Doom Game Movie Fragged by Critics by Damian Julien
The Doom game franchise has proven its popularity. A movie titled after its namesake has proven its box office might. Sarge and his crew have raked in $15.5 million-- not a bad haul. Yet, noted critic Phil Villarreal said it most succintly in his review of this movie, asking why we don't just... A select few Pocket PC games, like the Anthelion PDA space shooter seem to make the first person shooter perspective a decent experience, at least from a space fighter Wing Commander-like cockpit. ... Most PDAs aren't structured well enough to handle the first person shooter genre, unless you'd...

A Review of the Return to Castle Wolfenstein by Morgan Hamilton
The classic computer game Castle Wolfenstein has became one among the most popular first person shooter games of all times. I used to play Castle Wolfenstein as a 2D shooter game, before Castle Wolfenstein 3D came out. There is an unmistakable influence of Wolfenstein Castle 3D on almost all... I was delighted at the news of the arrival of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, a sequel to the much cherished shooter game. ... Return to Castle Wolfenstein does keep up to mark of today’s shooter games. ... Though I disapprove Return to Castle Wolfenstein sticking to the norm, I personally would...

Shooters: An Industry's Legacy? by James Boza
It’s hard to watch an old friend go. That’s why we’re lucky that we’re into electronics and nerdy things that plug into walls, right? These are things that never really pick up stakes and leave… the worst that might happen is that some jerk will borrow your nerd gear and never give it back. ... This is a valid (and familiar) argument, since many lodge the same claim against the first-person shooter genre today. ... Not first-person shooters, but what some people (who obviously have no problem making up words) call “schmups”.

Game Design Tips For First Person Shooter Designers by Hitoshi Jones
First person shooters (FPS) are one of the standard computer game genres. After the phenomenal success of Doom, many companies made attempts at this type of game. Today there are single player FPS games, multi-player combative FPS games, multi-player cooperative FPS games and all of the above... The tasks of a game designer in this type of game are to figure out the direction the game will take, create the setting and increasingly create the tools to let players mod the game, adding their own content or even replacing everything but the game engine with an entirely different look and feel.

Online Flower Deliveries by Ken Marlborough
Online gaming, i.e. games played over the Internet, originally started with PC games and now includes the latest modern consoles. The first console in the arcade game world was the Sega Dreamcast. The console is now essential to modern arcade games, with the advent of Internet connectivity in... Online games require multi-player facility; hence, the most popular game genres include massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), first person shooter (FPS) games, racing/driving games, strategy games, and sports titles, where more than one person can play the game.

The Excitement About Gaming by Robert Emler
Gaming today has come a long way. The gaming technology today is giving the games a whole new perspective. Because of the gaming technology more and more people today are finding gaming to be more existing and challenging. The Games today have much better graphics. ... The first person shooter games and the role playing games have made the biggest impact on the gaming industry. ... The nature of every person in the world is to become better. ... The battle of wits, going head to head gives you the ability to challenge yourself to think harder and faster in the game.

Computer Video Games Improve Eyesight by Kirk Jensen
Playing such first person shooter games, like F.E.A.R., Halo, Gears of War or other action shooter the involve using a gun have been tested to improve one depth perception. Sedate games (games that claim and cause a person to focus) such as board games do not work to help the depth perception in... So what the professor concluded was that playing the first person computer video games improved what is know as spatial resolution meaning the ability to see very small object in a large area like a letter.

Fastest Online Streaming PC Game Player by Charles Lamm
Digital Interactive Streams, Inc., has recently released its Triton player to work with the world's fastest broadband entertainment streaming service. The July 11, 2006, release of the anticipated FPS (first person shooter) game Prey, by 3D Realms, marks the beginning of a new era in the... you can play a game within minutes of purchase, and participate in multiplayer gameplay while the game is streaming in the background 2. ... dynamic, bandwidth-shaping streaming engine, which streams in the background even after game play has started, even in multiplayer mode 7.

How Powerful Is The Nintendo Revolution? by Ron Swerdfiger
Game developer Midway revealed in a recent job posting that they were looking for a designer for a next-gen first person shooter using the powerful Unreal Engine 3. In the job posting, Midway accidently mentioned some news on a next-gen First Person Shooter in the works. ... As well the game will play based on Unreal Engine 3 technology. ... Midway will release the game for each new next gen console, the Xbox360, the Playstation 3, and the Nintendo Revolution. ... The Revolution, is following the same trend.

Ingredients For A Great Game by Daniel Westerstal
There are millions of computer games out there on the market, how do you make your game best selling? What features have to be included? I have taken a look on previously best sellers trying to determine what makes a great game. Set the player in focus The player wants to be in focus in the... Say that a person just saw a science fiction movie and thinks "I really want to fly a space ship like in that movie", so the person in question starts a search for such a game. ... The harder the game is the better the player will feel when he has completed the game and won.