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Why is Killing a Fundamental Game Mechanic? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2015-03-10
- Category:Education
- Channel:PBS Game/Show
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- description: Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow Violence and death pervade video games in a way that is atypical of most other forms of media, but why? Outside of the act of just shooting a gun or swinging a sword, the smallest moments of “winning” or “overcoming” in a game are marked by forms of violence and aggression — even Kirby is known to swallow enemies whole. But is it something deeper than just game designers that have a propensity towards violence? Maybe the system, or more specifically computers, favor violent acts at their most elementary building blocks? Join Jamin on this week’s episode of Game/Show and find out! ASSET LINKS: 1:50 Kid destroys XBOX 360 Over Black Ops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kla5EVFitsc 1:51 Shakespeare’s Globe Theater Doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9uDK3xsLYk 2:35 Space Invaders Pinball Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdM2NiXHf8Q 2:37 Classic Game Room –– Pac Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4Y0paITe4 2:42 Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World Pinball Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewZxutyE3L4 4:15 Aspiring Game Programmer –– Motivational Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yGRhdhVhY COMMENTS: Rockmandash12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ Terminal Hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ ashkuigp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ ArchMageOmega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ex_eHJ29iQ MUSIC: “Oh Damn!” by CJVSO https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj... “Digital Sonar” by Brink “Mindphuck” by Known To Be Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr... “After Hours” “Lakes” by Chooga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns... “Beautiful Days” by Extan https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut... “Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix” by Foniqz https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f... “Good Way Song” by Electronic Rescue “Alice y Bob” by Javier Rubio and Parsec https://archive.org/details/escala19_... “Sleet” by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet “Toaster” by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster “Patriotic Songs of America” by New York Military Band and the American Quartet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New... “Lets Go Back To The Rock” by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... “Run” by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... “Fame” by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... “Freedom Weekends” by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) And regarding my glasses: http://youtu.be/WbV_KT1iGao?t=7m32s
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