Status: Slightly-Impressed
BGM: My Heart Will Go On
Ever wonder how much games had evolved these days?
Truth is, it has evolved in a pace that most gamers found it hard to catch up.
Couldn't tell it? Well, look how fast the hardware sector evolved.
They even have physics cards now!
For what it is used for? To create real-life like physics effect in the game.
In older time of gaming (1998-2002), games usually are quite fake or surreal... like when you hit a building or a tank, it'll take the same damage no matter from which angle it got hit, and when it's destroyed, it goes by a blast, then it dissapear.
Now let's look at the more modern games (2006-now). I shall take the World War II themed RTS (Real Time Strategy) game, Company of Heroes, as the example.
When a tank is hit at the front, it takes less damage (due to thick frontal armor). When it's being hit on it's flank, it takes normal damage. When the rear is hit, it will take more damage than it usually does. And it doesnt die off in a simple blast. When it is critically damaged, it will either be it's engine damaged (reduced speed), Main Gun destroyed (It's cannon go silent), or gunner killed (machine gunner got killed off). When defeated, it usually blast off, leaving it's burned hull around, or before that happens, it goes out of control, run around and then dies, sometime crashing into friendlies, causing more damages.
How these all works are beyond me, but it is really impressive. I tell ya... this game's gonna make me go addicted once again!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
M-Rated games... are they as bad as we think?
Status: Dumbfounded
BGM: The One - Backstreet Boys
In GTA IV, the players is able to steal cars, drives around, killing anyone, or challenge the police in various ways.
Gears of War 2 allow the players to slash people into half, whether it is from up to down, left to right or the total opposite, while players can also use corpses as meat shield.
These are downright violent, or morally incorrect to most of the baby boom generation.
As for the generation X, these are nothing: "c'mon, it's just a game".
Some politicians even slams these games, vowing to ban them and sue the game makers. [The truth is, it's just another way of publicity for them ( -_-|||) ]
Are they really bad for us?
Not exactly.
Various study found that although violent games will no doubt have some effects on the player, it is not likely to be the main cause of causing the gamer to be violent. Look from another side: the players of violent games might be having some degree of violence within them even before they play the games.
Until now, there are no sturdy proof showing that violent games will affect the players and cause them to be violent.
So don't be worry, let us sit down and enjoy playing GTA IV as much as we can. =D
BGM: The One - Backstreet Boys
In GTA IV, the players is able to steal cars, drives around, killing anyone, or challenge the police in various ways.
Gears of War 2 allow the players to slash people into half, whether it is from up to down, left to right or the total opposite, while players can also use corpses as meat shield.
These are downright violent, or morally incorrect to most of the baby boom generation.
As for the generation X, these are nothing: "c'mon, it's just a game".
Some politicians even slams these games, vowing to ban them and sue the game makers. [The truth is, it's just another way of publicity for them ( -_-|||) ]
Are they really bad for us?
Not exactly.
Various study found that although violent games will no doubt have some effects on the player, it is not likely to be the main cause of causing the gamer to be violent. Look from another side: the players of violent games might be having some degree of violence within them even before they play the games.
Until now, there are no sturdy proof showing that violent games will affect the players and cause them to be violent.
So don't be worry, let us sit down and enjoy playing GTA IV as much as we can. =D
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