...It was a tough season for basketball, we were undefeated but we were heading to a championship basketball game against fruitland who we barely beat by just a couple points in the first 2 games. The starting 5 were me Josh, Hayden, Cody, and Beeg. We were heading to Wiser because they hosted the championship football game which we won also but we were nervous because fruitland had a 6 foot kid and I had to guard him. It was hard for me because I was only 5/10 and was guarded by him which made it hard for me to get rebounds and make shots. That tall kid averaged around 14, 15 points a game but with me guarding him, I held him to 6 points a game against us. We were about to step foot on the floor and when we did the stands were packed and there...
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...It was a freezing snowy winter break, the snow was white and soft on the cold hard ground and my brother (Josh), my cousin (Andrew), and I were at my grandma’s house. We had just finished a game of Clue, which was a board game I was good at. Usually Josh or I would win. We decided to go sledding back on the big hill in the bean field. I got on my snow equipment quickly and was waiting on Josh and Andrew. I was almost sweating, having the full snow suit on inside. After what seemed like forever they finished putting on there snowsuit and we headed out to the shed to get our sleds.We got our sleds and I had grabbed the newest one to sled the fastest. Even though I had the best sled I knew that Josh had the weight advantage. He weighed nearly...
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...It was a rainy day, but great for a game of football, my football team's third game was in Marquette, Michigan. The team we were facing were the best in the league. The team was Econo Falls, and Econo Falls had the best running offence, but not passing offence. Meanwhile, in the first quarter I heard Andrew yell, “Monster! Monster!”, at that moment I got in the gap and blitz the quarterback! I felt the quarterback on the tips of my fingers and then at that moment Andrew and I sacked him! The quarterback was laying on the ground moaning, and squealing like a pig, the coach had to send their second string quarterback fin. After we sacked the quarterback we discussed we were going to do monster formation again. However, in the second quarter...
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...On October 23, 2016, my uncle, Mike, invited me to go on a picnic, and go to the Eagles game, in Philadelphia. The conflict of this phase autobiography is that I have not bonded well with my uncle, and I need to meet more people to improve my social skills. The characters are my uncle, who is in his late 40s and is very funny, his friend from work, Jim, who is in his early 50s and is serious, and me. The overall mood is happy or joyful, and the tone is informal and playful. My uncle and I were looking forward to spending our day at the picnic and Eagles game, and were very excited. Before I went to sleep, on the Saturday before the game, I could not wait to have a fun time with my uncle, and make new friends. The next morning, when I woke...
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...Friday. This week had many events went done. Originally, I prepared on a game called “consequences”, which the main idea is sending information about that “every action has its consequence”. In another world, if you have good behavior, you can give positive reinforcement to help you reach your goal. In contract, if you have bad behavior, you will have negative reinforcement to lead you away from your goal. I planned to play this game in the morning, however, when I went into my group room, there are only three people here because other clients were a little bit late for some reason. Therefore, I moved the game to afternoon and found something else to fill up the time in the morning group....
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...MY FIRST HOCKEY GAME It was my first hockey game We were on the 45 row so we got a really good view of the whole stadium. GOAL!!!!! All i can hear was the sirens going off the crowed was going wild. Everyone was jumping up and down Tampa Bay Lightning just shot a goal!! It was amazing but it was also really cold there because there is a lot of ice there so we had to bring a lot of sweatshirts under ower jerseys. So it was halftime and when it is have time you get to get up and go to the food court and get so food or pop. there is a place there that we went to and you are high up so you can see a the light and sequence in was dark the light was even better....
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...When I won my First Game with the Gamblers this year It was 6:00 sunday morning we got up and the light shined in my eyes it was like I was a bear coming out of hibernation but I was ready to beat the Falcons I felt a spark. We lost to them 2 times because we gave up when we got scored on; I didn't my team also didn't want to lose to them again. I got up brushed my teeth showered got dressed and me and my dad got in the car and ran to kwik trip i got yogurt, banana, and juice;We went to the rink it took only 1 min or not even because our hotel was really close all I could think about was when a guy shot a puck and on purpose i blocked it with my head. So I get there and I enter I walk to the locker room and we all talk then we go to stretch...
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...I was the last remaining player on my team in what had been a heated game of dodgeball. Though it had at first appeared to be a fairly even match, the game eventually descended into near annihilation as the opposing team steamrolled us. Now, it was just me versus eight of them. At that moment, I realized that I had two options: I could either dodge the ball and survive for a little while longer, or I could try to catch it — a far riskier proposition, considering that, should the ball bounce off my fingertips, the game would be over. In the split second before the ball would inevitably collide with me, I reached out my hands and seized it from midair. The teacher’s whistle blew, and one of my teammates entered back into the game. Together, we avoided the multitude of balls thrown at us using a strategic combination of dodging and, when applicable, catching. Each successful catch brought back another member of our team, and, with our determination restored, we managed to come back from what had been an almost certain loss. Caught up in the fervor of victory, I had no way of knowing that that would be the last game of dodgeball I would ever play....
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...On May 14, 2016 my soccer team played our biggest rival, Starmount High School. The game was tied, and we went into overtime twice. After that, it was time for penalty kicks. Even though I was a sophomore, I was on the lineup for the penalty kicks. There were two sophomores, one junior, and two seniors. I was third in line to shoot. Although we lost, I made my penalty kick while the two seniors missed theirs. It was their last game and they lost it. At the time I was mad; now I understand how they felt. On March 16, 2018 my soccer team was playing our biggest rival, Starmount High School. The game was tied and we went into overtime twice. After overtime, penalty kicks were going to decide who was going to win the game. I was the last of the...
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...It was a dark and rainy day when me and my friend promised the team that we were going to take this game home it was the first quarter of the game we got into a random position to see how the team played their games it was like scanning the field before we ran to attack the enemy The first play we threw the ball to the weakest player first to see who we had to watch out for and who we didn't really have to pay attention to we had the guards play for real so noone made a touchdown so it would stay tied for the first quarter then second quarter came and we had a pretty good image of how good the team was and who to watch with every play so we got into position and I was to run out range and then count 5 steps and trick the player i would go...
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...Even though my mom does not like to see me buying my Assassin’s Creed video game, I still purchase it through the internet. When I buy my Assassin’s Creed video games I always end up competing with my brother; I always have the objective of winning. The first step to buy my video game is to find it on the internet; most of the time it is hard to find it. All video games have specific consoles, and if I want a specific one, I have to look In the PS3 section. I cannot buy an Xbox video game for a PS3. It is never going to work. The next step is to ask my father for his credit card. Like I said my mom does not like to see me buying games, so I have to ask my father. One time she noticed that I bought a video game. It was horrible and my father...
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...Authorship and Digital Media With the widespread adoption of personal computers, especially those connected to broadband Internet, the media landscape has changed drastically. All media-related industries, from newspaper to television to music and more, are experiencing this shift and are desperately attempting to react to the changing media landscape that has placed much of the control on the consumers rather than the producers of these media forms. Two digital media forms experiencing particularly interesting shifts of power are video games and digital music. Consumers of digital media forms such as video games and digital music files have complicated the traditional notion of authorship through their use of digital media technologies, which allows them to use digital media as an instrument of expression. Before delving into the intricacies surrounding this new form of authorship present in digital media it is first important to discuss the notion of authorship prior to the emergence of this digitally induced phenomenon. In non-digital mediums such as books, radio, and television, authorship exists as an individual endeavor, as authorship is only granted to the original author(s) of the media. As a consumer of this non-digital media the only point of contention as it relates to authorial expression is limited is the debate over authorial intent or narrative interpretation in these non-interactive cultural forms. Books, television, and radio are more or less consumed passively...
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...INT 201: NARRATIVE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT 01 AVATAR (2009) is a science fiction epic directed by James Cameron centred around a growing conflict between a human corporation and an alien species Known as the Na’vi, on the latter’s native planet of Pandora. Like most blockbusters a third person shooter tie-in was also released by developer Ubisoft. The video game, James’ Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game, is set two years prior in the form of a prequel. Despite this it does little to expand on the films cannon and instead offers up a similarly tailored adventure that adheres to the basic parameters of the movie, utilising many of the same key moments across a clear and discernible 3 act structure. A cross comparative analysis of the two mediums, utilising Volger’s 12 steps Hero’s Journey demonstrates however how the games at first honours this time honoured journey, being plotted along Volger’s step before discarding them to its own detriment. The similarities in the narrative structure of both the film and the game differ little, particularly across their first act structures. Much like the films protagonist Jake Scully your character avatar, Able Ryder, will similarly find him/herself awakening from cryo after a prolonged journey from earth, leaving the ‘ordinay world’ and answering the ‘call to adventure’ within the exotic forests of Pandora. The hero archetype Jake is a fully realised character from the films introduction, who during the...
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...action adventure games. Young audiences ultimately may begin to view women differently and think that the aspirational violence is acceptable as a means to an end". Andy Medhurst (Representation Theory) Stereotyping is Shorthand for Identification: "One way that texts like Waterloo Road and Skins for example allow for audience identification is through stereotyping and giving characters an extreme representation". Angela McRobbie (Gender Theory) Post Feminist Icon Theory: "Lara Croft, Lady Gaga and Madonna for example could be identified as post feminist icons as they exhibit the stereotypical characteristics of both the male and female strength, courage, control and logic but also are willing to be sexualized for the male gaze. This control element of their own representation is crucial in understanding the theory". Baudrillard Hyper Reality: "Some texts are difficult to distinguish in terms of the representation of reality from a simulation of reality e.g. Big Brother. The boundaries are blurred as codes and conventions create a set of signifiers which we understand but in fact the representation is a copy of a copy". Uses and Gratifications Theory: "Different audiences gain different pleasures from a media text e.g. Gravity can be enjoyed via diversion or escapism, it can use surveillance to give information to audiences and can also be discussed on forums and blogs as a form of developing personal relationships(common also in video games). Personal identity can...
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...Video games today have evolved from the basic structures of Pong and Space Invaders to have complex and film-like narratives. In many ways, games and film are very similar. Despite the similarities, how do video games approach storytelling differently than film, and does this affect the audience? The critical difference between storytelling in games and movies is how each medium engages its audience. Games transform the simple observer to a grand director. With active engagement, versus passive engagement, follows a number of other differences, including interaction, variable outcome, and player agency. The horror game Until Dawn is an applicable example of how the active engagement makes a game stand out from horror films with its outstanding...
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