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Marek Bronstring (2012) 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.
Staff Memeber of Gameranx (2011) The research in the article was done by a staff member of 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 (2012) 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 (2009) 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.
This is an article review that will take a look at three video game genres. First Person Shooter games, Action/Adventure games, Roleplaying games and how these genres have evolved, looking at them in general and why they are popular and unique.
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Marek Bronstring (2012) 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.
Staff Memeber of Gameranx (2011) The research in the article was done by a staff member of 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 (2012) 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 (2009) 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 (2013) 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.
Staff of VG24/7 (2018) The staff of the video game outlet VG24/7 did the research for the article. The article is as straightforward as the title suggests. The site has compiled 50 games that the staff deems to be of high quality and creates an ascending list. The article gives its reasoning for the entries. The article isn’t as detailed but as has sufficient detail to explain its reasoning and its purpose is to show the reader the best of what the FPS genre has to offer. The article was written on 23rdof November 2018 and is based on the genre of First person shooter games.
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (2017) Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writes for the video game outlet, PCGamer and talks about the history of FPS games and how they have changed. Talking about early games in the genre and then talking about modern games and showing the change and the most notable and popular entries in the genre. The article is rather detailed and shows the reader the history of the genre. The article was written on October 20th2017 and is based on the genre of First person shooter games.
Kosta Andreadis (2016) The research for this article was done by Kosta Andreadis for the popular video game outlet IGN. In this article, the author talks about adventure games through the years and some of the changes and how malleable the genre is. The author even forms a “round table” with developers who worked on the genre to have a discussion about adventure games. The author wrote the article to give readers a perspective and show opinions and views from people who have worked on these types of games. It was written on March 1st2016 and is based around Adventure games, a genre of games.
Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone (2015) Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone did the research for the article, for a site called Game Studies. The article is very long and is about the genre of Adventure Games and how this genre always contains metafictional humour and parodies. The article goes through many examples of games and contains the type of humour the article talked about. The article is very detailed and really goes into detail on its subject. The author wrote said an article to present the point above and to show examples, reasoning and its impact. It was written in July 2015 and is based on the genre of adventure games.
Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone (2015) Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone did the research for the article, for a site called Game Studies. The article is very long and is about the genre of Adventure Games and how this genre always contains metafictional humour and parodies. The article goes through many examples of games and contains the type of humour the article talked about. The article is very detailed and really goes into detail on its subject. The author wrote said an article to present the point above and to show examples, reasoning and its impact. It was written in July 2015 and is based on the genre of adventure games.
Staff of VG24/7 (2018) The staff of the video game outlet VG24/7 did the research for the article. The article is as straightforward as the title suggests. The site has compiled 50 games that the staff deems to be of high quality and creates an ascending list. The article gives its reasoning for the entries. The article isn’t as detailed but as has sufficient detail to explain its reasoning and its purpose is to show the reader the best of what the FPS genre has to offer. The article was written on 23rdof November 2018 and is based on the genre of First person shooter games.
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (2017) Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writes for the video game outlet, PCGamer and talks about the history of FPS games and how they have changed. Talking about early games in the genre and then talking about modern games and showing the change and the most notable and popular entries in the genre. The article is rather detailed and shows the reader the history of the genre. The article was written on October 20th2017 and is based on the genre of First person shooter games.
Michael Hitchens (2011) Michael Hitchens writes for the site Game Studies where he writes a rather long article that talks about FPS games and their avatars in detail. The article details what FPS games are and how popular of a genre they are in gaming and the articles go through 566 FPS games and judge them on release, mechanics, setting and characteristics of avatars in the games. This shows the piece is rather detailed. It gives the reader a good look into the genre with detail and covers a lot of bases. The article was written in December 2011 and is based on the genre of First person games.
Citations
- Marek Bronstring, “What are adventure games.” Adventure Gamers February 12th2012. adventuregamers.com
- Staff of Gameranx, “What is an Action/Adventure Game?” Gameranx, October 18th2011. gameranx.com
- Tristan Donovan, “Inside Adventure Games”, EuroGamer, 10thof January 2012. www.eurogamer.net
- William L.Hosch, “Electronic role-playing game”, Britannica. 16thof April 2009. www.britannica.com
- Maria Konnikova, “ Why Gamers can’t stop playing First-Person Shooters”, The New Yorker. November 25th2013. www.newyorker.com
- Kosta Andreadis, “The Past, Present And Future Of Adventure Games.” IGN, March 1st2015. ign.com
- Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone, “Self Reflexivity and Humour in Adventure Games.” Game Studies, July 2015. gamestudies.org
- Staff of VG24/7, “The Best 50 FPS Games Ever”, VG24/7, 23rdof November 2018. www.vg247.com
- Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “The history of the first person shooter”, PCGamer Ocotober 20th2017. www.pcgamer.com
- Michael Hitchens, “ A Survey of First-person shooters and their Avatars”, Game Studies December 2011, gamestudies.org (2)
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