Of the Odyssey 100 to NewsGames

Download or read book Of the Odyssey 100 to NewsGames written by Geraldo A. Seabra and published by Geraldo A. Seabra. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first e-book of four volumes of Theories of NewsGames series - games like emulators news. The material was divided on issues of research, narrative, social impact and mechanics. The first volume is based on the research of the dissertation ‘Games Emulators Information’. This edition draws a timeline on the history of consoles, media titles and games from the perspective of game information. The paper also describes the theoretical basis of news based games and brings a draft proposal of a new model of Online Journalism produced, reproduced and consumed from ludo-informative platforms. Throughout this e-book we seek to demystify the world of video games demonized and support the idea that games are the best platforms for learning, information and increase our cognitive capacity.