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Annotated Bibliography

This article is about video games and the genres in the medium which are, Action/Adventure games, Roleplaying games and First Person Shooters.







Marek Bronstring, “What are adventure games.” Adventure Gamers,
February 12th2012. adventuregamers.com

The research was done by Marek Bronstring for the website Adventure Gamers. The article is about adventure games and how they rose to prominence for the last 40 years and many characteristics of the genre such as Exploration and puzzles.  The author wrote the article to explain to many about the genre and to give an insight into it and show what it has to offer. It was written February 12th2012.  Its based around the genre of adventure games and to explain about them.


“What is an Action/Adventure Game?” Gameranx, October 18th2011. gameranx.com

The research in the article was done by for Gameranx, a video game media outlet. The article is a mixture of talking about the genre of action/adventure games and what defines them while interjecting personal opinions and an anecdote on the situation. The author wrote about this topic to give their opinion and to bring up points and conclusions they came to. It was written on October 11th 2011. It is based on the genre of action/ adventure games and what qualifies as one.


Tristan Donovan, “Inside Adventure Games”, EuroGamer, 10thof January 2012. www.eurogamer.net

The research and article were done by Tristan Donovan for EuroGamer, a video game media outlet. The article talks about the beginnings of adventure games when they were text-based and now talks about how defining the genre has become difficult. Even citing some members of studios in the industry and their opinions. The author made this article to give their opinion and discuss the genre as a whole. It was written on January 10th2012. It is based on the genre of adventure games. 

William L.Hosch, “Electronic role-playing game”, Britannica. 16thof April 2009. www.britannica.com

The research and article was done by William L.Hosch for the website Britannica. The article is about role-playing games and the history of them, citing many popular examples such as Fallout and Pokémon and talking about their evolution. How they were close to D&D and what they are like in recent times. The author created this article to give a condensed and well-informed history and evolution of RPG games. It was written on April 16th2009 and is based on Role-playing games.

Maria Konnikova, “ Why Gamers can’t stop playing First-Person Shooters”, The New Yorker. November 25th2013. www.newyorker.com

Maria Konnikova created the article for the media outlet The New Yorker. The article talks in detail the history of how First person games came about, thanks to doom and talks about dooms success and how it paved the way, The author proceeds to talk about why these games are popular with many audiences and how it's immersive and fun. The author created this article to talk about the history of the first-person game genre and why it is popular amongst gamers. It was written on November 25th2013. And is based on the genre of First-Person games. 
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