Saturday 2 April 2011

Digital Games - Then and Now


Video games for the past half century have been a number one past time for mostly children and teens. One aspect of these games that is unnoticed most of the time is the amount of digital art and design that are apart of them. As the industry has evolved so has the technology and the ways in which the digital art comes to life on a screen and is able to be controlled by the controller are simply remarkable. There was a time when a fun video game consisted of small pixels chasing one another around the screen and now with the advancement in technology and graphics, these little pixels have become an amazing luxury to the eye. Since video games have reached such a realistic level, certain first person shooter and simulation games are used as training programs for pilots and the United States military. The following link is a time reel that shows how games have evolved from the 1960's and 70's to what we see now in the 21st century:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9hAvVnJX8&feature=related

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