The Horror Of Action Adventure

Tom Bissell, in his essay, “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” has described video games and how they are unique and different from movies, books, or even interactive films. Bissell says “I came to accept that games were incompetent with almost every aspect of what I would call traditional narrative.” This is showing the readers that even though there is a plot and story line, as characters can control and alter the story line or outcome by what you do or see throughout the game.

The genre of this novel is adventure. The novel’s purpose is to entertain. The audience for this novel is all genders, ages 6-13.

Children play these games not because they enjoy the violence, but because these cowboys, indians, and superheroes posses qualities that set them apart as ideal citizens. In order for one to have courage, there must be something to fear and overcome, often times that something is represented by violence, either in the form of a war or a violent enemy. But why is this such a big part of the American Dream, and why is it that heroes are so admired?

Throughout history man kind has always searched for ways to entertain himself, each time developing new activities and games. Video games have become a very popular way to spend time and have fun from the 1970’s up to now. With new developments appeared different video game genres from adventure to racing, but the violent video games appear to be the most popular ones (Shin, 2003), for example: shooters, fighting and video games where you have to eliminate, destroy, or kill your enemies.

Authors of all genres try to incorporate suspense and tension in their works to make the reader desperate for more information and answers. This is especially important for action-packed genres. Glancing at Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game,” the title itself brings a level of suspense and interest from the reader. How is Connell able to create the most important tributes of powerful books? Delving into more specifics, Connell utilizes foreshadowing and reader uncertainty in order to generate tension between the story and the helpless reader.

Superhero movies have been on the rise lately. These movies are often looked at as entertainment for people who play Dungeons and Dragons and are simply mindless pleasure; however, this is not the case. The reason behind the popularity of superhero movies is more than just the want of the common comic book reader. The superhero movie industry has made a sharp incline in popularity; in fact there are more superhero movies now than ever before. A website called Fights, Tights and Movie Nights listed all of the superhero movies made since the 1980’s by year and these were their findings. In the 1980’s an average of three to four super movies came out a year. In the 1990’s these movies were made on average five to six times per year. In the 2000’s the movies doubled to 12-13 produced on average each year. Today, 2010’s, the average number of superhero movies has again doubled in size with it now resting at twenty-two to twenty-three superhero movies made on average each year. The drastic increase of the number of superhero movies leaves the average movie attendee wondering why they are seeing this spike of superhero movies. The increase of superhero movies can be contributed to a few key factors: the advances of technology in the movie industry, the movie genre’s adaption to be socially relevant, and the characters now possessing more humanistic qualities (Fights…).

As the hero enters the outside world, he or she learns of new rules unlike those of the ordinary world from which the hero comes from. These rules are quickly respected as their strength, patience, and determination are tested time and time

The video games and zombies industries are dominating. Everyone, children and adults are enjoying them, weather it is on a computer, cell phones, internet, tablets, magazine, comics, or game consoles. Video games give people freedom from the world filled with responsibilities and hard work. As Jane McGonigal convey in her article “Reality is Broken” that how virtual world is fulfilling human needs. In reality people are not being themselves, they are not doing what they want to do; they are doing what they are told to do. To people to make their lives better and healthy they need to forget the world around them for a while and play video games an d watch zombie movies. It is a way of relaxing your mind. As Max Brooks tells in his article “The movies that rose from the grave” how zombie genera is entertaining people. Stress and hardships are part of

In addition, action and videogame enthusiast can expect a thrilling ride of supernatural physical and psychological abilities,

Everyone enjoys fun, and what better way to have fun than participating in the activities you love? Gaming is one of the many favored ways to escape the reality of one’s life and enter into a surrealistic one, which is made from the imaginative thoughts of the game’s developer. Throughout its approximately thirty-year lifespan of popularity in homes, (as opposed to arcades) the games and the consoles on which they’re played have advanced drastically in graphical and interactive capability. Out of all the diverse genres of video games, by far the most immersive is the role-playing genre, and more specifically the choose-your-own-adventure archetype, as you are able to interact and make your own choices in the video game world the way you would have, rather than a slew of single-choice pre-scripted events in a story. However, even with the choose-your-own-adventure archetype’s interactions, the amount of choices could only go so far, so fans resorted to creating fan fictions, which are stories about the games created from their imagination that display alternate choices and realities.

In “Everything Bad Is Good For You,” Steven Johnson discusses why and how he believes today’s popular culture is actually making us smarter, rather than dumbing us down. Johnson has his book split into two different parts, focusing mainly on the first part of his book, he talks about the ways people consume media and how it has become more complex and challenging over the years. The title headings for each sub-chapters are - Video Games, Television, Internet, and Movies. Within each subchapter he uses a vast number of examples from each section to support his argument. The biggest part the first chapter is dedicated to video games. Johnston suggests that when video games were first released that people thought they made us dumber and wasted our mind’s skills. He uses the example about how if video games had arrived before books, we would be more hesitant towards books. We would be looking at the negative aspects of book reading and how they are isolating, under-stimulating and do not engage enough. Stating that we use books to test cognitive benefits – attention, memory, focus and following threads, Johnston goes into a detail about how video games uses all these skills and more. He uses examples from Tetris, Pac-Man, SimCity200 and even The Legend of Zelda. Continuing his argument that video games engage us more that any other media our there at the moment, he acknowledges how to reward system and the desire to explore in video games keep us engaged. No other form of

Divergent is a hybrid action –adventure film set in a futuristic, dystopian Chicago, where people are put into 5 groups called factions, depending on what human qualities they poses. Once the main protagonist (Tris) finds out she will be factionless as a divergent, she must depend on the other protagonist (Four) to help her persuade the other faction leaders she is something she’s not. The opening scene uses an establishing shot of a geographical indicator, Chicago. The shot pans to show a great industrial barrier, this suggests there has been conflict with both sides of the barrier.

I play adventure games to experience stories and escapades. There are other sources of stories, such as books and TV shows, but video game is the only kind of entertainment which offers interactive storytelling. I don’t want to just passively learn about stories. I want to immerse in it, and try to live with various characters inside those stories. I want to be an active participant of that story. One of the best games I’ve played which provides me with a good story is ‘The Walking Dead’. It’s a game about living after a zombie apocalypse. Players play as Lee, a guy who’s trying to survive with his group of survivors. Early in the game, he meets Clementine, a little girl who was separated from her parents. As they try to live their lives, there will be a lot of thought provoking choices which can actually change what would happen later. For example, due to the lack of food you need to choose who among your

With the constant streaming of new movies and television shows available, moviegoers tend to watch them for fun. They see an entertaining movie about conflict that sparks the sense of adventure in them. But do they really grasp what the movie can teach the viewers? With today’s society, the themes are lost in the entertainment purposes. However, books have developed to do what a movie does and so much more. In this way books give life to all people that read them.

Jarod Terance was standing outside his home with his sister Sarah on a cold October night. Watching as their house burn to the ground. They hadn't seen their parents get out of the house. Jarod’s dad had told him “Get Sarah outside and stay there. I’ll get your mother”. Jarod had done just that and as much as he wanted to go back in he was going to obey. Suddenly they heard a loud, gut wrenching, CRACK. His heart sank as the roof on his house started of cave in. He wanted to look away ,but he couldn’t. As the roof fell he heard a faint scream, then silence. Sarah began to cry. Jarod wanted to as well ,but he wouldn’t let himself, he had to stay strong for Sarah. As the the hot ash stung his face and smoke inflamed his lungs from the crumbling house he finally heard the distinct wine of the fire engines racing down the street. He took a mental snapshot of that moment. Little did he know that moment would be the starting point of the greatest thing he would ever do in his life.