Another example of the role model gaming character would be the character Oracle. She is formerly known as Bat Girl in the earlier Batman games, but she made her appearance as Oracle in Batman Arkham Knight game. Her real name was Barbara Gordon, daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon. Earlier, as a Batgirl, she used to fight against crime with his fighting ability. But In the game when Joker (The main antagonist of Batman) shot Barbara and then torture her in front of her father, the former police commissioner of the GCPD. Barbara Gordon somehow manages to survive that terrible moment of her life, but she becomes paralyzed from the lower part of her body. However, that accident was not able to stop her from fighting crime …show more content…
Firstly, Popular culture is simply culture which is widely favored or well liked by many people. Female character as the main protagonist of a game was started with Tomb Raider game series and people highly accepted that. Then a series of video games with female protagonist started to develop. The Video games like The Walking Dead, Life Is Strange, AC Liberation reflects the struggling life of a woman and the theme and the settings is very much well received by most of the gamers of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and also sometimes by most of their parents and psychologist and teachers of history courses. So this goes exactly to the definition of Storey as it was well liked by so many people by its popularity. A few people disliked these games because of having a female protagonist. According to storey the third way of defining popular culture is a 'mass culture'. Here I need to specify the most important one, and really what we comprehend about popular culture is that, "popular culture is 'mass culture'. This draws intensely on the past definition. The mass culture viewpoint will be the primary concentrate on this point. Really, if a class of individuals like something it can't be popular culture or something popular. At the point when the mass individuals accepted something than it can be considered as something popular …show more content…
As we all know that "Video Game" or "Virtual Sport" is one kind of art. Earlier this form of art was used to only entertain people and it was a tool of entertainment and also for passing the leisure time. However, now-a-days, many video games are not just a tool of entertainment, but also a tool to reform a society. The mentioned games earlier in this paper are some of them. The video game developers of these games didn't make these games for money alone, but also with a view to change the whole society and create a better place to live all the individuals equally. These games convey a very important message to the students, parents and teachers. It focuses on the very important issues of our society. In some of the high schools, colleges of Netherlands and Switzerland, The course instructors of History courses instructs their students to play Assassin's Creed games rather than only focuses on class notes to understand and visualize the historical events very deeply. Same theory goes to the Psychology Department of educational institutes as well. They suggested to play the games like The Walking Dead, Life Is Strange to improve the style of thinking and positive decision making.
The modern world is filled with different kinds of heroes. To some, heroes are sports figures who are winning not only on the playing field but also in life. To others, heroes are family members or in most cases fictional characters, (superheroes), who are fighting against evil. That being said everyone has a hero figure that he or she views as a role model, it is who they are striving to be like. An example of the modern hero that will be discussed in the remainder of this paper comes from The Batman Trilogy, which happens to be Batman himself.
intelligent. He is known for causing havoc in Gotham, where Batman resides. One of Batman's other villains is Bane, who also has a genius intellect and while using Venom, he has super strength. Someone who is commonly known fighting Superman is known as Doomsday who has super strength, invulnerability as well as Superman’s, super speed, healing factor, and he can bring himself back from the dead. Deathstroke is a common villain, who is very strong due to his enhanced strength and stamina, his great combat strategy, he is a weapon expert, he is a martial artist, and he is a skilled swordsman. Finally, commonly associated with the Flash, Captain Cold, who has a gun that has a cryogenic ability.
Nowadays, kids are fast learners, which makes it challenging for teachers to maintain students focused in school. For instance, video games are a kids best buy in these days, which irritates teachers because many kids play video games meanwhile, they are at school. The reason why video games are very popular in a kid’s world is because they deliver entertainment. Therefore; video game developers had found a way to keep kids well educated involving history and at the same time fun.
Video games can teach children many different life lessons. For instance, Games like “ultima forever” can teach you virtues of life, and by learning these children can become better people in life. Kids will learn these skills and use them in their daily life. In the article, “Ultima forever returns for kinder, gentler, thoughtful, gaming”, Kate Flack, lead designer for the game says “‘... They will start to recognize these same choices in their real life and become better people.’” This quote shows that the game ultima forever prepares children for
From the past till now, video game never loses its popularity, from Gameboy to Wii, and from NDS to LOL, millions and billions of people are obsessed with this imaginary world. Some of the video games are created for educational purpose, however, most are created for the people who wants to escape from reality. “In a national Harris Poll survey of 1,178 American youths (ages 8-18), ISU Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile found nearly one in 10 of the gamers (8.5 percent) to be pathological players.” ("Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) ") Not only the statistic shows the high rate of addiction towards video games, terrible consequences of the addictions are more than enough to be served. For example, an extreme case of an Chinese kid called Xioyi suicide because he lose in one of his game on December 27, 2004; where he left a note that said he wanted “to join the heroes of the game he worshiped.” Video game has the potential to ruin a person’s life, as well as their family, or even the
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may be taking a lot of heavy criticism for the film as a whole, but it looks like critics agree that one of the best parts of the movie was Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince and her jaw-dropping entrance as Wonder Woman. Now the woman who played the Amazonian princess wants to make sure Wonder Woman comes back in a big way, and she wants to bring in “more female superheroes!”
A character I am analyzing today is Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) from the television show, Gotham. I'll analyze this character by stating if he is a round or flat , dynamic or static, and minor or major character in the television show.
According to the Merriam-Webster, the word ‘hero’ is defined as “A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities” or “A person who is greatly admired”. When I read the definitions, the two people that seemed to pop up in my head were my Mother and Father. They may not be the type of hero Batman is or maybe even Ulysses, but they’re their own kind of hero. They’re MY heroes. They may not have superpowers or save the world from villains as your typical ‘hero’ would but instead have helped and supported me my whole life through thick and thin, which is more important to me than anything else.
We all have a hero or heroes that defined our childhoods. Sometimes people don’t admit it, but a person like me, I got no problem telling you all the heroes I grew up with. I remember watching the 1992 animated series of Batman and I enjoyed it so much that my parent bought some Batman action figures which include his sidekick Robin, his iconic arch nemesis the Joker, etc. Although Batman is a hero I grew up, Robin is one of my personal heroes. This apply to any Robins like Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, etc. Each of these people who took up the persona had an interesting role. Jason Todd (The second Robin), was killed by the Joker, but in a shocking way for which was a response to the fans petition for Todd to be killed off in the comics,
Morality is defined as being principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior (“Morality”). Most heroes are seen in a very controversial light, but Batman takes the cake. Bruce Wayne, or Batman, is a vigilante hero who is looking for vengeance for his parents’ deaths. Wayne has been known to kill many people in the comics and in some of the movies and TV shows. Batman is a case of morality because he makes people question what is appropriate in messy situations.
Simulated violence in video games or role playing games are taking over the minds of kids and teens in the new age world. This informational text includes five different reasons why violent games are bad and one possible reason why violent games could possibly be good for kids and teens. In other words this paper is about how atrocious simulated violence in games is terrible the the kids and teens of today.
Everyone believes in something, sometimes it's obvious, other times it's not. Whether it's religious, self-made or beat into someone's head by their parents, everybody lives their life by
However, video game technology can greatly improve the ways human interact with their environments in terms of the overall learning process. There is much to be observed and studied in order to perfectly synergize video game technology to precisely benefit humankind. However, this analysis sought to bring to light, research looking into potential benefits in order maximize the learning potential humans could potentially have. There were certain examples supplied which suggested that
Batman is one of the many fictional superheroes which appears in the “American comic books” that is published by the DC comics. The character is a secret identity for Bruce Wayne, the only heir to Wayne Enterprises. Bruce Wayne swore an oath of vengeance when he witnessed the death of his parents;Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne (Diamond, 2015). Bat man combats criminals in Gotham: a fictional city, with assistance from various characters, for example, his butler Alfred and Gordon; Gotham city police commissioner. Unlike many of the superheroes characters, Batman possesses no powers .Bruce Wayne trained himself intellectually and physically .it is from dedication to training he possessed the useful traits of physical prowess, martial arts skills, detective skills and indomitable will to fight for justice. Though his motive is to combat crime and protect people of Gotham city from criminals, the justice system in most of the times views Batman as a villain and vigilante. He can inflict fear to Gotham city criminals thereby bringing calmness to the city. I identify myself with the Batman character through his selfless will for justice, his strong determination to do good
All that is required is just skillfully managing the keyboard. Computer life is so exciting, that sometimes people are not concerned so much on events that occur in reality, as on what is happening in the virtual world. Where, by passing different levels and achieving any success, player feels how great and powerful he is. With each passing day, the video game industry progresses, giving us the better opportunity to fully enjoy the scene. The purpose of this essay is to prove that video games bring more harm than benefits to children. Firstly in this essay, negative effects will be considered, after that it will review benefits of video games, and finally give recommendations to parents, how not to allow games to negatively influence their children.