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  • Video Game Development

    Video Game Development

    The process of creating a big budget video game or computer game is an intensive one that demands thousands of man hours in order to bring to completion and many times, millions of dollars, as well. This is due to the fact that these games...

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  • Game Genres

    Game Genres

    Action – One of the basic genres in video games is action. Most action games rely on the player having fast reflexes in attack situations, as well as quick thinking. The primary objective of this game is to ensure the character’s survival, while sometimes following...

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  • Video Game Classification

    Video Game Classification

    The world of video games, as well as computer games, can be an intimidating one, with the vast variety that is available. However, there is a new field of study under development that is aiming to classify and view video games in a similar way...

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  • History of Computer and Video Games

    History of Computer and Video Games

    In what may come as a surprise to many modern gamers, video games did not simply crop up in the 1970′s as many people believe. Instead, there was a long, slow development that first started happening back at the very tail end of the 1940′s...

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  • Video Game Platforms

    Video Game Platforms

    Arcade Games – As the first publicly accessible gaming platform ever developed, arcade games were the fore runners of today’s consoles. They are larger than consoles and instead of having a TV, they usually contain one or more built in monitors which allow for the...

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  • Glossary

    Glossary

    Advergame – This is a slang term, sometimes used disparagingly by gamers, to signify a game that was created primarily as a means of advertising a product or service. Analog Control – This is a type of controller that can tell how hard a button...

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