Red Dead Redemption

Critical Analysis of a Game: Red Dead Redemption Professor Shawn Graham Jad Slaibeh 100804020 Submitted: Thursday February 7th 2013 The game I have chosen for my critical analysis is Red Dead Redemption. Red Dead Redemption was made, published, and engineered by a company called Rockstar Games (Rockstar Website). The major distributor of the game is a company who happens to own Rockstar, Take-Two interactive. Being one of the most successful video game developers to date

frontier town, vast unexplored territory, and the endless possibility for adventure. The gaming company Rockstar created the game Red Dead Redemption in order for gamers to see what it was to a dying breed in modernizing world. The game Red Dead Redemption depicts what life was like in the American frontier in the early nineteen hundreds. The game Red Dead Redemption is an open world western created by Rockstar Games. Rockstar games decided to take a new approach on open world game such a Grand

bandit shot through the field guns ablazing, and the boy’s hand shot out as he reached for the controller, equipped his lasso, and brought the rustler to justice, once again saving his farm: Beecher’s Hope. This of course is the video game Red Dead Redemption, but minus the bandit it could have easily been a priceless work of art. No, it is a priceless work of art just like every other game from Pong to Black Ops 2, and before you write this off as just another angry rant from yet another gamer you

Super Meat Boy Meets Ninja Gaiden Meets Portal If you’re already familiar with the N+ series, then rest assured, it’s more of the same perfected gameplay you love to hate. If you’re new to the series, then welcome to hell. But it’s the kind of hell that feels like heaven when you finally conquer a level that just whooped you 30 times in a row. This is not going to end well.This is not going to end well. The gameplay in N++ is deceptively simple. The goal is to press a switch with your ninja and

overwhelmingly pale and male. While I thought the media I watched showed a variety of races, it turns out 74% of the characters are white, and 51% are white males. Shows like The Walking Dead and New Girl both feature racially diverse characters, but are anchored around a white protagonist. In The Shawshank Redemption, the main character, again, a white character, is the hero of the story, but receives crucial assistance from an African American man. Only 26% of characters were nonwhite and only 32%

dyin' D**n Straight,” exclaimed by one of the main characters, Red, captures one of the main lessons in the movie The Shawshank Redemption perfectly. It helps show the attitude and mood in the story and how that ties into the accomplishments in the movie. Lessons and themes mentioned in The Shawshank Redemption can help when dealing with everyday life. Those themes still are current today, which is why they help. The Shawshank Redemption is a great motion picture to help show the lessons that can be

To the Movies Title and Year: “Shawshank Redemption” (1994) Director: Frank Darabont (based on the Stephen King novel) Actors: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, and William Sadler. The Shot Long/medium/close-up: Roger Deakins, the film’s cinematographer, and director Frank Darabont worked together to create this wonderful and classical film heavily utilizing long shots, close ups, and slow zooms. Throughout the film “Shawshank Redemption”, a series of shots take place where the camera

film? Describe the use of different religious symbols, elements or terms. To me Shawshank Redemption, seemed to be like any other prison film. A story of a prisoner’s tough life, when surrounded by the massive walls of a brutal American prison, treated as scum. In some genius way, they manage to trick the management and escape through a tiny tunnel and out as free men. However, the Shawshank Redemption is no jail-brake film, to me it is rather more a parable of the side effects when imprisoning

The 1994 drama, The Shawshank Redemption was directed by Frank Darabont, and based off of the Stephen King short story, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Darabont would later become well known for his work with The Walking Dead. Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the film tells the story of Andy Dufrense, portrayed by Robbins, serving life at the Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, a crime he adamantly claims to not have committed. While imprisoned

is a good person who cares about practically everyone at Shawshank State Prison. First of all, he is the only one who is interested in the name of the newly admitted prisoner who died after being beaten by Captain Hadley. Also, Andy talks about his dead wife who he supposedly killed with sincere love and tenderness. Furthermore, he starts to care about others as he helps Captain Hadley with his taxes regarding the thirty five thousand dollars Hadley inherits from his brother’s death. Then, Andy starts