About - The Gamer Evolution

About The Gamer Evolution

The Gamer Evolution is a 30-minute news documentary, written and hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Smith. Through the documentary, many myths and stereotypes associated with being a gamer are examined in an attempt to discover the truth. Much of the current stereotypes associated with being a gamer are the result of negative stories in the various news-media, and often those are the only stories about gamers available to the public. Through this investigation, the truth of the 21st century gamer is exposed and the stereotypes debated and resolved. Over the last several decades, being a gamer has evolved, as has gaming itself. This is the story of The Gamer Evolution.

Credits

Written and Hosted by

Jeffrey S. Smith

Produced by

Jeffrey S. Smith

Rick Sykes

On-Line Edited by

Eric Limarenko

Off-Line Edited by

Ben Tigner

Cinematography by

Justin DuPrekel

Nick Kuiper

Eric Mithamo

Rick Sykes

Original Open and Close Music by

Roger “Buddy” Allman

Jeffrey S. Smith

Additional Music provided by freeplay.com

Sound and Graphics by

Jeffrey S. Smith

Eric Limarenko

Visual Effects and

Post-Production by

Ben Tigner

Eric Limarenko

X-Box image courtesy of

Get_It vis WikiCommons

Playstation3 image courtesy of

WillyF via Flickr: The Common

WoW Top Rankings Chart

courtesy of www.gameogre.com

City of Heroes footage

courtesy of Paragon Studios

Star Wars: The Old Republic footage

courtesy of BioWare Austin LLC

World of Warcraft footage

courtesy of Blizzard, Inc.

Animated Backgrounds

courtesy of

www.downloops.com

www.movietools.com

Thanks to

Annette Pratt

Marguerite Sykes

Sheri Bleam

Lesley Withers

Danily Yanich

Mike Christian

Pam Christian

Charles Groth

Tim Tilton

Buddy Allman

Chad Roberts

Trey Stohlman

Sarah Curry

The School of Broadcast

and Cinematic Arts at

Central Michigan

University

Special thanks to

Flame Enchantress

Queen of Hearts

KriegerFeuer

Hall of Heroes

Gawdzilla

Ancient Tree

Mad Hobbit

Natures’ Fury

Aldrazar

and

Sexy Sultan

for bringing everyone

together for the first time