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Variety, Social Aspects More Important To Game Success Than Graphics, Plotproslack
writes "In a study presented at the Human-Computer Interaction
conference in Cambridge, England, British researchers Beale and Bond found that plot and graphics are not critical to the
success of video games; price and the inclusion of
social aspects (e.g. multiplayer or chat) were found to be more important." An unfinished version of the paper (PDF) is available from the researchers' web site. They said, "One of the most unexpected findings was that gameplay was not featured as one of the most important categories to fulfill," though they acknowledge that variety and cohesion were measured separately from gameplay, which past studies have not done.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Monday, September 14, 2009Initial WebGL Support Lands In WebKitappleprophet
writes "WebGL is an upcoming standard from the Khronos Group, the same standards body behind OpenCL and OpenGL ES. It defines the use of OpenGL in websites using the standard canvas element. In other words, websites will be able to render hardware accelerated, 3D graphics natively inside of a web page. In the last week, WebKit, the rendering engine behind Safari and Google Chrome, has added initial support for WebGL, which means it probably won't be too long before Macs and iPhones everywhere get OpenGL web apps. This could have big implications for
gaming
. HTML5 has steadily been encroaching on desktop applications' territory, but I don't think many people
expected browser-based, hardware-accelerated graphics this soon."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Monday, September 14, 2009Italy Sets Guitar Hero 5 World RecordItaly has been
announced as ultimate victor of the Guitar Hero 5 Jump In Jump Out Challenge, cementing a new world record for the largest
number of participants to play in a single Guitar Hero session over a 24hour period.
Teambox.com Monday, September 14, 2009Halo 3 ODST Original Soundtrack ReleasedSumthing Else Music Works proudly presents Halo 3 ODST Original Soundtrack featuring the original musical score from Halo 3 ODST composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori.
Teambox.com Monday, September 14, 2009The Video Gaming Manual (Hardcover) newly tagged ''videogames''The Video
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Amazon Monday, September 14, 2009Daft Punk to Make Video Game Debut in DJ HeroFor the first time ever in a video game, GRAMMY Award winning DJs and producing duo, Daft Punk, will start the party right with DJ Hero on October 27, 2009.
Teambox.com Monday, September 14, 2009Sony?s PSX tanks in JapanThe western release of the PSX, Sony?s souped-up version of the PlayStation 2 that comes with a built-in hard drive and can double as a digital video recorder, keeps
getting pushed back and pushed back, and the latest news that...
About Monday, September 14, 2009Aion: Tower of Eternity Developer PodcastFind out how Aion is making it's way to our shores in this new video podcast from the developers.
Gamespot Monday, September 14, 2009NBA Live 10 Gameplay Sizzle TrailerCheck out NBA Live 10 in action in this brand new gamplay trailer.
Gamespot Monday, September 14, 2009Motorstorm Arctic Edge Updated Hands-OnWe fired up our PSP for a look at BigBig Studios' portable take on the extreme racing scene.
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