I'm guessing, no. Was probably before his time. Much like the many other important consoles he failed to mention. School project? FAIL for lack of research.
Ely : not exactly *fail* for accurately modelling and rendering all these systems tho. It's not like this guy was unaware of the less popular ones. And he was not just putting together a mere slideshow to graduate in VideoGameHistory either...
Ely : not exactly *fail* for accurately modelling and rendering all these systems tho. It's not like this guy was unaware of the less popular ones. And he was not just putting together a mere slideshow to graduate in VideoGameHistory either...
Yeah, and even the pronounciation of SEGA wasn't really his fault, some other guy was the narator. Personally, I think it was pretty good, both graphics and editing wise.
MightyPea, the mispronunciations were obviously due to the cliche early-20th-century newsreel voice he was trying to do. The voice acting was sub-par, and the content was pretty meaningless and uninformative, but I don't think that was the point of the exercise. Visually, I think it was very well done.
Though the opinions presented are obviously biased, the point of the video seems to be to entertain, rather than to educate. In that regard, I would say it is a success. The animation and transitions were fun. The style was consistently retro-gaming themed.
meant to be a multimeldia project apparently, and i've always pronounced it see-gah, thought everyone did
Wouldn't say it was before his time either, he's my age and i grew up with nes/snes/megadrive.
A+ for visuals.
C- for content, info, research.
B overall.
He gets extra points for calling it this generation instead of nex-gen. But loses points for not mentioning things like the raise of arcades and that the 2600 brought those games home, it also never got beyond the novelty phase with a lot of people. Oversaturation wasn't really the problem, it was cost, and hardware limitions. Each game had little different to offer and it was a distraction for a generation of kids who normally played outside, not the way of life kids know it to be today.
He did a good job constructing and rendering it but his info is surface fluff, biased and pretty weak. I'd hardly blame the collapse of the 2600 on ET. It was dead long before that came along. I know I was one of the only kids on my block still fascinated with the magical box of goodness.
Possibly with a bit more digging he could come up with some more interesting facts besides "this console is lame" "this console was cooler" and less time spent on fancy graphics he could have had a solid A. I liked the little touches of humor. It would have been nice to see the beginning graphics at the end, in some kind of wrap up shot. Without that shot, it made the beginning seemed kind of unnecessary.
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It looks fun, though!
I'm guessing, no. Was probably before his time. Much like the many other important consoles he failed to mention. School project? FAIL for lack of research.
haha
thanks for posting!
But my unbiased opinion aside, It's at least a well done video.
Yeah, and even the pronounciation of SEGA wasn't really his fault, some other guy was the narator. Personally, I think it was pretty good, both graphics and editing wise.
i thought it was a pretty good, simplistic look at things. systems were well made.
Wouldn't say it was before his time either, he's my age and i grew up with nes/snes/megadrive.
vid was cool btw
edit: maybe just the australian pronunciation of sega? (http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/815/815908p2.html -at the end of the article) :P
C- for content, info, research.
B overall.
He gets extra points for calling it this generation instead of nex-gen. But loses points for not mentioning things like the raise of arcades and that the 2600 brought those games home, it also never got beyond the novelty phase with a lot of people. Oversaturation wasn't really the problem, it was cost, and hardware limitions. Each game had little different to offer and it was a distraction for a generation of kids who normally played outside, not the way of life kids know it to be today.
He did a good job constructing and rendering it but his info is surface fluff, biased and pretty weak. I'd hardly blame the collapse of the 2600 on ET. It was dead long before that came along. I know I was one of the only kids on my block still fascinated with the magical box of goodness.
Possibly with a bit more digging he could come up with some more interesting facts besides "this console is lame" "this console was cooler" and less time spent on fancy graphics he could have had a solid A. I liked the little touches of humor. It would have been nice to see the beginning graphics at the end, in some kind of wrap up shot. Without that shot, it made the beginning seemed kind of unnecessary.