Chap. 4 Realism And Perspective blog

Now this video game is actually one of my favorites of all time. Now I haven’t played Metal Gear 4 I have played all the others, and let me tell you they never fail to impress. This particular is a first person view as well as a over the shoulder style video game, (over the shoulder meaning that you have view of the character as well as your surroundings). The video is also a stealth /melee type of game play, you can either hide from your enemies or have an all out war. So you can say it’s point of view and first person shooter, the character feels as if moving through space. To tell you the truth I haven’t really played any video games in a while, I usually have my set favorites, as for this game I been playing this series for awhile, Snake is the main character who is also a war hero, the story is epic and that is one of the main reasons, besides the game play, that keeps people constantly buying. This game also has to do with war, although I’am against war this game has nothing but that, in fact it might even promote it. Actually, I would say it glorify’s it, but it’s not your typical infantry video game, you are a one man army and since it’s a thriller most of your enemies our almost super villain type of enemies. I would say it wouldn’t be the best game for kids seeing that a hero is related to fighting in war, no matter what.

Chap. 3 Modernity: Spectatorship, Power, & Knowledge

In the first picture it shows a girl giving a boy sexual favors, now the norm would be that if you buy puma automatically this will happen, and the other being that with out buying Puma you wont. Puma is obviously pointing out that it’s hip to dress in puma and that these clothes will get you laid.

In the second pic it shows that the norm would be people who smoke Winston’s, smoke it for taste, and the other is that people who don’t like taste smoke crap. As far as taste goes Winston rules all, if you don’t smoke Winston you are surely missing out. Only the finest of people smoke Winston.
In the third ad it’s safe tho say that the bytes are referring to the two women behind the man, which also has to do with sex. Norm is that the more bytes you have, especially if it comes from Texas Instruments, better you are. The other is that if you don’t have these bytes you are insignificant and lesser.

Ch. 2 Viewers meaning

Ch. 2 Viewers Make Meaning

Now when It come to this picture we are talking more than how it speaks to me. This picture can pretty much sum up how I have lived since I was 11 years old. I grew up riding a skateboard since I was a young boy, although I never tok as serious as I did when I turned 11. It was then I discovered Punk Rock music and the rest was history. Through many friends, especially those through High School, I discovered the fun and the freedom through both of these counter cultures. Now, when I was grew as a adolescent most of my friends were no more then 2 years older then I was, but through both the music and skateboarding I found myself hanging out with kids in High School, now their wasn’t many kids doing thins, I mean why would they. It was then I found the comradery in skateboarding, there was no such thing as a age group, skateboarding brought age groups, race, and cultures together.

I can’t say that I view this picture any different than anyone else, I mean come on this is simply, professional skateboarder and punk rock veteran, Duane Peters skating one of the famous pools in the world. He’s skating Lance Mountains pool in Monterey Park, Ca, how do I know this? Well, I used to live their, theirs a lot of history their, and the sessions never end. Well actually I guess I can say it speaks to me differently, while many others see this picture as Duane Peters skating a pool, I see it as a way of feeling at home, I don’t skate anymore so it makes me feel good looking back on pass memories, and it makes me feel proud knowing I was apart of it.