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Game Design 101 continues as we start our three part exploration into the video game design of Super Mario. In this episode we tackle the “language” of Super Mario.
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When you break a game down to simple mechanics such as verbs and nouns, you can see how intricate or simplistic it really is. Mario for example, makes the absolute most out of a very limited amount of action words, leading to a multi-faced, attention-grabbing game that is simple to learn but difficult to master. Over the next three episodes of Game/Show, we will continue to break down the game design genius of the Mario franchise, so please subscribe and let us know what you think in the comments below!
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ASSET LINKS:
0:25 Super Mario Bros super show episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA10X...
0:33 THE WIZARD Flashback: "I Love The Power Glove. It's So Bad"
http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2014/05/t...
0:54 Game over! - Collector sells ‘the history of gaming’ on eBay for an enormous £350k
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/...
0:57 Super Mario Brothers Parkour [In Real Life]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67qqE...
1:17 Chris Crawford In Depth Interview on Value Investing
http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/07/chri...
1:45 5 secrets of level 2 in Bubsy 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bjS...
2:48 Geralt of Rivia
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/...
2:49 Drowner
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dr...
2:51 BattleToads
http://deathbattlefanon.wikia.com/wik...
2:52 THROWBACK: RELIVE THE PUNISHING DIFFICULTY OF BATTLETOADS
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/r...
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MUSIC:
""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...
""Digital Sonar"" by Brink
""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...
""After Hours""
""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...
""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...
""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...
""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue
""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...
""Sleet"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet
""Toaster"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster
""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...
""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
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See more on games and culture on his site: killscreendaily.com
Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: to.pbs.org/DonateGAME
Game Design 101 continues as we start our three part exploration into the video game design of Super Mario. In this episode we tackle the “language” of Super Mario.
Subscribe to PBS Game/Show! bit.ly/1BPJ2VE Tweet at us! twitter.com/pbsgameshow
↓ More info and sources below ↓
When you break a game down to simple mechanics such as verbs and nouns, you can see how intricate or simplistic it really is. Mario for example, makes the absolute most out of a very limited amount of action words, leading to a multi-faced, attention-grabbing game that is simple to learn but difficult to master. Over the next three episodes of Game/Show, we will continue to break down the game design genius of the Mario franchise, so please subscribe and let us know what you think in the comments below!
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ASSET LINKS:
0:25 Super Mario Bros super show episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA10X...
0:33 THE WIZARD Flashback: "I Love The Power Glove. It's So Bad"
http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2014/05/t...
0:54 Game over! - Collector sells ‘the history of gaming’ on eBay for an enormous £350k
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/...
0:57 Super Mario Brothers Parkour [In Real Life]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67qqE...
1:17 Chris Crawford In Depth Interview on Value Investing
http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/07/chri...
1:45 5 secrets of level 2 in Bubsy 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bjS...
2:48 Geralt of Rivia
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/...
2:49 Drowner
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dr...
2:51 BattleToads
http://deathbattlefanon.wikia.com/wik...
2:52 THROWBACK: RELIVE THE PUNISHING DIFFICULTY OF BATTLETOADS
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/r...
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MUSIC:
""Oh Damn!"" by CJVSO
https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj...
""Digital Sonar"" by Brink
""Mindphuck"" by Known To Be Lethal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr...
""After Hours""
""Lakes"" by Chooga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns...
""Beautiful Days"" by Extan
https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut...
""Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix"" by Foniqz
https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f...
""Good Way Song"" by Electronic Rescue
""Alice y Bob"" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
https://archive.org/details/escala19_...
""Sleet"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet
""Toaster"" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster
""Patriotic Songs of America"" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New...
""Lets Go Back To The Rock"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Run"" by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440...
""Fame"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
""Freedom Weekends"" by Statue of Diveo
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352...
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Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar)
See more on games and culture on his site: killscreendaily.com
Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
