Philips Magnavox Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Trigger Happy User Manual
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Out of control.........................................................109
4 ELECTRIC SHEEP ...............................................119
The gift of sound and vision ..................................122
CinÉ qua non? ........................................................130
Camera obscura......................................................142
You’ve been framed...............................................153
5 NEVER-ENDING STORIES.................................161
A tale of two cities .................................................161
Back to the future...................................................166
How many roads must a man walk down . . . ........172
Erase and rewind....................................................176
Cracked actors........................................................181
Talking it over........................................................187
The play’s the thing ...............................................192
Tie me up, tie me down..........................................195
6 SOLID GEOMETRY.............................................199
Vector class............................................................199
The art of the new ..................................................204
Pushing the boundaries ..........................................206
Points of view ........................................................213
Being there .............................................................217
The user illusion.....................................................226
The third way .........................................................233
Brave new worlds ..................................................236
7 FALSE IDOLS.......................................................240
Dress code..............................................................240
Virtual megalocephaly ...........................................244
Gender genres ........................................................250
Character building..................................................258
Some say life’s the thing . . . ..................................267
8 THE PLAYER OF GAMES ..................................271
Tiny silver balls......................................................271