Purpose

The Purpose of this blog is as the title suggests - to show the role video games have played throughout our history in various forms of literature, art, and media.

Metatext

Video games in media (Purpose expanded)

I will start by breaking down the categories I touched upon in my purpose and provide examples to hopefully better explain what I mean.

Paper 1 - Literacy Autobiography

Introduction

Perhaps an odd and unfitting starting point, it differs greatly from the theme of this blog. It was about

my early troubles I had reading, as well as what I feel are the definitive highlights of my writing skills

and what embodied me as a writer. What follows is my paper – it gives you an insight into my
beginnings, and how I used to write things when I was a kid.

Paper 1 Remix

Remix Assignment 1 - Evolution of writing:

My remix for my first paper goes with the theme of my blog, and shows how my paper is relevant to the topic of video games.

Paper 2 - Cultural Artifact - Film

Introduction

My second paper - the film "The Social Network" as a cultural artifact, examines the cultural impact the film had on the fanbase it was created for. It goes through the historical events (though arguably not as historically accurate as they happened) for the creation of the online social networking site facebook, and the film also becomes an iconic piece of history in itself.

Paper 2 Remix

Remix Assignment 2 - Political and Cultural Identities of video games:

Video games can be just as much a cultural artifact for a community as a film like The Social Network can. Each aspect of a game can mean something to a different person, or a game as a whole can.