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Myths - Dead or still relevant?

In today’s fast paced society, developing and sustaining a myth can prove to be quite difficult.  Joseph Campbell stated our myths are currently outdated and that we are living in a “myth-less” world.  Campbell’s theory is partly right.  Since our society questions everything, it can become hard for any myth to take ground.  There are television shows, “Mythbusters” on the Discovery Channel for instance, that investigates and tries to debunk many popular myths that we all know.  What I believe, however, is not that we are myth-less; our form of storytelling has changed...

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2000's Game Industry Event History Timeline

A tour through the 2000-2010 history of gaming.  View the Dipity timeline here.

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Personal Computers and their gaming appeal

In the late 80’s and early 90’s, home gaming consoles were the preferred method for playing games at home.  The gaming market had attracted millions of people and earned hundreds of millions of dollars for the companies developing the hardware and software for this market.  People would wait in line for hours for a chance at buying a new gaming console or new game.  The gaming market was on fire and the console wars had created a super market of advanced gaming systems as well as awesome games.  While the dedicated gaming consoles thrived during this time, the Personal Computer was silently sitting on the bench...

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