Hugh's top 10 Games

For sheer adrenalin and reflexes I would rate:

(1) Galaga

(2) Time Crisis

(3) Tekken

For atmospheric spaces that i enjoyed spending endless hours in:

(4) Halflife

(5) Quake

(6) Myst

(7) Grand Theft Auto

For an addictive but educational mix of planning, strategy and history:

(8) Age of Empires

For abstracted spatial interaction:

(9) Tetris

(10) Katamari

Some sample blogs to look at

To get you started here are a couple of interesting blogs to look at...

Keri Smith - illustrator and creator of amazing books

Wooster Collective - longstanding international archive of street art

Design is Kinky - Sydney based design studio and founders of semi-permanent

Week 1 ::: screening

ok, so we took a quick look at:

[1] Tekkon Kinkreet: Taiyo Matsumoto
[2] Transformers: The Movie: Hasbro / Michael Bay
[3] Laputa: Castle in the Sky: Hayao Miyazaki
[4] Neon Genesis Evangelion: giant robots and existential angst
[5] Interstella 5555: Daft Punk / Leiji Matsumoto
[6] Toy Story: Pixar
[7] Ge Ge Ge Kitaro: live action take on old Japanese cartoon character
[8] Animatrix: did not show it but sure everyone is familiar with the Matrix Trilogy...

Troy's top ten game worlds

Chosen only from worlds in which I have spent significant amounts of time in at stage in my life...

[1] Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega MD) *
[2] Super Mario World (SNES) *
[3] World of Warcraft (MacOS)
[4] Little Big Planet (PS3)
[5] Spore (MacOS)
[6] Rez (PS2) *
[7] Tomb Raider (PSone) *
[8] Half-Life 2 (PC) *
[9] Ultima IV (Apple //c) *
[10] Quake II (PC) *

... inspiration and reference for project 1 !!!

MMDA1302 ::: First Year Studio ~ [S T A R T !!!]

ok, an occasional blog for MMDA1302 over the second half of 2010...
watch this space :::
and welcome!