In
recent times, there are lots of games especially with the development of those
online games, the media cultures become more diversified. Playing games is a
good way to relax during leisure time and many young people like playing online
games for fun. “In the seven years from 2005 to 2011, the proportion of gamers
who are female has increased steadily from 38% to 47%” (Chris, 2013).The
development of games also conduct the entertainment industry regarding to there
are lots of products designing for game consumption. Such as PSP, Wii, and
those game CDs.
Computer
games still take the major part of gamers in entertainment. “Computer games
have to be defined based on specific combinations of technical, social, cultural
and economic characteristics” (Raessens, 2005). No matter computer games or
other types of games, it forms a specific type of participatory media culture
and it is diverse from other media forms such as films, television or radios. The
participation is a new and essential concept in relating to computer games in
media culture. Because it allows people to engage in and their activities are
taking part in the participation of playing games. Comparing to other media
forms, like films or television, the audiences can only see from the screen but
without doing any activities. Computer games bring much fun in ways of people’s
entertainment.
Currently,
there are some famous and popular online computer games that attract many
people to play such as World of Warcraft (WOW), StarCraft etc. These popular
games not only provide the gamers entertainment but also form the new participatory
media culture in shaping people’s activities. Furthermore, there are some
groups are formed for those people paly the games professional and they take
part in competitions. On the Internet, there are many particular game websites
to allow gamers to discuss and show some techniques for those green hands how
to earn high grades when playing the game. The games shape a new media culture
and guides this specific culture turns trendier and bring the pluralism in
developing modern media.
Reference
Raessens,J.
2005, ‘Computer games as participatory media culture’, Handbook of Computer
Game Studies, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass,pp.378-388
Chris,
M 2013, ‘Week 7 slides: games and the
global culture of production’, Retrieved on September 2013.
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Moreover, at the later part of the blog, you have mentioned that websites and forums about the playing of computer games have been derived from the games. I think they further echo the development of participatory media culture. The interactivity of the computer games can be largely enhanced by these by-products. I think the structure of the blog post is clear. And it is informative. Well done.
Hey Yue Han,
ReplyDeleteYour inclusion of statistics to show female gamers are on the rise was particularly interesting to me. I'm not a gamer, and don't have much interest in gaming, so to know such a high number of females are is great! I always thought of it as something more for the guys, growing up my brothers were always playing soccer and footy games on playstation. I agree with your comparison between computer games and other forms of media in terms of interactivity, as the mental stimulation from gaming surely must have benefits over simply watching television.