Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
54.
Stephen Totilo, “Highlights of Today's Big Supreme Court Video Game
Case,” Kotaku,
http://kotaku.com/5679655/highlights-of-todays-big-
55.
Schwarzeneggar v. Entertainment Merchants Association
.
56.
Ben Gilbert, “Here Are Your First Kinect Ads,” Joystiq,
http://www.joystiq.
57.
This may be because the Kinect requires a substantial amount of open space,
six to ten feet, to play appropriately and it may also be because paying for the
Kinect, Xbox 360 and the television and internet service to enjoy it requires
attaining a certain level of wealth. The discursive implications of the Kinect
are discussed in greater depth in chapter four.
58.
Microsoft, “Kinect,”
Xbox.com,
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect.
59.
Ibid.
60.
Matthew Shaer, “Sony PlayStation Move Ad Blasts Wii, Natal,” The
Christian Science Monitor,
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/
61.
Matt Matthews, “Analysis: Sony Didn't 'Move' The Needle In November,”
62.
Adam L. Penenberg, “How Video Games Are Infi ltrating—and Improving—
Every Part of Our Lives,” Fast Company,
http://www.fastcompany.com/
63.
q2lwebsite, “Quest to Learn,”
http://q2l.org/.
64.
Jenna Wortham, “Angry Birds, Flocking to Cellphones Everywhere,”
The
New York Times
, 11 December 2010.
65.
Brendan O'Connor, “Why the Government Back an R18+ Games Rating,”
66.
Ibid.
NOTES TO CHAPTER 3
1.
Game modifi cations are often called mods. Those who make mods are often
called modders. Some games also develop their own terms for mods, like
World of Warcraft
where mods are often also called add-ons.
2.
The issue of balance is discussed to greater depth in chapter nine.
3.
Shef ,
Game Over: Press Start to Continue
, 177-78.
4.
Ibid., 178-79.
5.
Ibid., 181-83.
6.
David Kushner,
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and
Transformed Pop Culture
(New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks,
2004), 165-69; 232-33.
7.
Ghostcrawler, “Dev Watercooler: The View From 10,000 Feet,” Blizzard
Entertainment,
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2511333.
8.
Larry Everett, “SWTOR Fans Ask Whether Sith Are Evil and How Crew
Skills Work,” Massively,
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/02/08/swtor-
9.
David Hinkle, “APB acquire by GamersFirst, relaunching as APB: Reloaded
in the fi rst half of 2011,” joystiq,
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/16/apb-
10.
Bjorn Book-Larsson, “APB-Reloaded: Dev Blog,” Blogspot,
http://apbre-
