How Game Design is Transformed by Technology
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Technological determinism is the idea that technology drives civilization in specific directions, influencing society and culture, setting us on a trajectory. This idea is implicit in a lot of how the gaming industry thinks of itself, cycles of innovation, new platforms, next generations, all falling out of this rhetoric. This video explores how hardware, software and production technologies have impacted the evolution of game design, and what role the human being has in influencing the arc of the medium. Support the channel https://www.patreon.com/gameoveranalyser Sources - Racing the Beam , Ian Bogost and Nick Monfort - How we design games now and why , Katharine Neil https://medium.com/@haikus_by_KN/how-we-design-games-now-and-why-bcbc1deb7559 - Preventing the Collapse of Civilization, Jonathan Blow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko - Why N64 games and PS1 games were different, Purple Arcade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhKX_i4BlGs - Ps1 vs Atari Vs N64 https
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