NPR had a trio of stories about electronic gaming today on All Things Considered. First was this story about some colleges that are offering degree programs in game design. Second is a report on the Los Angeles Electronic Entertainment Expo, a big trade show where the big gaming companies (and some smaller ones) unveil their new wares. And third comes a profile of voice-over actor Charles Martinet, who is now the voice of the Super Mario Brothers.
Also, this week's TIME Magazine has an article about the new wave of "world-immersion" games -- EverQuest, Final Fantasy, The Sims -- that are more and more popular, branching out into online gameplay that can involve thousands of users at a time. Read the article online here.
Some of these games really look cool, but somehow I wonder if we're not missing out on the old magic of walking into the arcade with a pocketful of quarters and seeing that, by some miracle, there is no one playing Defender just now....
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