Interview with Tucker George, IO Interactive

Luckily, I had the opportunity to interview the older brother of one of my best friends who works in the video game industry. My questions are labeled with “DD” and his responses are labeled with “TG.” DD– How long have you been playing video games?   TG– I’ve been playing video games since the late 1980s. …

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Article Summary: Ancient Roman Games

Hall, Mark A. and Forsyth, Katherine, “Roman rules? The introduction of board games to Britain and Ireland.” Antiquity, Dec2011, Vol. 85 Issue 330, p1325 Reviewed by: Maxwell Burke The article I found was about board games that were discovered in Ireland and England but originated during the Roman Empire. The article discusses how there were two …

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Is Cheating Morally Wrong?

Michael Thomsen, “Cheating: Video Games’ Moral Imperative”; http://thefanzine.com/cheating-video-games-moral-imperative/ (5/23/2014) Reviewed by: Matthew Ryan Kendall Cheating in video games has been going on since video games first started arriving into the market. Players cheat for 2 reasons; one because of a behavioral struggle to constantly be in control over all outcomes. They are interested in having an …

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