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Do Graphics Matter? PBS Game/Show Vid


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 02:57 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Someone brought up the idea that these resolution numbers are a bit misleading. I mean, if a game runs at 60 frames per second at 720p and another runs at 30 fps at 1080p, which is better? Designers have to decide which is more important, the feel of the action or resolution. On top of all that, 4K screens are going to appear soon. What does 1080p matter with that? I guess I'm saying there's more to a game than just it's resolution. People think it's the determining factor, but play the game, what's the experience like, that's more important I think. Still, people are trying to figure out which system to buy and they're trying to make these numbers decide for them. I remember thinking about resolution a lot last gen when I was buying a new TV, but now, it doesn't seem to matter as much. Most TVs are 1080p now and very few games play at that rate anyway. Both systems are going to have gorgeous games. This nit picking is a little silly as the video points out.

Do Graphics Matter? PBS Game/Show Vid


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 02:49 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Yea. If all you care about is graphics, then PC is the way to go. Just get ready to pay in the thousands instead of hundreds and have some technical knowledge to boot. I got tired of messing with PC parts way back and became a console guy. However, Steam and GOG are making me think about PC again.

Graphics are great. I mean, I'm actually waiting to pick up Assassin's Creed 4 until I have a PS4 because I heard the smoke from the ship guns is so much better than on last gen systems. Silly me, sometimes graphics matter to me. Sometimes it's just about gameplay.

Do Graphics Matter? PBS Game/Show Vid


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 02:43 PM | Filed Under Blogs

That video was edited very well and full of great humor. Graphics are like the first thing people are wowed about in games. It's used as a selling point because how do you relate immersion to someone in a 30 second commercial? Visual flair attracts the eye. It's only human.

Duolingo


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 02:39 PM | Filed Under Blogs

My only real experience with edutainment was the Mavis Beacon Typing Tutorial. Aside from just drilling certain key combinations, there were games. I learned to touch type in just a few weeks and never lost that skill. It was fun too. There was Typer Shark on Popcap and Typing of the Dead of course. Those games were more visually interesting, but Mavis taught me a real world skill, and for that it gets to be best of the bunch.

Duolingo


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 01:42 AM | Filed Under Blogs

I think there's so much potential there for engaging students and making learning faster and more thorough with games. Take a subject and play with it, create a game with it, and you learn it really well I think,

Tell Tales: Walking Dead Season 2 Arrived on consoles today


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 12:13 AM | Filed Under Blogs

That's a great zombification! Spooky.

Duolingo


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 12:11 AM | Filed Under Blogs

I wonder when education is going to finally start learning some things from games. What's taking them so long!

The Xbox 360 Sure is Nifty! Part Two: Disc-Based Games


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 12:08 AM | Filed Under Blogs

What about Lego Halo. Would you like that? I know I would.

The Xbox 360 Sure is Nifty! Part Two: Disc-Based Games


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 12:07 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Brickfair seems to be the biggest Lego Con I could find.

Oh Looky Here! It's Scribblenauts Figures.


Posted on 12/19/2013 at 12:00 AM | Filed Under Blogs

I heard Skylanders is Activisions second biggest money maker outside of Call of Duty. When I was in North Carolina, I went to a Walmart type store and the endcaps in the gaming section were COD on one and Skylanders on the other. Now Disney's got a line so why not Scribblenauts too. $16.99 for four of them seems a bit steep and they probably don't have Harley Quinn. <sigh>

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