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The history of Carmageddon (Blog post)
Carmageddon. A video game known by people even if they never played it, thanks to its scandalous reputation. However, this game is far from solely being the "nasty racing game where you have to crush pedestrians" that many media and politicians wanted to ban. Carmageddon is first and foremost an excellent game, featuring many technological and gameplay innovations that deeply influenced the racing game genre. We interviewed Neil Barnden, co-founder of Stainless Software gam [...]Keywords : history, carmageddon, stainless software, violence, scandal, censorship, fun
Jeux vidéo : hors de contrôle ? - Industrie, politique, morale (Book reference)
This book deals with the public scandals that struck video games in France since the 80's. The author begins with an analysis of the public image of video game players broadcasted by the industry-produced ads, and compares it to the way general media dealt with video games. It actually sown the seeds for a moral crusade against video games, such as the one conducted by the Familles de France association. The book then studies the reasons, the details, and the outcomes of this famous episode of t [...]Keywords : politics, industry, moral, scandal
Jacked : L'histoire officieuse de Grand Theft Auto (Book reference)
This book details the captivating story of the scandalous game series "Grand Theft Auto". Over 300 pages, the author tells us about the most epic moments of this saga: humble beginnings as a small arcade game made in Scotland by DMA Design; hiring Max Clifford to use media scandal as a marketing campaign; the hijacking of the series leadership by the Houser brothers and their studio Rockstar during the creation of GTA III; the first legal actions against the game series and the rise of [...]Keywords : grand theft auto, history, dma design, rockstar, jack thompson, david jones, sam houser, esrb
La saga Grand Theft Auto (Book reference)
This tiny 50 pages books aims to tell the history of the Grand Theft Auto (1997-2015) series of games. While the book offers many beautiful pictures, the text is unfortunately not up to the task. First of all, the books "forgets" about the first two episodes (barely mentioned), and begins his story with Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games, 2001). Each title is then presented over a few pages. But the text only presents some numbers and a summary of each episodes features, without ever [...]Keywords : history, grand theft auto, gta, rockstar
Jacked: The unauthorized behind-the-scenes story of Grand Theft Auto (Book reference)
This book details the captivating story of the scandalous game series "Grand Theft Auto". Over 300 pages, the author tells us about the most epic moments of this saga: humble beginnings as a small arcade game made in Scotland by DMA Design; hiring Max Clifford to use media scandal as a marketing campaign; the hijacking of the series leadership by the Houser brothers and their studio Rockstar during the creation of GTA III; the first legal actions against the game series and the ri [...]Keywords : grand theft auto, history, dma design, rockstar, jack thompson, sam houser, david jones, esrb
Med's Lab (Student project)
A Serious Game dealing with the "Mediator" drug scandal that took place in France. You are playing as a journalist who investigates inside a very strange laboratory. This investigation will make you discover some secrets that will force you to run to protect your life!Open (Student project)
A serious game related to the French scandal of Orange's employees commiting suicides. This cynical management game cast you as the CEO of a company. You must earn money by reducing your staff wages, without being featured in the news.Keywords : serious game, newsgame, orange