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Is Realism Destroying Video Games?

Posted by michael on from the falling-tetrominoes dept.

zdburke writes "An interesting article at the NYTimes looks at two poles in video game development: the quest for the real (think flight simulators and things like a boxing game's "facial damage engine") vs. the quest for the unreal, "elaborate world with its own regulations and peculiarities". The included PlayStation screenshot of Britney Spears may alone tip the balance in favor of the fantasy folks. It also mentions that RIT has a master's program in video game development."

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  1. Re:Oh how I hate NY Times by ultraw · · Score: 4, Informative

    l/p: nologin/nologin

  2. RIT degree by D_Fresh · · Score: 4, Informative
    The initiator of this concentration, Prof. Andy Phelps, also happens to be my thesis advisor, and he's done some pretty wicked illustrations and 3D modeling. Check out his RIT Page to see some of his work (use Netscape if you're on a Mac - he refuses to code the JavaScript to play well with IE as he claims it's "broken" :).

    He's also very into creating virtual terrains and raytraced scenes using Macromedia Director - talented fellow, both artistically and in the programming sense.

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    Was that out loud?
  3. Re:Link to RIT by psychosis · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just saw this story on CNN that talks about the program...