Ludus Novus

60 years of video games. How are we doing?

The music for this episode is “Brilliant Day (fourstones.net mix)” by fourstones and DeBenedictis, and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license.

References:

• Star Wars: Tie Fighter by Totally Games and published by LucasArts
• Shadow of the Colossus by Team ICO and published by Sony Computer Entertainment
• System Shock 2 by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios and published by EA
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by Nintendo
• Super Metroid by Nintendo
• Half Life 2 by Valve
• Alpha Centauri by Firaxis Games
• Planescape: Torment by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay
• Chrono Trigger by Square
• Grim Fandango by LucasArts

• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Casablanca
• Citizen Kane
• The Wizard of Oz
• Gone With the Wind
• Bambi
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Maltese Falcon
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Notorious

The next episode will be about four games that inspired each other in an inbred tale of exploration.

 

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Amnesia. Can anyone remember why it’s so common in interactive entertainment?

The music for this episode is “Forgettin My Identity” by Jane His Wife, and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license.

References:

• Planescape: Torment by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay
• Flashback: The Quest for Identity by Delphine Software International and published by U.S. Gold
• Knights of the Old Republic by BioWare and published by LucasArts
• System Shock 2 by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios and published by EA
• Final Fantasy 6 by Square
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl by GSC Game World and published by THQ
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth by Headfirst Productions and published by Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games
• Arx Fatalis by Arkane Studios and published by DreamCatcher Games and JoWooD
• Second Sight by Free Radical Design and published by Codemasters
• XIII by Ubisoft
• The Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks
• The Ultima series by Origin Systems
• Grim Fandango by LucasArts

The next episode will be about the progress and state of the art of the video game industry, as compared to another form of entertainment.

 

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