which I reviewed in a way which reflects greatly on the positives while nudging them in the right direction. I recognise the fear one may have of feedback especially in such early stages of a project so I wanted to take this into account…
The Jagex Illusion – How The Old School Runescape Community Has Played Jagex At Their Own Game
Old School Runescape is a game that is dedicated to the 2007 edition of the MMORPG, although continuously updated on the terms of popularity vote by players. That is, the community are the ones to decide what expansions will be added to the main narrative of Gielinor. This development style grants the player with power…
Is The Old School Runescape Community Destroying What They Have Tried So Hard To Maintain?
Within my research, I’ve been investigating the impacts that nostalgia and participatory media culture have had on the narrative of the notorious MMORPG, Old School Runescape, to justify why the extension of a previous, ‘out-dated’ edition of the game harbours more popularity than its modernised counterpart, Runescape 3. Old School Runescape is a game that…
How To Get Accepted Into The Old School Runescape Community
As I am completing this research for three separate classes I have received a whole range of feedback, some of which I have been able to take on board through the onset of my DA as mentioned within my Beta Video. However, I would also like to mention feedback from my pitch in which I…
Beta Review The Beta
The beta video and blog post I reviewed for this week’s blog post came from Thy in regards to her new Instagrm Game, Debate or Relate. While the DA and beta were absolutely perfect and had hardly anything to critique, I really loved the aesthetic of this DA and it made me realise that I…
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