{"id":8749,"date":"2023-01-25T13:38:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/pushing-buttons-why-the-force-is-still-strong-with-star-wars-video-games\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:38:35","slug":"pushing-buttons-why-the-force-is-still-strong-with-star-wars-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/pushing-buttons-why-the-force-is-still-strong-with-star-wars-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Why the force is still strong with Star Wars video games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: For 45 years, the sci-fi series has influenced the visual and narrative language of countless games, not just films \u2013 and shows no signs of slowing down<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the top 10 list of my favourite-ever video game moments \u2013 a list that changes radically every year or so \u2013 there are two absolute immovables. And they both involve Star Wars. The first time I sat in the beautifully elaborate arcade cabinet of Atari\u2019s 1983 Star Wars game and experienced its thrilling depiction of the Death Star assault was a life-changing moment in an otherwise unremarkable holiday in Blackpool. Those crisp vector-based visuals, resonant voice samples (\u201cYahoooo\u201d) and minimalist electronic version of the famous score? To a boy who watched the film practically every week on video it was a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Much later, in 1996, I was a young writer for Edge magazine visiting Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, for a feature on their Direct X graphics technology. After the interviews they took me to a new multiplayer gaming centre in the city; it was a roomful of pods, each housing a state of the art PC and flight controls. There we played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2020\/oct\/07\/star-wars-squadrons-review-vr-xwing-pilot\">X-Wing vs Tie Fighter<\/a>, a breathtaking simulation of aerial combat, where we weaved between Star Destroyers, chatting over headsets, indulging in team-based space battles for hours. This experience convinced me that online multiplayer was the future and would change the industry forever.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/jan\/25\/pushing-buttons-star-wars-video-games\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2d236770750889508e9bb1a96f38bdf137f94306\/0_0_2560_1536\/master\/2560.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=01660eeed2fd9ba64f455631d70ad739\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: Why the force is still strong with Star Wars video games\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: For 45 years, the sci-fi series has influenced the visual and narrative language of countless games, not just films \u2013 and shows no signs of slowing down<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nIn the top 10 list of my favourite-ever video game moments \u2013 a list that changes radically every year or so \u2013 there are two absolute immovables. And they both involve Star Wars. The first time I sat in the beautifully elaborate arcade cabinet of Atari\u2019s 1983 Star Wars game and experienced its thrilling depiction of the Death Star assault was a life-changing moment in an otherwise unremarkable holiday in Blackpool. Those crisp vector-based visuals, resonant voice samples (\u201cYahoooo\u201d) and minimalist electronic version of the famous score? To a boy who watched the film practically every week on video it was a dream come true.<br \/>\nMuch later, in 1996, I was a young writer for Edge magazine visiting Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, for a feature on their Direct X graphics technology. After the interviews they took me to a new multiplayer gaming centre in the city; it was a roomful of pods, each housing a state of the art PC and flight controls. There we played X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, a breathtaking simulation of aerial combat, where we weaved between Star Destroyers, chatting over headsets, indulging in team-based space battles for hours. This experience convinced me that online multiplayer was the future and would change the industry forever. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: For 45 years, the sci-fi series has influenced the visual and narrative language of countless games, not just films \u2013 and shows no signs of slowing down Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In the top 10 list of my favourite-ever video game moments \u2013 a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/pushing-buttons-why-the-force-is-still-strong-with-star-wars-video-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing Buttons: Why the force is still strong with Star Wars video games<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}