FemiNINES [like the number]

Watch video at the bottom of the blog first. In order to get a better idea of what girls want from games, I conducted a survey on my female friends. The results were as follows: The most notable response is that each girl played with Bratz dolls, and all but one played with Barbie dolls […]

The Sims 4: Three Steps Forward, Four Steps Back

EA was awarded the worst company in America for 2012 and 2013 by Consumerist. Reasons were the company’s “history of pumping out products, or rushing games through development, in order to cash in on a brand name” and selling games for unreasonably high prices. In September 2014, The Sims 4 was released, and the game […]

Folkheads

Folkheads is a blog I have created in order to share my writing. As an aspiring author, this is important for my future, as it can help me promote myself as a writer by having all my works in one place, and gaining a following of readers before I publish a book can assure sales. […]

What the hell was Purble Place?

Some of my earliest memories of video gaming were playing the free games that came with every Windows computer such as Chess, Mahjong, Solitaire and…Purble Place? A mysterious game of the late 2000s, Purble Place came out of nowhere and disappeared just as unexpectedly. I would love to analyse what it was about Purble Place […]

Digital Artefact: Contextual Essay

For my digital artefact, I chose to run the social media accounts for my friend’s small business, Pottery Box. This included TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. Pitch Beta Concept & Methodology My DA addresses the future by following patterns shown from studies of social media platforms. Instagram’s increase in users is slowly declining, expected to grow […]

Tweet Curation

For these next five weeks of tweeting, I was able to take what I learned from the first lot of tweets, in order to plan informative and relevant tweets each week. Week 6-Blade Runner 2049 (2017) The biggest thing I learned from the first lot of tweets was to prepare during the week before the […]

Peer Commentary

first comment The first Beta I looked at was Lydia’s, which is a blog that talks about relevant news and updates on the environment. The main issue addressed is a lack of audience engagement. Comment Summary: I suggested Lydia creates a separate blog for their DA, as they were using their BCM blog to post, […]

Digital Artefact: Beta

Since starting this project, I have learned a lot in terms of ways I can better the PotteryBox social media accounts. I now have established goals for the end of the semester, as well as made a more cement plan for how to achieve that. The first few weeks of this semester were for prototyping, […]

Tweet Curation

The past five weeks I was required to live tweet alongside the sci-fi movie screenings as part of BCM325. Due to enrolling in the subject late, I missed the screening for Metropolis, so there are no Tweets to feature about that movie. Week 2-2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) During my first week of live tweeting, […]

Peer Commentary

For BCM325, I had to comment on three of my peers’ DA pitches. I provided feedback using my own research on their topics, as well as referencing learned lecture content. First Comment The first pitch I commented on was Victoria’s. Her DA is a Twitch account on which she’ll be streaming herself playing video games, […]