Tuesday, November 11, 2008

What I Am Working On...

I am working on an outline for my research paper. I want to find out how the portal of women in video games affect teenager. Artist who design the characters create them to be as physically perfect as they can. Many teenage girls look at these virtual women and believe that this is how they have to look in order to catch someone’s attention. Teenage boys play games with these “perfect” women in them and become intoxicated with the thought that real women look like they are portrayed in video games. Thus far I have only read online journals and game magazines. I have found a lot of evidence to back up my thesis statement. One of the major problems I am facing right now is gathering all of my information and turning it into a well written essay using my outline. I’m kind of confused about where certain things should go...

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Electronics I use daily

Some of the electronic I use daily is my cell phone, metro card, IPod, computer, PSP etc. I use them all the time. My cell phone is my alarm clock in the morning it keeps my daily schedule, and keeps me in contacted with my friends and family when ever I need them. The internet is only one click away whenever I need it. My metro card is also use daily. I never stay home I love to go out most of the time I go to the city either to go to work or to go to school or just hang out and shop with friends. My IPod I don’t use as much just when I am on the train and have nothing else to do, I just turn on my IPod and hear my favorite songs. My computer I only use to do homework since I have text on my phone I don’t use aim on my computer as much as I use to. My PSP I use when go on long car ride with my family just as entertainment and to keep me from dyeing of boredom.

Play & Games

When I think of the word play the first thing that comes to mind is fun. When you play something you’re in action, doing an activity with a toy or a video game for example. When we use the word game we mean an activity someone dose for amusement and entertainment that involves skills. A game is defined as being an activity that uses skills taking chances and has a certain set of rules. A game had different levels and in order to reach the next level you must follow the rules and use your gaming skills to complete the task. You would be able to know a game when you see one simply because games unlike toys have a set of rules and different levels. Games also have simulation. Simulation is like pretend, fake characters in games representing real people.