www.edge-online.com Episode Three in my series of video “lectures,” made in association with Edge. I’m pleased to introduce game designer James Portnow, cofounder of Divide By Zero Games. He and I will be partnering up to bring you these lectures from here on. Loosely modeled after Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s Zero Punctuation reviews. For the first time, NOT made to be presented on screen in the classroom. I can be reached at floydo_animation at yahoo dot com. James can be reached at jportnow at gmail dot com. Like the intro/outro music? Download the full tracks here! Penguin Cap www.carbohydrom.net Walk on Water ocremix.org
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Originally posted 2010-10-29 02:31:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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@kirithem I just used your knowledge that you put in thiese videos in my speach and debate class yesterday and i didnt even know till i reviewed you videos, today the topic at my class was obviously if video games were bad or good and i was the only one who got up and went to the side where video games can be good for people then i spouted out the knowledge in arguements with people and now practicly my entire class now are intrested in video games
I can think of at least one example of this. After playing through a chapter in Eternal Sonata the player is given a little snipet from Frederic Chopin’s life. From the meeting of his wife, to his illness, to his fame as a pianist. As a result this got me more interested in a man I otherwise wouldn’t have ever heard of. I recently checked out a biography from my local library about Chopin and find myself enjoying it much more than I thought I would.
Thank you Eternal Sonata.
People at school think I’m so smart and ask where I get my knowledge on… well, everything and I say video games. Honestly, since I started playing games when I was a toddler and learning subjects I wouldn’t be exposed to for years I’ve collected a great deal of knowledge in all subjects and this has given me an edge in school. Seriously, video games have helped me IN SCHOOL, A LOT! And even the purely entertaining games can be greatly enriching in a toddler… who know nothing. Ah, vocabulary.
I just got here from his escapist show.
But aww man, Dan’s married? There goes my Dan X Allison shipping. Maybe Jame X Allison?
Ok ok, just messing around. Thanks for another interesting episode Dan!
I did exactly that with Dynasty Warriors
How could I leave, James was blocking the door.
This is so true.. I’ve spent HOURS reading the civilopedia (and enjoyed it) when I intended to actually *play* the game.
@kirithem And both of you are on The Escapist
Meet your soul mate in Naughty Ladies mworld5.info
I do wonder why this guy isn’t already the pioneer for video games in general…
I LOVE action games(as you put it “FUN” games) But there is one Educational Action adventure game The HerInteractive Nancy Drew Series ( & Guys Don’t roll you eyes They ROCK!) Guys do like the game too! heck search arglefumph (i think thats how u spell it)
I LOVE action games(as you put it “FUN” games) But there is one Educational Action adventure game The HerInteractive Nancy Drew Series ( & Guys Don’t roll you eyes They ROCK!)
I just looked up what the sephirot is. ^^
You made me very angry in this video at one point but I forgot why by the end of the video. You are a very lucky man.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT SEX EVERY TIME IF PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO PUT THE EFFORT IN!!!!! COME ON DAM IT! There are entire industries built around sex all the time….not happy…. : P
I think Tangential learning works!
For example: Assassin’s Creed 1 and 2 learned me more about the history of Italies big cities and the architecture of them.
After playing the game me and my dad whent to Italy for summer holiday and my giving my dad tours around the cities.
When he asked where I got it all from he didnt believe me that I got all that from a game series with a main character who kills people.
@4400seriesFAN WHERE ARE YOU FROM? how did you get that? I wanted Disaster:Day? of Crisis ever since I saw the trailer, but it never seem to get released in usa…
@farts687 I learned what an Ocarina was through Ocarina of time as well!
@Tehan123 alternate realities. BUT to some people alternate realities are real people with some disorders. In fact a lot of the Silent Hills cover alternate realities by the human mind. a few of them are people who can’t get over their guilt or loss and what kind of things to go through. What the human mind sees, turns them into realities lost in their own thoughts pretty interesting stuff!
@GSAVIOUR18 OH YEAH! I learned about the Templars in Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars.
@WesternWhiteWolf OMG YOUR AWESOME! I was older than 10 but I was fairly young. Lara was SO COOL! checking out all those sites in all those wonderful places! oh yes the artifacts!! She was a bit of my idol as well. I rarely like girl characters but she’s a fave!!
@mitchcapone Karaoke Revolution in a way teaches how to sing because it shows you the pitch YOU SHOULD be singing and WHERE you are.
I learned a lot from Trauma Center, Persona 3 and 4.
@HDMika I was so bummed Call of Cthulhu didn’t get that next game Destiny’s End it looked SO COOL!
@someguyz12 also Persona you have classes and lectures. Also I believe the Persona’s are based of tarot cards. In one of the classes he went into this LONG lecture about the origins of tarot cards ect. I also recall a lesson about Egyptians wear eye liners to keep bugs away or something.
First I noticed a Trauma Center(also in your stack dead rising)in your game stack. I learned SO MUCH from the game. Sutures, lacerations, hemorrhaging, many other medical technical terms.
I can’t remember but Persona 3 you go to school in the day go fight shadows at night. They have classes/lectures I learn random junk from that.
Silent Hill games teach a LOT of psychology. A characters Mom was suffering through from Schizophrenia. There are plenty of them about how people deal with grief.