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Game Art Engine, Volume 2 - the next series for the Gaming World By Jacob Malewitz A set of articles chronicling my move between strategy and doom-like games, civilization and action games. What is the first person shooter? Is it better than a strategy game? Is the idea of early gaming better today than yesterday or tomorrow. Are we at a peak we’ve had before. PC or X-Box, console or computer, laptop or desktop. The gaming war. Game Art Engine, Stand Alone 1 From Doom to Halo: Icons of the First Person Shooter By Jacob Malewitz How did first person shooters evolve from Doom to Halo Did you shell out a couple hundred bucks just to play Halo on X-Box? Do you find yourself dreaming of monsters from playing Doom years back? Do you consider your life comparable to a level on Duke Nukem? Do you have flashbacks based on World War games like Call of Duty? Did you buy Serious Sam: First Encounter for ten bucks thinking it would only entertain you for a few hours? Do you argue w...

The Gaming Art Engine By Jacob Malewitz by Dark Alliances Part 1 If you call games, call your civilization. Play with your heritage. Play with your tribe. You can go with the Celts if you are a European, or play with the Chinese if you have asian ancestory. There is room for respect here: all cultures should and can be respected in gaming. Ask for more from your family. Families must support gamers; we are not always gamers, but we remain with the addiction, with the power, and with the knowledge. Can you call games for money? Gaming is power; gaming teaches; strategy is time, time is saved, money is saved -- money is spent, things are remembered. It’s hard to play any game for money but it can be possible, especially in the days of chess tournaments and new game boards. Every time a new game is created, weatlh is spread. Can you call games for learning? I would always call my civilization addiction, but far before PC there was Nintendo.

Civilization 2 – A Gaming Classic by Jacob Malewitz The best strategy game ever Civilization is a computer game that deserves to be respected. This article tells you the basics to the biggest sequel to any game ever created. Want to control the world? Want to be able to dictate traffic? Want Sim City but with constant war? Do you want to be treated to your own royal court? Or, do you want peace in all lands? Civilization 2 is the game for you if any of this applies to you. Take an empire from the stone age to the time of space travel. Experience world wars, discrete alliances, and control all the facets that makes civilization itself such a interesting part of world history. What makes Civilization 2 work so much better than the games made after it are the small details. You can control everything, but, unless you’re playing in the later stages of the game, you are never overwhelmed with all the intricacies of making an empire work. This is a major failing in many strategy...

Important Ancient Cities--From Babylon to Rome A guide to important cities in history by Jacob Malewitz History is full of interesting cities that laid the foundations for the modern countries of today. This short guide will tell you the basics of cities like Athens and Babylon. The greatest Babylonian leader was Hammurabi. Rome is perhaps the city with the longest history. Athens played a key role in defeating the Persian empire. DID: In Sparta, young men were trained for war from an early age. Babylon – Babylon was at the crossroad of civilization for a millennia, and is perhaps the most important of all cities in antiquity. Babylon is where major leaders of history founded one of the first major cities at the crossroads of civilization, where the Hanging Garden were built (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world), and where the first major laws were enacted. Hammurabi is probably the most important leader of Babylon, as his laws would be forerunners for all future...

You’re not quite building a world, not quite ending a world. You’re usually blowing it up. The modern action game, called the First Person Shooter (FPS) is an interesting amalgam of action films and epic stories. You can lose yourself in the gaming experience. This guide highlights how to enjoy the FPS gaming experience. Keywords: Halo, Doom, FPS, First Person Shooter, Gaming, X-Box Action Gamer: Halo, Doom, and FPS Gamer Experience By Jacob Malewitz You shoot. You kill. You don’t get arrested doing it. You run. You hide. You do get scared occasionally. The modern first person shooter is many things: part action story straight out of a Schwarzenegger film, part endless shooting, and part pure joy to play. It takes a different kind of mind to enjoy the FPS, the gaming experience that keeps on giving. This article focuses on enjoying yourself as an FPS gamer, with a few notes. Beginner’s Killings: Perhaps the rise of the first person shooter can be seen in “Castle Wolfenstein,” ...