

Crash Course Games - Season 1 Episode 22 Open World Games
Season - Episode
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1 - 1What is a Game? Apr 01, 2016
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1 - 2Ancient Games Apr 08, 2016
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1 - 3The Dawn of Video Games Apr 15, 2016
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1 - 4Atari and the Business of Video Games Apr 22, 2016
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1 - 5The First Home Consoles May 06, 2016
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1 - 6The Video Game Crash of 1983 May 13, 2016
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1 - 7Nintendo and a New Standard for Video Games May 20, 2016
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1 - 8Sega and More Mature Video Games May 28, 2016
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1 - 9Playstation and More Immersive Video Games Jun 04, 2016
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1 - 10Microsoft and Connected Consoles Jun 10, 2016
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1 - 11Casual Gaming Jun 17, 2016
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1 - 12MMORPGs Jun 24, 2016
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1 - 13Card Games Jul 09, 2016
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1 - 14Board Games Jul 16, 2016
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1 - 15Educational Games Jul 23, 2016
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1 - 16Psychology of Gaming Jul 30, 2016
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1 - 17The Olympics, FIFA, and why we love sports Aug 05, 2016
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1 - 18Role-playing Games Aug 19, 2016
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1 - 19Game Design Sep 02, 2016
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1 - 20PC Gaming Sep 09, 2016
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1 - 21The Future of Virtual Reality Sep 23, 2016
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1 - 22Open World Games Oct 01, 2016
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1 - 23Handhelds Oct 08, 2016
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1 - 24Input Devices Oct 22, 2016
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1 - 25The History of Game Shows Oct 28, 2016
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1 - 26LARP Nov 11, 2016
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1 - 27Gambling Nov 19, 2016
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1 - 28The Pokémon Phenomenon Dec 07, 2016
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1 - 29The Future of Gaming Dec 16, 2016
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0 - 1Crash Course Games Preview Mar 25, 2016
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0 - 2Outtakes #1 Jul 01, 2016
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0 - 3Outtakes #2 Sep 17, 2016
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0 - 4Outtakes #3 Dec 23, 2016
Overview
Today we’re going to talk about open world games. Open world games are different than most video games because although they often have goals and tasks, they usually encourage what is known as “emergent stories.” These are stories that weren’t planned by the game creators, but players create within the constructs of the game. And this leads to a completely different type of gameplay encouraging players to explore as well as socialize with others. Now, these types of games have been around for a while, but within the past couple decades they’ve seen incredible growth with games like Minecraft, Skyrim, and Grand Theft Auto, and this isn’t by accident - open world game also mirror the growth of the hardware that supports them.