Posts Tagged ‘PSX’

Wow.

What. A. Weekend.

Sorry this didn’t get done Sunday night, but I think you can probably forgive me for doing 3 x 10+ hour days in a row relating to Armageddon. I slept from 9pm-10am last night so am suitably refreshed and my back is sore from standing up all that time.

Anyway, onto the write up!

We ripped down our timetables, and just let people play what they wanted, kicking off the day with Sonic and Mario Kart (which never failed to draw a crowd). I was seriously deluded in thinking Sunday was going to be a quiet one, and I couldn’t have been more wrong with the Cosplay competition kicking off the day in the main area an hour after the TSB Arena opened to the public.

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Facets of the GamePlex

Introduction

Words by ColdBain

Foreword:

   We gamers live in a very privileged world. We have access to all the modern gaming technology, we have a raft of choices we can make, and we are supported through gaming media to make educated decisions about our purchases. In addition to that, the median is still developing, and access is still growing.

   Individuals will dedicate their lives to figuring out how to complete your new game for you and post their results on the internet for free, some will go so far as to make narrated videos for us via youtube. It is very clear the gaming industry is a complex organism and has become a legitimised past-time for many people around the world… this society, this world, this arm of entertainment I call, the GamePlex.

The GamePlex: introduction

   Gaming has become such an entrenched past-time to our societies that is nearly impossible to accurately summarise in a single paragraph what being a ‘gamer’ means. Gone are the days where people were defined by their choice of console, the distinctions have become blurred as the variety of gaming ‘clicks’ increase. Such ‘gaming communities’ are not necessarily exclusive, people will and can identify with a multitude of ‘sub-communities’, retro-gaming (the most appropriate to this article) is simply another arm under-which many gaming communities can gather and associate with one another.

   The GamePlex is a term I’ll use as a starting point. It is a term that acknowledges the complexity within the divergent gaming societies and various supporting media, as well as their pasts, present and future. The following will be a series of articles examining the various flags, terms, societies and media within the GamePlex, in an attempt to create an extensive and ongoing list of the various Facets within the GamePlex (no association to The Matrix).  Read the rest of this entry »

Platform: PSX

Features: Two Discs, 1 Player, art work unlockables acquired with each play through.

Release date: 1999

“You are the first dragon slayer, a fearless hero who must combat the most horrific of enemies. Vanquish evil, marry the heroine, and continue your heroic legacy with each new generation. Search for swords, magic and relics to aid in your war against the mightiest of dragons. You must battle to prove your worth, your might, your Dragon Valor.” Read the rest of this entry »