Useful resources for the exam
Fan site discussion of GTA4 which talks about seeing zombies in multiplayer mode!
Wikipedia on GTA4
posted by Rik @ Tuesday, May 06, 2008,
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Preparing for the exam
Ask yourself the following questions:
Which two games am I using ? (AIM FOR TWO WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES)
How can I talk about the following areas for each game?
Structure/Narrative
Characters
Backstory/Cut Scenes/Titles
Characters
Sound
Action
Visuals- mise-en-scene, camera, graphics
What are the key features of the gameplay for the player's experience?
What do I understand by conflict and competition? (see definitions below)
Can I make use of ideas from lessons about violence, gendered play, social play, intertextuality?
Do I know the details of the consoles, companies that make the games, background to the game, genre?
Can I effectively compare and contrast these aspects of the two games?
A strategy to organise your notes:
have a page of bullet points split into two columns, one for each game, on each of the following eight areas:
1. console/makers/genre/background
2. narrative/structure/action
3. backstory/cut scenes/titles
4. visuals
5. characters
6. sound
7. conflict/competition
8. applying the ideas on violence, gender etc
YOU MUST BE ADAPTABLE FOR THIS PART OF THE EXAM!- the questions change each time
Use key terms and back everything up with examples to get the top marks !!!
posted by Rik @ Tuesday, May 06, 2008,
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PAST EXAM QUESTIONS
Compare how conflict/competition is represented in your two chosen videogames.
Compare how conflict/competition is represented by the characters and/ or narratives in your two chosen games.
Compare the ways in which the player participates in the representation of conflict/competition in your two chosen games.
Compare how conflict/competition is represented by the heroes and villains in the two games studies.
Compare how the player is invited to position him/herself with regard to the representation of conflict/competition in your two chosen games.
Compare how conflict/competition is represented in the narrative structures of your two chosen games.
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posted by barney @ Tuesday, May 06, 2008,
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