Video games are including female characters at an unprecedented rate, and this is reflective of the popular culture’s evolving depiction of gender equality. One of the very first video games ever created was Pong in the early 1970’s. The goal was to use the paddle to hit the ball past the opponent and score. When evaluating these early games…
When a video goes viral on Youtube, the person who produced the video is bombarded by advertisers asking if they can sponsor them. Companies will send free stuff and hope kids will promote it in their videos. Marketers want to promote themselves on these viral videos because of the sheer volume of people who view them. Teenagers are making increasingly attention grabbing videos in order to become famous in the digital world. Gaining “likes”…
Sherry Turkle and Jane McGonigal once stated that we as humans thrive on nothing more than the physical aspect behind social media and video games. We as humans want to be a part of something bigger and better and we want to leave a mark on this world. We are the generation that is attached and connected to our technology and without out technology, we would be nothing. We need the reassurance that we are liked in this community. People are constantly needing to check their phones to see…
challenge. Without visual and audio elements I felt I had trouble communicating with the reader. My remediation into a prezi uses a combination of videos and images to present the consequences of playing football. To support my claims I use evidence from expert researchers and certified doctors. Prezi’s template allowed me to incorporate videos from youtube and outside sources to communicate by using the visual mode to the reader. By cutting short clips of the documentary “League of Denial”…
How did you connect with your friends, did you have fun filled game nights or would you play with some toys? In his essay “Why Video Games Should be Played with Friends, Not Online Strangers”, Bo Moore, a culture and entertainer writer, claims that gaming is a way for people to connect and have fun no matter what the game is. Whereas in the essay “Toys”, Roland Barthes, a literary theorist from france, state 's that toys are simply for users and owners and that people are never creators.…
enter your "funnel" until they become a paying customer at the bottom. Instead of labeling it as a "sales funnel," I prefer to call it the "success funnel" mainly because the success of my video production business is determined by the effectiveness of this process. At the top of the funnel, I have networking, video marketing, social media and emails. These are the tools that I use to get prospects into my funnel so that I can eventually move them down the line to become a paying customer.…
to put in hard work. Now I’m going to show a video of someone who believes that even with talent, we still need to work hard. John Legend Watch the video clip, Grit 3-2 John Legend Music Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHL63bUuFk (:51) Video Overview: By…
Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter David J. Dzumba PSYC 2600: Interpersonal Behavior University of North Texas Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Abstract There are many famous couples in the music industry, but none as successful as Beyoncé and Jay-Z . They have been together 15 years, married nine of those years, have three children, and earned $107.5…
I wasn’t much of an outdoorsy type of person, I would rather be watching television or playing a video game in my house. Growing up my older brother and sister seemed to always be outside playing basketball or football or swimming in the pool. My sister was involved in basketball with school for a lot of time, but then took up tennis and became very skilled at it. My brother would always be outside playing sport with friends and would do recreation leagues for sports like basketball and flag…
that can be played on apple computers requires them to almost fully recode the game and all but the bigger publishers unfortunately don't have have the staff or money to make what is usually two different games. It's also because in the market for video games PC owners make up the vast majority of players so it’s just not worth it for almost all developers to make games compatible with apple…