Kyle Shaffer

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Updated Bibliography for Digital Story

"Genre and Game Studies: Toward a Critical Approach to Video Game Genres." Genre and Game Studies: Toward a Critical Approach to Video Game Genres. Sage Journals, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2013. <http://sag.sagepub.com/content/37/1/6.short>.

Anderson, Craig A. "An Update on the Effects of Playing Violent Video Games." An Update on the Effects of Playing Violent Video Games. Science Direct, Feb. 2004. Web. 04 Nov. 2013. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197103000976>.

"Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-analytic Review." Psycnet.org. PsycNet, Mar. 2010. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. <http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/136/2/151/>.

Anderson, Craig A. "Violent Video Games: Myths, Facts, and Unanswered Questions." Tomorrow Counseling. Psychological Science Agenda, Oct. 2003. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. <http://www.tomorrowcounseling.com/TDE_CMS/database/userfiles/Violence%20in%20Video%20Games(1).pdf>.

Call of Duty. "Call of Duty: Ghosts Trailer." YouTube.com. YouTube, 02 Nov. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxh7umVOZ0>.

Playstation. "Official PlayStation 4 Perfect Day Commercial." YouTube. YouTube.com, 14 Oct. 2013. Web. 02 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0d9d-cdxhk>.

Dickinson, Amy. "Video Playground." Ebsco Host. Time, 5 Aug. 2000. Web. 16 Nov. 2013. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?sid=8d3dcc05-4d55-46cc-b96b-53ddc063819c%40sessionmgr115&vid=7&hid=106&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=tth&AN=3043371>.

Molina, Brett. "ESRB: 9% of Ratings for 2012 Video Games Were Mature." USA Today. Gannett, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 6 Dec. 2013. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/02/06/esrb-ratings-mature-games/1893507/>.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Final for FYS-93 Digital Story

http://prezi.com

Sunday, December 1, 2013

FYS Storyboard for 12/2

I used Powtoon as the multimedia mode for my storyboard.

Link to Storyboard: http://www.powtoon.com/p/fqiJZyH3yJp/

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Edward Snowden: Traitor or Hero?

I was surprised by the poll from the Huffington Post. It said 51% of American citizens thought Snowden was some sort of a hero, while 49% thought he was a traitor. I thought the majority of citizens would have thought he was some sort of traitor. I believe he is a hero on some level. He did do the citizens of America a favor by telling us about this great injustice, I think there could have been a better way to go about it. I am not sure what that way would have been, but I am sure there could have been a better way.

Link to article: www.huffingtonpost.com

MLA Formatting: Edwards-Levy, Ariel. "Americans Still Can't Decide Whether Edward Snowden Is A 'Traitor' Or A 'Hero,' Poll Finds." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/edward-snowden-poll_n_4175089.html>.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Blog post for 11/21, originally posted 11/8 games

My blog post this week is about the games I played on Monday during class. Since I have previously blogged about, and played Phone Story so I am familiar with games that advocate a social action message. A game I have played was Personal Trip to the Moon. I really did not understand this game at all, and did not play it for that long. I was not sure what the point of this game was. The next game I played was called Clockwork Cat. It was a fun and simple game. I enjoyed the game for the most part, it was relatively simple. The character was a cat and the goal of the game was to maneuver through a maze which was in the air while trying to turn back time with doughnut looking objects. If the large clock in the back ground hit midnight, you lost. There was also candy looking icons which did something, but I'm not sure what exactly. The next game I played was called Those Darn Nipples. This game was quite weird to say the very least. The goal of the game was to align the nipples of different sized breasts and there were incorrectly placed nipples to throw the user off. Like I said, very weird. The next game I played was called Unmanned. This game, unlike the games before it, had a social justice aspect to it. The main character to this game was a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) operator. The social justice aspect being highlighted is to alert the people who are playing this game to covert military operations that are occurring in the Middle East. While this is happening the game is implying that video games stress a militaristic environment today.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Digital Story - Annotated Bibliography

Digital Story Annotated Bibliography

This source is from Sagepub.com and pertains to violent video games by saying there are several different genres of video games today which are loosely connected. This separates people into two groups. Narratologists stress narrative as the primary way to understand games. While Ludologists do not stress narrative.

School shootings have significantly increased since 1997, almost one every year since then and several other instances of violent actions across the US. This can be attributed to video games according to the article. One study used modern techniques to combine the results of empirical studies of violent video game effects on five types of outcome variables: aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, helping behavior, and physiological arousal. The study found significant effects of violent video games in all 5 categories.

A study’s evidence showed exposure to violent video games caused a heightened chance for increased aggressive behavior. The study also showed there were minor differences in different cultures vulnerability to more violent actions, and there were no differences with different sexes being affected differently.

This source uses Craig Anderson again and goes through a brief history of violent video games with the features that renewed interest in the debate of violent video games. Then it lists several myths and truths of violent video game surveys and studies that includes older studies and newer more advanced studies.

Call of Duty. "Call of Duty: Ghosts Trailer." YouTube.com. YouTube, 02 Nov. 2013. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxh7umVOZ0>.
This is a trailer for the very popular Call of Duty: Ghosts game, which is the latest in the Call of Duty series. The trailer is graphic and violent with four friends having an “epic night out” (that is the name of the trailer). The video shows machine guns, a rocket launcher, and even a helicopter between the four friends and the bad guys. The video ends with a helicopter being blown out of the sky and the caption “there’s a solider in all of us” saying everyone should play this violent game.

Playstation. "Official PlayStation 4 Perfect Day Commercial." YouTube. YouTube.com, 14 Oct. 2013. Web. 02 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0d9d-cdxhk>.

This is a trailer for the new Play Station four and shows two friends in three separate games. The two friends are fighting in a rivalry in all three games. The song that goes along with the trailer is saying how the two friends are having the best day ever, saying if you play this game you will have a lot of fun and the best day ever.

This source uses reports from a study that says violent video games can contribute to violent behavior in “real life” as it says in the article. The game sites a few very graphic games such as Doom and Mortal Kombat. It also brings up Columbine as a reference to what violent video games can do to kids. This article even goes as far as to suggest less violent games for kids to play such as Donkey Kong and Crash Team Racing.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Prezi for gender roles

Prezi link: http://prezi.com/f4hxsll72cy_/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share