Concepts and Hypothesis’ It has been said and noted that games affect a child’s attitude- One of the number one ways being violent tendencies.  Other ways include negative views on sex and women, rebellious natures, health issues, laziness, grades, and even the words that come out of their...

A polygon is the atom of the game world. Literally every object, character, creature, building, landscape, and item is made up of polygons. A polygon is like pixels to a graphic designer, cells to a scientist, and strokes to a golfer. Without the friendly polygon, practically all games would cease to...

Video games have come a long way since Pong. For those of you that don’t know what Pong is, Pong was and is basically a game that has a ball that bounces between two paddles. These two paddles are controlled by either artificial intelligence (AI) or a person. Since the time of Pong, games have...

When game designers sit down to create a game, they wonder what kind of game play they should institute into their game. Should the designers go with a linear game, or a non-linear game? There are definitely many differences between the two types of game play options, and there are even some aspects...

Gamers come in all shapes and sizes, and there really are no two that are alike, though, for the most part they can be fit into certain categories. These categories consist of Casual, Social or Party, Recreational, and Hardcore. With these categories in mind, what kind of gamer are you? Do you think...