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This shows the wide verity of this game which adds more to the reason why this game is magnificent. You might ask how this information applies to his thesis: “Why video games matter?” All of this information provides logical facts that interest gamers around the world. The game provides a traditional narrative that allows for an experience framed in terms of wandering and lonesomeness, a purpose that is needed.

The author of this essay, is not intending to persuade the reader to feel a type of way. What he is expressing ideally are his opinions on said games. Yet, one is somewhat persuaded, because of how he speaks, clarifies, and uses rhetoric in his writing. It really makes someone want to stop what they are doing and get on the nearest gaming system. In fact, it is consolidating to know that he isn’t characterizing the game as just a game, but an aesthetic and an art. Tom Bissell questions himself, “To what part of me do games speak, and on which frequency (361)?” We all would like to know the answer to this question, because there have been so many games, some good and some awful. However, we as a world continue to try and try again. Some of the appeals that Bissell uses in his argument were emotional and descriptive. Basically, in the entire article he described to the audience in intimate detail the world of

According to Mary Flanagan and Helen Nissenbaum “all games express and embody human values.” Throughout all of chapter one in “Values at Play in Digital Games” both authors express their beliefs on the power behind videogames. According to them, one can learn an incredible amount about someone's beliefs and ideas based on how they play. From the way they make their characters to the different actions they commit, it all expresses their beliefs and values. One can even understand game developers opinions based on how and what kind of game they make.

What makes a good game is the feeling of reward mixed in with immersion. If a game can make you feel a sense of reward, whether it be hitting a two bit ball into a goal or capturing the enemy flag, then it's doing something right. Examples of games that do this for me are Rainbow Six Siege, The Stanley Parable, World of Warships. I always find that time races by when I play around and I tend to feel anxious and aware because of the stimulation the game gives your mind. Whether it’s healthy or not is debatable, but it definitely makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something in the time you sat down to play.

David Perry presents an argument suggesting that video games are better than real life. Perry does not clearly provide a thesis stating that games are indeed better than life, but he provides a great amount of information about the beauty of video games and mentions nothing but positive aspects of them. Perry believes that new videogames will be a complex, emotional experience that will have the ability to be more engaging and meaningful than real life. His argument is weak because it lacks supporting evidence, he does not address other viable options, and he does not provide and clear thesis to his argument.

Although it might seem wise to break immersion in all games, as Gotterbarn justly notes, immersion can have a positive influence too. Gotterbarn correctly states that "sometimes the impact [of immersion] is positive and useful" as social learning in videogames can give rise to "intrinsic motivation... so powerful that [players] are motivated to learn, and even search for solutions outside the game"(369-370) . Basically what he is saying is people can get so immersed in a game that their brain records the action as if it were actually being performed. I can personally attest to this, I used to play this game called Misamata which was about a scientist that washes up on a island with a plague and has to discover the cure for humanity and himself.

In Trigger Happy, the author Steven Poole elaborates on the many aspects of video games, ultimately revealing them as complex. Poole covers in this book his explanations on the purpose of video games, past influences, art and icons, and a number of other fascinating details, along with his own opinions on video games. Besides revealing the reason for playing, Poole’s details on games ultimately serve to show the author’s positive opinion on the subject, along with his argument against the negative viewpoint of critics, who regard them being a waste of time and being detrimental for one’s mental health. One important point that Poole continues to stress is the importance of engagement between the game and the player;

The game seeks to trick us for a time into abandoning what is real (home) and focus on what is inside our monitors and T.V.s. Baudrillard spoke on the process of a simulated reality in a multi-step process. “In the first case, the image is a good appearance – representation is of the sacramental order.” This can be related to the early days of video games when they used cathode ray tubes to project pixelated images onto a curved glass scene. Video games where very new, and exciting. “In the second, it is an evil appearance – it is of the order of maleficence. This can be related to games starting about 15 years ago till today. Video games were and still are thought to be a source of violence in people. Many view them as a waste of time and that they detriment a person. Though this mentality is starting to fade as we shift towards the third order “In the third, it plays at being an appearance – it is of the order of sorcery”. Technology is starting to advance to the point that anyone without training in the field cannot understand what is going on. As myths about video games negative appearance are being debunked or confirmed their negative aspects are getting swallowed up by the more exciting advancements in the fields. “In the fourth, it is no longer of the order of appearances but of simulation.” At this level the video game stops being a game, and starts to become a part of everyday life (home). For as much as some may dedicate their whole lives to games, in the

Rhetorical Analysis 1 The critical article “Video games can never be art” was written by Roger Ebert, who was a famous American film critic. Ebert was a very popular and well celebrated journalist and film critic in his field. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, which is the highest honor in journalism (rogerebert.com and Wikipedia). This article is about Roger Ebert’s critical analysis of Kellee Santiago, a professional video game designer, presentation about video games as already being a form of art.

It can be seen on TV shows like “survivor” or “Naked and Afraid” how people’s emotions take over and they do things that aren’t normal for them because they are taken away from society. This kind of change is seen when a character in Lord of the Flies named Jack comes to the island civil, but when he leaves he is not himself anymore. William Goulding uses Ralph and Jack to argue that mankind becomes savage when removed from the pressures of a civilized society.

You are stuck into this life that you have absolutely no control over. Or in other words, fate. The final example of this theme is the world controller. This quite literally is showing fate. Depending on what the world controller chooses, is the life these people will leave.

So by playing video games you learn how to analyze each choice you make to see if the overall outcome is beneficial. He also states that many videogames now allow it players to “build, design, and populate”. This gives the gamer the ability to be creative and expand their mind. “Dream Machine” all in all defends the use of videogames by stating the favorable characteristics of gaming - “creativity, community, self-esteem, problem-solving”. The author uses his authority and knowledge of video games to display a position towards video games that most people have never seen before.

Just as some people may prefer different artistic styles and techniques, video games can provide something for everyone - no matter what your preference may be. If cartoonistic drawings make you smile, there are games like Pac Man, Mario Bros, Animal Crossing to suit your taste. If cubism is more to your liking, try on Tetris, 1010, or Minecraft. If you truly enjoy realistic art, you may marvel at the scenery of Skyrim. If you think surrealism is superb, check out The Stanley Parable.. This amount of variety is achieved only by the amount of video game designers and “More makers means more variety”

Many video games use visuals to mentally immerse gamers into a virtual world filled with seemingly living, breathing people, animals, or cities. According to Michael Samyn and Auriea Harvey, game designers for Tale of Tales, video games increasingly develop into a true medium of artistic expression (Lamb). In just forty years, video games transformed from an abuse of the new computer for entertainment purposes into a sophisticated form of popular art. The development of video games recently produced results that arguably equal other similar, representational arts. Video games share many qualities with other forms of art, but they are also artistically significant in their own way. “This seems to be something

A large gap exists between the public's perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from fiction.