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  1. Error: GameOn is already in use by neonstz · · Score: 2, Informative · on GameOn New York Consumer Show To Debut In November

    Wouldn't it be a good idea to check if the name GameOn is already in use?

    GameOn is a touring game exhibition in Europe. I visited it at the Barbican in London and at the National Museum of Scotland, and it's really great. AFAIK it get updated once in a while with the newest games (there were a couple of additions at the Scotland exhibition).

  2. Similiar exhibit last year in Europe by enrico_suave · · Score: 1 · on Play Classic Video Games In NY, At Home

    FWIW:

    the "Game On" exhibit

    e.

  3. Tetris, and gamer personalities by wackybrit · · Score: 4, Interesting · on On The Untapped Potential Of Abstract Videogames

    I can't think of any recent game that got as much publicity as Tetris, a game which comfortably falls into this category. There were stories saying how Tetris would make your children smarter, and how some people were playing Tetris 20 hours a day.

    I attended 'Game-On', an exhibition devoted to the history of computer games, in London (it's now in The Netherlands) about a year ago and watched some of their 'games related features' in the AV room. One of them had some professor claiming to know why people played Tetris so much, and why it was so addictive.

    Supposedly, certain people are conquerors, and others are solvers. The solvers like to solve puzzles and produce order from chaos. Their challenge is to get things running smoothly. These sorts of people like Tetris, SimCity, Black & White, and those sorts of ultra abstract games (Black & White being an extreme example of a recent abstract game).

    The conquerors prefer to create chaos, explore, or achieve goals by using power. These are your Quake 3, and RPG players.

    So, any new abstract games would need to recognise these personalities. For example, there's probably not much of a market for an abstract beat-em-up (although Grand Theft Auto was surprisingly popular for all its freeform ways). Likewise, there's probably not much of a market for an adventure driven puzzle game (Bomberman is a solid exception here).

    Anyway, I have no idea what I'm going on about now, so I'll stop there without making any conclusion at all.

  4. Game On by neonstz · · Score: 0, Redundant · on Sony's Eye Toy Previewed, Future Explored

    There is a similar device in the Game On Exhibition, at least they had one at Barbican and in Edinburgh.

  5. Re:Arcade operators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on MAME Ported to (Chipped) Xbox

    There's one at the Namco Station in London. Or at least, there was one last time I was there. If you're far away from London, why not book a place and go see theGame On exhibition to avoid disappointment if they've removed ppp since :)

  6. Re:Good Stuff by mjj12 · · Score: 1 · on A Reader Visit to the "Game On" Computer Games Exhibit

    As I mentioned in the review, one of the sections of the exhibit is devoted to "Future Technology", but is devoted to technology more than the games themselves. (Things like new game interfaces and voice controls and things like that).



    There is a discussion of the future of gaming on September 7 to mark the end of the exhibition. This might be worth going to.

    Michael