Click upon the image to see the much bigger version. Footnotes: Dropped Frames #7: Gatekeepers1: Activision was founded in 1979 by four Atari programmers, a venture capitalist and a music industry executive. The four Atari programmers felt that their contributions to the 2600’s best selling titles were being overlooked. They [understandably] wanted a larger share [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dropped frames’
Dropped Frames #007: The Gatekeepers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames, games on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dropped Frames #6: Falling Empires
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames, games on December 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Click image to view the full version! Notes: 1: TSR, or Tactical Studies Rules was a company founded to publish Dungeons and Dragons, the first role-playing game on the market. On the verge of bankruptcy, it was purchased by Wizards of the Coast in 1997. 2: Dungeons and Dragons was the creation of Gary Gygax [...]
Dropped Frames #5: Violence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames, games on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This comic was written during the frenzy surrounding the Amy Bishop shooting at the University of Alabama. The intrepid reporters at the Boston Herald dug up the valuable and pertinent insight that Ms. Bishop played Dungeons and Dragons in college. This comic was my attempt to better understand the relationship between media (particularly interactive media) [...]
Dropped Frames #4: The Game of Life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Years ago, two designers at the game development company I worked for were talking about “cellular automata.” I didn’t really pay too much attention to the conversation (beyond remembering the name). Much later, I was reading the book “Hackers,” by Steven Levy and came across a chapter almost completely devoted to the concept. It’s a [...]
Dropped Frames #3: Battlezone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This game had two iterations: one in which the player peered through a tank periscope teeming with MRSI, and one that didn’t require such faith in the cleanliness of others. It was an early example in a three-dee environment built mathematically.
Dropped Frames #2: Zork
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A never before seen short history of the video game Zork. Zork was one of the very first video games I remember playing outside an arcade. Infocom (having long since been subsumed and scuttled by other companies) retains a special place in my heart for their clever, difficult and adventurous games!
Dropped Frames #1:Adventure
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last month I created a series of comics for The Escapist‘s webcomic contest. I didn’t win. I intend to periodically create these, as they’re of a personal interest. Click to view the full size!
