Status Updates From Joystick Nation: How Videog...

I learned about how sound design in games went from simple but hard to make sounds to massive musical score

I learned the strenuous work of 3d designing and software designers. They are basically there 24-7 but they can go in when they want and they get lots of perks.

because the workers were soooo important the business got them whatever

we learned how the hit game DOOM hit mass popularity and why it stuck with so many people

talked about how chuck e cheese = bad, arcades = good

the author interviews a creator of the original arcade game, defender

I learned about the power of nostalgia among people and also how rare games come to be

the book talked about how for a time it looked like handheld games would take over

we are finished with the evolution of the video arcades and are now getting into the straight hot classics of video gaming history

from where i started it talked about the second video game crash, then it went into telling us about one of the most popular arcades

The author is telling us about the evolution of arcades from dingy, poorly lit places crawling with teenagers to bright colored places with little kids running around playing claw machines.

it talked about how the first video game was the same thing just with different screen​ overlays

I just finished the section that explained how video games trying to become computers just didn't work. the author compared the use of these computer games to a dining room table as the need and use just isn't there.

talked about spacewar the first ever videogame

right now the author is explaining the switch between computers and home consoles

She was talking about the video game crash, and how everyone was cloning the same game over and over again.

its boring more than less, its about the different types of games and how they affected our histroy.