...A vast array of changes have happened since my earlier years. Not just in the appearance of hardware as well as software, but in the world as a whole. What a time to be alive! Just last night I attended a symphony here in San Francisco that was entirely dedicated to playing the music to some of our favorite games. To me this was a sign of how far this industry has come.

But for me, it goes back to the beginning. The Nintendo. Now, before any of you readers start screaming about Pong and the like being before Nintendo, please be aware that I did not forget those pioneers in the gaming industry. But for me, the reason why Nintendo is called the beginning, is that it was the first to separate itself from the arcade scene which consisted of pinball machines and arcade ...more

Popular Xbox 360 Games

...o games sometimes have more budget than movies. There is longer a time of video games made by one man, but for the Popcap mini-games. It is very difficult to create a game, and many businesses are involved in selling millions of copies of a product. To get a great sound management, game studios employ professionals in sound effects. They also employ testers who play the games for longer times searching for bad coding or bugs. Some studios even go the extent of employing actors to speak the voice of characters just as in a movie of animation. The publisher also employs publicist, managers, and advertisement f...more

classic Arcade Games

...Arcade game companies started springing up in the 1960s and have been growing ever since. The games have gotten a little smaller but with better graphics over the years.

It is one of the fastest growing businesss to have ever hit the market in history. It is a very profitable industry and the technology is endless.

The graphics of arcade games were very basic in...more

Nintendo Releasing Highly Anticipated Titles for the Nintendo Wii Game Console

... adventures of Link, along with a strange creature named Midna, as they try and protect Hyrule from the encroaching of the Twilight Realm. The game utilizes a stylized form of art more like Ocarina of Time, but still retains a bit of the cel-shaded look of Wind Waker. Twilight princess features Link transforming into a wolf at times in the Twilight Realm, and combines these new elements of gameplay along with the new controller scheme of the wii to provide in-depth interaction with the game, furthering the role-playing aspect of the game.

Metriod Prime 3 follows Samus yet again as she battles ...more

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