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• 1 2016-02-11T23:05:13-08:00 History of Game Changers 17 plain 2016-03-03T08:28:30-08:00  

  

  Video Game Exhibition at 
  Nouspace Gallery & Media Lounge 
  March 6-28, 2015 
  Opening March 6 at 5 p.m.
  Website: http://dtc-wsuv.org/projects/gamechangers2015/
   

  
  
  Faculty Advisor: Dene Grigar
  
  Curator: Kate Palermini
  
  Curatorial Committee: Alyssa Korinke, Promotions, CMDC Student Amalia Vacca, Outreach, CMDC Graduate Madeleine Brookman, CMDC Student Alan McGinnis, CMDC Student Connor Goglin, CMDC Student Suhaily Erkkila, CMDC Student John Loveridge, CMDC Student Neita Hopkins, CMDC Student Jonathan Johnson, CMDC Student Greg Philbrook, Tech Support
  
  Advisory Committee: Dene Grigar, WSUV Mike Bomar, CREDC Max Ault, CREDC Eric Preisz, GarageGames Sandra Towne, IPZ Trevor Dodge, faculty, Clackamas CC and PNCA  
  
  Sponsors: The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program, Washington State University Vancouver, The Columbia River Economic Development Council, Innovation Partnership Zone, GarageGames

   

  Focus

  This exhibit explores some of the technological innovations that have occurred in the 40-year development of video games, starting with the first commercially successful game, Pong, to the emergence of 3D game environments like Oculus Rift.
   

  Goal

  Inspire an interest in digital technology — from its development, to design, to cultural impact — as a field of study for K-16 students of Vancouver Showcase
   

  Audience

  K-12, college level students, digital tech-centered businesses (IPZ and beyond), and art-lovers who support the Vancouver Arts District

  
  Exhibit Games

   

  Game	Company/Environment	Year	Impact
  Pong	Atari, Console	1976	participatory, collaborative, provided basic forward thinking foundational concepts of gaming environments
  Pacman	Ipad (ICade), Namco	1980/2003	nostalgia for material objects in the time of cloud computing, making it possible to emulate any game
  Donkey Kong	arcade game, Nintendo	1981	immersion, 2D movement across a defined space
  Tetris	Commodore 64, Spectrum Holobyte	1984	broader notion of space that was limitless
  The Secret of Monkey Island	Ipad, LucasFilm Game	1990/2010	emulation of previous game; HD
  Sonic the Hedgehog	Sega Game Gear, Sonic Team/Sega	1991	one of the most popular to introduce color into mobile gaming environment
  Myst	CD for home computer, Cyan (now Cyan Worlds) / Brøderbund, Apple G3 iMac	1993	problem solving, multimedia, intellectual, exploration
  Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64, Nintendo	1996	made 3D accessible and ubiquitous
  Pokemon	Game Boy, Game Freak/Creatures Inc.	1996	first of the mobile, social games; built affective quality into gaming
  Tomb Raider II: Gold Edition	Computer, Core Design	1998	introduced female lead into gaming; subverted the notion of the male gaze
  Brain Age	Nintendo DS, Nintendo	2005	one of the first education games
  Wii Sports	Wii, Nintendo	2006	physical simulation
  Portal	iMac flatscreen, Valve Corporation	2007	illusion of movement across multiple planes
  The Carrier	Ipad, Evan Young/Stopwatch Media	2007	first geo-locative game for phone environments
  Mass Effect	Playstation3/X-Box360, Bioware	2007	narrative choice, users choices impact the outcome of the game narrative
  Dance Dance Revolution	Wii, Konami	1999/2010	physical movement as competition
  Skyward Sword (Zelda)	Wii, Nintendo	2011	physical simulation, simulation allows user to experience realistic character movements
  Strange Rain	Ipad, Opertoon--Erik Loyer	2013	one of first immersive, multimedia mobile games
  Oculus Rift	Oculus Rift	2013	3D VR gaming
  Out There	Ipad, Mi-Clos Studio	2014	demonstrates the potential for mobile storytelling