What are the genres of the games he discusses?
Charlie brooker comments on a vast range of games, from platformer games such as Donkey Kong, to Strategy games like Halo wars. He also mentions casual games, a fast growing genre, and beat 'em up games.
What advances does he discuss?
Graphics in gaming have become very sophisticated, from the first ever 3 dimensional game where the protagonist is in a maze, to more recent 3 dimensional games such as call of duty modern warfare. Gameplay has also massively improved from 'tennis for two' to 'virtua tennis'.
What are the differences between the US and the UK?
UK distributors were considered 'hobbiests' whereas american producers were capitalists, only producing games for profit. People in the UK also made their own games, whereas the US had massive corporations distributing games.
What criticisms does it make about the games industry and consumers?
Generally games are talked about negatively, especially shoot 'em ups and beat 'em ups as they're excessively violent. Also games sometimes say they do things which they don't. The consumers are stereotyped as violent children or men, who are being conditioned to behave in certain ways the games they play do.
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