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1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 min. 13 sec.) ; 209928028 bytes |
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War has been the setting for many of the most enduring, popular and profitable video games of all time. In this very special edition of Good Game, we'll be exploring what makes war such a compelling theme for video games.Titles like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Homefront, Medal of Honour, Total War and Company of Heroes, amongst many others, have allowed gamers to experience war in a myriad of unique and interactive ways that make war games a profoundly compelling experience. Whether it's realistically recreating the strategy of Napoleon in Total War: Napoleon, or storming the beach at Normandy towards the end of World War II in Call of Duty 2, helping civilians survive the siege of Sarajevo in This War of Mine or exploring the psychological impact of conflict in Spec Ops the Line, war games have seen millions of gamers become virtual participants in war.Bajo and Hex will talk to some of the key developers working across titles that use war as their theme but deliver very different experiences. We will meet some current and ex-service personnel to find out how war games are viewed and used by the professionals for education as well as entertainment. Plus we'll look at how the modern armed services use games to train, recruit and educate their personnel and we'll explore the rich time line of war video games, from Red Barron on the Atari released in 1980 to 2014's brilliant Valiant Hearts: The Great War.PRODUCTION DETAILS:An ABC TV Production |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-04-21 at 20:40:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Video games -- Design.
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Video games -- Evaluation.
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Video games -- Psychological aspects.
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War games.
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Games and technology.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Bendixsen, Stephanie, host
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O'Donnell, Seven, host
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O'Donnell, Steven, host
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Brunton, John, contributor
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Davis, Cory, contributor
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Drozdowski, Michael, contributor
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Fanise, Yoan, contributor
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Harnett, Sharon, contributor
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Harvey, Auriea, contributor
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Hudson, Andrew, contributor
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Keating, Roger, contributor
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Serefine, Nate, contributor
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Whiley, Gregor, contributor
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Zagal, Jose, contributor
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