The 8-bit consoles of the seventies and eighties obviously could not produce the “realistic” and “immersive” experiences of today. In fact, think back to the categories Nintendo used to systematically design games, and you won’t find “realism” among them. Instead, you have:<\/p>\n
Graphics, in this case, doesn’t equal realism. Nintendo especially focused on stylized, almost cartoonish graphics. Your task for this lab is to set aside\u00a0contemporary standards of what makes for an engaging game experience, and instead focus on games as-is, as someone in 1982 might have seen them. There are two parts to the in-class lab:<\/p>\n
Play the following emulated<\/strong> versions of\u00a0Pac-Man <\/em>(and one version of\u00a0Ms. Pac-Man<\/em>). Spend a few minutes with each version of the game, talking with your group about the changes to the game across platforms. Think about\u00a0formal elements such as sound, graphics, mechanics, and the other categories above. Above all, use criteria other than “realism” to think about these games. (And think deliberately about what those criteria should be.)<\/p>\n As Stephen Kline and his co-authors\u00a0point out, there are many ways to read the underlying message of\u00a0Super Mario Brothers<\/em> (124). The critic Janet Murray calls it a game about exploration. Henry Jenkins thinks about it as a struggle over\u00a0contested spaces.\u00a0Kline et al. view the game through the lens of colonization. What do you think?<\/p>\n This lab report is the most open-ended report so far. Use the report to delve deeper into questions and insights that came up during the in-class lab. You can follow-up either Part I or Part II\u2014or both. Pursue your interests. The lab should be about 500 words, shared with me as a Google Doc, as usual, by class time on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 8-bit consoles of the seventies and eighties obviously could not produce the “realistic” and “immersive” experiences of today. In fact, think back to the categories Nintendo used to systematically design games, and you won’t find “realism” among them. Instead, you have: graphics sound initial feel play control concept\/story excitement\/thrills lasting interest and challenge overall … Continue reading “Lab 3 (Vintage Games)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/fms321\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Part II: Super Mario Brothers<\/h5>\n
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Lab Report<\/h5>\n