Crash Course Games

  • Estreia: Abr 2016
  • Episódios: 29
  • Seguidores: 3
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What is a Game?
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Abr 01, 2016
Welcome to Crash Course Games! In this series our host Andre Meadows is going to discuss the history and science of games. We’re going to talk about video games of course, but also board .. show full overview
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Ancient Games
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Abr 08, 2016
From the ancient Egyptian game of Senet to the Aztec’s Patolli, games have been played since the beginning of civilization. Today, your host Andre Meadows is going to take a look at a .. show full overview
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The Dawn of Video Games
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Abr 15, 2016
Over the next few episodes we’re going to talk about the history of video games. Today, we’re going to start with the first re-programmable computers in the 1940’s. Now, these computers .. show full overview
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Atari and the Business of Video Games
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Abr 22, 2016
Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry. So if you remember from last episode, we mentioned that the first arcade machine, .. show full overview
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The First Home Consoles
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Mai 06, 2016
So last week Andre talked about Atari’s role in the rise of the video game industry, but Atari wasn’t the only major player in the 1970s. So we’re going to step back a few years and .. show full overview
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The Video Game Crash of 1983
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Mai 13, 2016
So the 1980s was the golden age of arcade games. Games like Donkey Kong, Pac- Man, Space Invaders, and Centipede had become a cultural phenomenon. These games had expanded the gamer .. show full overview
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Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games
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Mai 20, 2016
So we ended the last episode at the North American Video Game Crash of 1983, and even though the video game market had collapsed in the United States, demand for video games remained .. show full overview
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Sega and More Mature Video Games
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Mai 28, 2016
So we ended the last episode nearing the close of the 1980s and Nintendo had become the dominant player in the home console market, but Sega, originally a slot machine game company .. show full overview
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Playstation and More Immersive Video Games
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Jun 04, 2016
So by the mid-90s the video game industry was once again booming and this attracted the attention of the Japanese electronics giant Sony. In 1994, Sony introduced their Playstation .. show full overview
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Microsoft and Connected Consoles
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Jun 10, 2016
Today, we wrap up our discussion of the console wars by taking a look at Microsoft’s Xbox which was announced in 2001. The early 2000s saw a lot of innovation in hardware and games and .. show full overview
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Casual Gaming
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Jun 17, 2016
Today, we’re moving on from game consoles to talk about a bigger shift that was happening in the gaming industry. In the mid 2000s, we saw a proliferation of Internet accessible devices .. show full overview
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MMORPGs
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Jun 24, 2016
So we ended the last episode with casual gaming and a more connected gaming community, but these connected communities started much before smartphones and Facebook. Today, we’re going to .. show full overview
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Card Games
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Jul 09, 2016
Today, we’re going to step away from video games and take a closer look at a game type that has been with us for over a millennium - card games. Since Tang Dynasty China, cards have .. show full overview
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Board Games
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Jul 16, 2016
Today, we’re going to talk about board games, but instead of trying to trace their histories, which we’ve already covered a bit of in ep2 on ancient games, we’re going to look really .. show full overview
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Educational Games
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Jul 23, 2016
Chess, Number Munchers, The Oregon Trail! Today, we’re going to talk about gaming’s role in education. Now technically all games have an educational component, because games are defined .. show full overview
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Psychology of Gaming
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Jul 30, 2016
So we’ve talked a lot about what makes games so great in this series, but we haven’t really addressed the big question: why do we play games anyway? And well, the answer is pretty .. show full overview
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The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports
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Ago 05, 2016
Today, John Green is going to be your substitute teacher as we dive into the world of sports! Now “sports” is a pretty broad genre of game, we probably couldn’t even cover them in an .. show full overview
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Role-playing Games
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Ago 19, 2016
Today, we’re going to explore the world of role-playing games. Role-playing games are different than most, because they’re technically a form of interactive storytelling with one player .. show full overview
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Game Design
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Data de estreia
Set 02, 2016
Good game design is essential for a positive player experience whether it’s a board games, video game, or even dice game. So today, we’re going to take some time to give you an .. show full overview
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PC Gaming
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Set 09, 2016
Today, we're FINALLY going to talk about PC Gaming. So the personal computer is the precursor to the console, but it's not quite accurate to say that it just led to the console. PCs and .. show full overview
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The Future of Virtual Reality
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Set 23, 2016
Today, we’re going to take a look at a seemingly cutting-edge technology that has actually been around for decades - virtual reality. Virtual reality devices have been introduced .. show full overview
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Open World Games
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Out 01, 2016
Today we’re going to talk about open world games. Open world games are different than most video games because although they often have goals and tasks, they usually encourage what is .. show full overview
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Handhelds
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Out 08, 2016
Today, we’re going to talk about the gaming devices that combine the screen, speakers, controls, and computer into one neat little package - that’s right we’re talking about handheld .. show full overview
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Input Devices
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Out 22, 2016
Today we’re going to talk about controllers. Controllers are incredibly important in the gaming experience because they are how we communicate actions within a game and often play a .. show full overview
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The History of Game Shows
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Out 28, 2016
Today we're going to talk about game shows! Game shows have a long history going all the way back to the 1920s on the radio and then proliferating across media to the massive pop culture .. show full overview
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LARP
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Nov 11, 2016
Today we’re going to talk about LARPs or live action role-playing games. Larping tends to conjure up the image of a bunch of nerds hitting each other with foam weapons but it’s much more .. show full overview
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Gambling
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Nov 19, 2016
Today we’re going to talk about gambling. Now, gambling is interesting because it could be argued that gambling doesn’t even have anything to do with games. It’s usually about making .. show full overview
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The Pokémon Phenomenon
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Data de estreia
Dez 07, 2016
Today we’re going to do something a little bit different and take everything we’ve learned so far and apply it to a case study on (arguably) the biggest game franchise in the world: .. show full overview
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The Future of Gaming
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Dez 16, 2016
Welcome to the FINAL LEVEL of Crash Course Games! We thought it made the most sense to sign off this series by taking a look towards the future because you know... boss battles are .. show full overview

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