Tuesday, October 30, 2012

IB5 - More Than a Game?

After determining that I wanted my topic to be "More Than Just a Game", it was easy to make up multiple enthymemes which could possibly give conclusion to the phenomena. There are tons of factors as to how this works as a cultural artifact, beginning with the power of the gaming industry, all the way down to the amount of game play per household, barring even income. On a psychological end, gaming, specifically of the online gaming sort, the game literally can replace the ongoing life of another, so...

All people have responsibilities.
Online gaming can be a responsibility.
Some people have online gaming as their responsibility.

Similarly,

People want satisfaction and accomplishment.
Video games can grant satisfaction and accomplishment.
People will play video games to achieve satisfaction and accomplishment.

...Of course, both of these arguments are both difficult to defend and far too general in nature, so I think I may have to either look more into my topic or rethink it entirely! That isn't such a bad thing, really.
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  1. UnknownOctober 31, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    Dear Lars,
    I think you should focus on how “More than a Game” is interpreted too far in the sense they do not leave the game alone. The online gaming world is their life. Taking this TOO SERIOUS GAMER perspective (I wrote it in caps solely for the purpose so it would stand out). Maybe talk about how some people do not sleep for wanting to Finish that LAST level, or take gaming to the professional level (for example Pokemon tournaments for money) that would be an interesting focus to take with that cultural artifact in my opinion. I thought the first enthymeme was more on topic and an interesting one to stand by. That is solely my opinion, ou could change topics but I believe focusing it more specific would work perhaps that specific topic on a specific game as well, such as Professional Gaming with Call of Duty etc.

    -Joana Sipe

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  2. Cole MaciasOctober 31, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    I give you serious respect for sticking with gaming. Right now, I don’t feel like there is a specific cultural artifact being focused upon. The topic of “More than a Game?” is… a topic. And it is a good topic to talk about however there is no one concert thing to connect this topic back to (And keep in mind I could be totally wrong, but hear me out. this is the way my mind works). Try picking a concrete noun that relates to your topic. Power of the gaming industry, the amount of gameplay per household, and the replacement of one’s life are all great topics than can be discussed if the right cultural artifact is chosen. For example, the site gamebattles, where you can organize competitive matches between other player in order to advance up global the leaderboards, or the starcraft tournaments can help discuss each of those topics.

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