The essay in which "A Modest Video Game Proposal" alludes to was published in what year?
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A Modest Video Game Proposal A Modest Video Game Proposal is the title of an open letter sent by activist/former attorney Jack Thompson to members of the press and to Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein on October 10, 2005. He proposed that, if someone could "create, manufacture, distribute, and sell a video game in 2006" that allows players to play the scenario he has written, in which the character kills video game developers, he will donate $10,000 to the charity of former Take-Two Interactive chairman Paul Eibeler's choosing. The title of the letter alludes to Jonathan Swift's 18th century satire essay "A Modest Proposal".
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A Modest Proposal A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general.
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Dungeons &amp; Dragons controversies "Dungeons & Dragons" controversies concern the role-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D"), which has received significant attention in the media and in popular culture. The game has received negative coverage, especially during the game's early years in the early 1980s. Because the term "D&D" may be mistakenly used to refer to all types of role-playing games, some controversies regarding "D&D" actually pertain to role-playing games in general, or to the literary genre of fantasy.
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PC Gamer PC Gamer is a magazine founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc. The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games magazines in their respective countries. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods, "classic" games and various other topics.
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Politics (essay) "Politics" is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is part of his "Essays: Second Series", published in 1844. A premier philosopher, poet and leader of American transcendentalism, he used this essay to belie his feelings on government, specifically American government. His impact on New England thought and his views on pragmatism influenced the likes of Henry David Thoreau, Orestes Brownson, and Frederich Nietzsche, among others.
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Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants: Essays on Literature, Film, and History is a 1996 essay collection by L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by Borgo Press as no. 26 in the series "I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy & Criticism of Literature". The title essay "Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants" (retitled in this collection) was originally published in the magazine "Analog Science Fiction and Fact", in the issue for mid-December 1987.
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VideoGames &amp; Computer Entertainment VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (abbreviated as VG&CE) was an American magazine dedicated to covering video games on computers, home consoles and arcades. It was published by LFP, Inc. from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Offering game reviews, previews, game strategies and cheat codes as well as coverage of the general industry, "VG&CE" was also one of the first magazines to cover both home console and computer games. The magazine gave out annual awards in a variety of categories, divided between the best of home video games and computer video games. The magazine was known for its artwork by Alan Hunter and other freelance artists.
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Federalist No. 26 Federalist No. 26 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the twenty-sixth of "The Federalist Papers". It was published on December 22, 1787 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all "The Federalist" papers were published. This is the first of three essays discussing the threat to the common good stemming from excessive restraint on legislative authority. It is titled, "The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered."
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List of Martin Gardner Mathematical Games columns Over a period of 24 years (January 1957 – December 1980), Martin Gardner wrote 288 consecutive "Mathematical Games" columns for "Scientific American" magazine. Subsequently, he alternated with other authors, producing 9 more columns under that title (February 1981 – June 1986), for a total of 297. These are listed in chronological order below.
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Jim Sterling James Nicholas Stanton (born 1 January 1984), better known by his pen name Jim Sterling, is a British freelance video game journalist, critic, and pundit. Prior to becoming completely independent in September 2014 through crowdfunding, Sterling was the review editor for "Destructoid" and an author for "The Escapist." His current YouTube series include "The Jimquisition", "Jimpressions", "Best of Steam Greenlight Trailers", "Greenlight Good Stuff", "itch.io Tasty", "Nitpick Theater", "Oh My Gawd Hype!", "The Videogame Show What I've Done" and "Boglinwatch".
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Pocket Gamer Pocket Gamer is a video game website that focuses on handheld video games. The site launched in 2005 and is published by Steel Media. The publication covers all major portable and mobile gaming formats, including iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, PlayStation Vita and the various versions of the Nintendo DS, and was one of the first to cover the iPhone and iPod Touch gaming markets. As well as the website, the publication hands out awards for handheld games to recognize them in several categories. The British newspaper "The Guardian" periodically syndicates a list of recommended mobile video games from "Pocket Gamer" in their own newspaper, especially the list of recommended games for each month.
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Stephen Glicker Stephen Glicker is a video game designer, programmer and blogger. He founded his first company, "Creative Simulations", in 1986. During this time he wrote, designed, programmed and published his first computer game "Mall Maniacs" for the Apple II computer system.
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Federalist No. 72 Federalist No. 72 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-second of "The Federalist Papers". It was published on March 19, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius. The paper discusses executive re-eligibility and is the sixth in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers the Executive branch.
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Gonzalo Frasca Gonzalo Frasca (born 1972) is a game designer and academic researcher focusing on serious and political videogames. His weblog, Ludology.org, was an important publication during the early 2000s for academic researchers studying video games (see ludology for more information). The concept of ludology refers to the study of the videogame medium in terms of its defining aspects, such as game rule and mechanics. For many years, Frasca also co-published Watercoolergames with Ian Bogost, a blog about serious games.
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Federalist No. 36 Federalist No. 36 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the thirty-sixth of "The Federalist Papers". It was published on January 8, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all "The Federalist" papers were published. This is the last of seven essays by Hamilton on the then-controversial issue of taxation. It is titled, "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation."
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Play Meter Play Meter is an American trade magazine focusing on the coin-op and arcade game industry. It was founded in December 1974 by publisher and editor Ralph C. Lally II and it is published in physical form by Skybird Publishing on a monthly basis. "Play Meter" has published several bi-monthly and annual special issues throughout its history and it maintains a website where online content is also published monthly. The magazine is generally regarded as the premier trade magazine of the American video game industry and as the earliest example of video game journalism, establishing such practices as individual video game reviews and the ten-point assessment scale for video game reviews.
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The Limits of Individual Plasticity "The Limits of Individual Plasticity" is a short essay written by science fiction author H.G. Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) in 1895. In it, H.G. Wells speculates his theories
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On Denoting "On Denoting" is an essay by Bertrand Russell. It was published in the philosophy journal "Mind" in 1905. In it, Russell introduces definite and indefinite descriptions, formulates descriptivism with regard to proper names, and characterises proper names as "disguised" or "abbreviated" definite descriptions.
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Bill Kunkel (gaming) Bill Kunkel (July 21, 1950 – September 4, 2011) was a graphic novelist, and pioneering professional wrestling and video game journalist and critic from the 1970s until his death in the early 2010s. During his time working with the video game industry, Kunkel authored numerous strategy guides, co-designed several video games, served as an expert witness in three court cases, and taught courses in Game Design for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Kunkel served as the executive editor of "Electronic Games Magazine" and the editor-in-chief of "Tips & Tricks" magazine, writing columns and comics for several magazines and game sites. He often wrote under nicknames, the most common of which were "The Game Doctor" (for video game topics), and "Potshot" (for professional wrestling topics).
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Video Games: The Movie Video Games: The Movie is a documentary film by Jeremy Snead about video games. After Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns in 2012 and 2013 respectively, the film was released in 2014.
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Behavioral game theory Behavioral game theory analyzes interactive strategic decisions and behavior using the methods of game theory, experimental economics, and experimental psychology. Experiments include testing deviations from typical simplifications of economic theory such as the independence axiom and neglect of altruism, fairness, and framing effects. As a research program, the subject is a development of the last three decades. Traditional game theory focuses on mathematical equilibriums, utility maximizing, and rational choice; in contrast, behavioral game theory focuses on choices made by participants in studies and is game theory applied to experiments. Choices studied in behavioral game theory are not always rational and do not always represent the utility maximizing choice.
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Rawson Stovall Rawson Law Stovall (born January 9, 1972) is a video game producer, and the first nationally syndicated reviewer of video games in the United States. His column first appeared in 1982 in the West Texas newspaper the "Abilene Reporter-News" under the title "Video Beat". The following year, the "San Jose Mercury News" picked up the column and promoted Stovall, eleven years old at the time, as the "Vid Kid". Soon after, Stovall's video game reviews appeared in newspapers across the United States, under the auspices of the Universal Press Syndicate, and Doubleday published "The Vid Kid's Book of Home Video Games" in 1984.Rawson Stovall Interview - Syfygames 2015