Francis Douglas' Future of Gaming

There are many aspects of games recently being implemented which could change video games forever. One of the biggest changes is an increase in virtual reality gaming with the use of PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift. Virtual reality games could eventually be more than just games and would be used in many aspects of life-such as job training, interactions with other humans, and also a way to stay active because new VR xperiences require you to move around a lot. The next huge gaming update is augmented reality like we saw with Pokemon Go which required us to move around in real life to be able to play the game.

While there is new types of gaming like AR and VR, just regular consoles games are changing the future as well. Graphics have improved so much in such a little time who knows where we could get to. Along with the graphics the genres of games being released is a huge part too, games are more and more using emotional games to draw people in. When it comes to console technology, a huge improvement over the years is the automatic updates online that change the software and the incremental console updates like Xbox One S and a new version of PS4.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/21/11-video-game-trends-that-will-change-the-future-of-the-industry

Jobs and Careers in the Gaming Industry by Robert "The Sage" Burger

Jobs in the gaming industry expand to a broad spectrum to things that people can do and make money.Here is a list of just a few of the many jobs options there are in the field of gaming and gaming entertainment.

Art / Animation. 2D / Concept / Texture Artist. Animator.

• Business / Analysis / Metrics. Accounts / CFO.
• Community Management. Community Coordinator.
• Education. Lecturer.
• Game Design. Creative Director.
• HR / Recruitment. HR Assistant.
• IT / Technical Support. IT Support / Manager.
• Marketing. Brand / Product Manager

The list below shows just a few gaming jobs in a wide variety of fields that you can go into, form education to marketing with gaming you can go into any field you want to. If you want to go into education you can have a large number of options in the field you want.

Seen by the graph above the gaming industry is only expanding and growing and getting a job in the gaming industry is a good idea because the market is only expanding and can only get higher and jobs will open in the industry.

Did DOOM Cause The Columbine Massacre? By Nolan Bradford

Did DOOM Cause The Columbine Massacre?

By Nolan Bradford

On April 20th. 1999, one of the worst high school shootings in American history occurred. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two senior students, killed 13 people (as well as themselves at the end) and injured 24 others. At the time of the massacre, there was no known cause of the shooting. So, the media decided to look into what their interests were. They found that both Harris and Klebold were fans of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Duke Nukem.

Many people who have explored the factors of Columbine High School Massacre have decided that DOOM was a factor in it. This, however, is untrue -- at least, DOOM had little effect in it. It was underlying illnesses and actions by other students that caused it.

DOOM is a game released in 1993 in which players go around, killing numerous demons and getting from Point A to Point B. Eric and Dylan had both been fans of the game, supposedly saying a shotgun was “straight out of DOOM” in a video recorded some time before the massacre. Some argue that Dylan or Eric had made a custom level modeled after Columbine High School, yet this is simply false.

There were numerous actual causes of the Columbine High School Massacre, and not a single one was DOOM, such as:

• Bullying - they had both been subject to bullying for all four years of their high school life
• Mental Disorders
• Eric Harris was a clinical psychopath -- he had a messianic-level superiority complex”
• Dylan Klebold had depression -- he only went along with the massacre because he was already planning on ending his life

DOOM is not nearly realistic enough to be a reasonable cause of the Columbine High School Massacre -- you go around with a gun sticking out of the middle of the screen. You point and you click. If one was to consider DOOM to be realistic enough to be a cause of a school shooting, then Pong is realistic enough to make you amazing at ping pong.