Thursday, December 8, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Pro_Proposal
I propose to use both types of medium for my project including: World of Warcraft and SecondLife.
I plan to explore the worlds mimicking the same actions across the mediums with two separate computers side by side. For example when I jump in second life my friend will be jumping in WoW.
I plan to explore things like fighting, walking, jumping, speaking or communicating and many more basic movements, emotes, or actions. I plan on documenting my partner’s experience and my experience inside the worlds and the different engines.
There will be a small script to allow easy flow of the video and I plan on editing a QuickTime movie for my final project/presentation.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Simulacra_and_Simulation
In Baudrillard’s “Simulacra and Simulation”, many topics are discussed in this reading.
As I began to read the text, it seemed to regurgitate the same wordy phrases over and over again. It speaks of truth and lies along with God and the army. The first couple of pages were quite confusing yet alone a mouthful. My response to this reading is very different from my other responses.
It seems to reference some bigger idea that the text does not clearly explain. Specifically, it seems as if it is a code for some reason. There does not seem to be a specific audience because the reading is constantly jumping from one subject to another without keeping an organized flow of ideas and executions.
In the end it speaks of simultaneous energies exploding on some impact because of the growth of power and energy reacting among itself. Conjoining forces reacting among each other to produce something far greater in potential and power that what is actually known about a specific subject.
Basically, we are all going to blow up someday, just how many more way can we talk about the apocolypse.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Second_Life response
SecondLife presents another type of video game that isn’t among most genres. Like World of Warcraft and also Diablo II, you can choose your characters attributes to a certain extent.
In SecondLife, you can actually buy clothes and accessories with the online currency. Now depending on whether or not your into spending money on games is whether or not you will or not.
To me the experience was quite to my surprise. The online capabilities of this game are numerous. There are chat capabilities as well as giant and expansive worlds. There are no quests nor achievements or advancing in the game per say. The interaction with other players can be amusing and very expressional. Usually when I buy or download a game, there is some kind of initiative that sparks my interest. Whether it be the game play or the hype of the game. For SecondLife, it does not spark my interest. The lack of objectives in the game to me seems unsatisfactory.
The worlds in SecondLife are expansive and imaginative. There are malls, art galleries, swimming pools, stadiums, and all of the above. SecondLife has a build mode and you can build anything imaginable. Although there are millions of choices of things to do, there is unfortunately limited quality in the game itself. The graphics are hard and rough compared to many other games I have played on computers, PC’s, Playstations, XBOX, etc.
SecondLife in other senses is very extensive. There are unlimited things you can do with the spaces as well as the environment. Objects can be saved into the worlds. You can create them parks and skate parks, playgrounds and even a circus.
It gets boring really quick.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Pwns the World: WoW
After playing WoW for about 2 weeks I have many things to discuss.
I have played only one game that compares to World of Warcraft and that is
Diablo II. Many of the decisions you make in both of these games are quite the same including which character role you choose and how you build your character with stats and abilities. Gear such as weapons, clothes, and jewelry are such items you come upon in the game.
You immerse yourself in these games and for myself, I enjoy fulfilling the game objectives as well as create an interesting persona in the online multiplayer community.
There are so many opportunities to change the way you enjoy gaming and World of Warcraft as by far created an outrageous community for its online community. Forums, Clans, Clubs and many other types of organizations and groups are immersed in the game, even classrooms.
The world itself is epic and the decision to either go “Alliance” or “Horde” claims something about a person whether or not they are trying to create an altar ego or there own super hero. Coming across a few of these interactions with these so called “enemies” have proven to be noteworthy.
In the online world you have thrown yourself at the dogs. If you are new to a game that has been out for quite some time, it is difficult sometimes to start out. Higher level characters sometime pose threats to lower level characters. In “call of duty”, the higher level characters receive more choices as far as gun selection and perks.
In World of Warcraft, each character decision places you in a specific spot of the world on the map. Some might say that creating a certain class of character could be more diffictult depending on the percentage of people choosing a class. Games like WoW and Diablo II are far more enjoyable to me with Clans or Friends inside the game to explore together.
Monday, August 29, 2011
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