After my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering and doctoral degree in bioengineering, and eight years as a researcher in the field, I had never bought a science fiction book. I mostly read biographies or novels in my spare time to take my mind off a bit of the technical work I normally do in my professional life. My fondness for science fiction was mostly … [Read more...] about From teaching engineering to writing a science fiction novel—An author’s experience
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The video game age: A brief history
Today, video games are virtually everywhere. Each day, millions of people play games on smartphones that fit in the palms of their hands as well as on home consoles and computers that connect them with friends and strangers around the world. However, six decades ago, few people could have imagined a US$150 billion (and growing) global video game industry that would marry … [Read more...] about The video game age: A brief history
The Williams Advanced Pinball Programming Logic Executive Operating System
Pinball has its roots in tabletop games from the late 1800s and early 1900s, although the 1930s marked the true start of pinball as we know it today. Early pinball was an electromechanical game, with points tallied by hand or through the movements of gears. For a while, it looked pretty far from what one would expect based on present-day pinball machines, which are known for … [Read more...] about The Williams Advanced Pinball Programming Logic Executive Operating System
Narrative games through the ages
When did video games start having stories in them? Not “It was really hard, but I won” stories, but made-up stories that the game tells the player. That is, when did games start to use fictional narratives? For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9734283 … [Read more...] about Narrative games through the ages