Video Games

Students Demo Oculus Rift VR System

May 2, 2015 | Cinema & New Media Arts

We’re always looking forward to what opportunities technology will unlock for the next generation of storytellers and artists. This last week, our Cinema & New Media Arts students tried out HBU’s new Oculus Rift VR system …

Graphic Novelist Doug TenNapel Joins Faculty

July 11, 2013 | Houston Baptist University

Earthworm Jim creator Doug TenNapel joins HBU faculty

Houston, TX — Noted animator, game designer, and graphic novelist Doug TenNapel is the newest addition to Houston Baptist University’s Cinema & New Media Arts program. For nearly …

Are Video Games the Next Art Form?

June 5, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Noah Davis at Pacific Standard considers the evolving artistic complexity of video games:

PERHAPS IRONICALLY, THE GROWTH of video games may help the general population talk about other forms of art, specifically interactive art. They present …

Video Games Open Friday at MOMA

March 6, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Brian Crecente at Polygon writes,

“Video games invade the Museum of Modern Art in New York City this year, sharing space with the likes of Andy Warhol’s Tomato Soup Cans, Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night and …