Chapter 13.

1. I think users are always going to want something more because they will only be content watching the same bits and the same glitches so many times before demanding something better for their money.  But I suppose a big part is the developers too because they can only make so much money off of one platform, such as the Sims.  With the recent development of online gaming though, the world is opened up for many more hours of enjoyment.
2.  My parents didn't really like me playing videogames, and I have had so many opportunities in my life that games were never a huge part.  Or maybe its just that I had so much free time that I had enough time to do everything I have ever wanted to!
3.  I used to be "addicted" to the Sims.  I would sit at the computer until my hands were freezing and it was 3 in the morning and I had school the next day.  That would go on for like a few weeks at a time, and then I would get sick of it and stop playing.  I had to not download it on my new computer, but then there is always something else to replace it.  I don't even know what it was about the Sims that was so addicting, because I have had a gameboy and a gamecube and I don't know that either one caused the problems that the Sims did.  It was just nice living through someone else...
4. I guess I could go for the writing parts, or doing the game playing.  I feel like I am decent at videogames and they need more female voices in that world to say what they like and what could be changed.
5.  I wrote a speech on it once, but I think my stance has changed.  I definitely don't think that young kids need to be playing video games often, especially violent ones. I think its more important that they gain real life skills but I think they are definitely obtainable through games too, but once the child can be left alone and responsible for how much they play and what they are playing.  Violent video games should be toned down, but I don't think that they are responsible for school shootings or even more violence.  But I do think we should be looking at why we are playing these games and what real benefits they have.  Sure they might not be damaging, but it doesn't mean that they are benefitting to our society either.  It just seems like A Brave New World where we are content to be wasting our time entertaining ourselves...

Foreign.

Well, I have seen Amelie, Spirited Away, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life is Beautiful, Battle Royale, Fahrenheit 451, and A Clockwork Orange, that I can remember off the top of my head.  I like foreign films, but sometimes since they are foreign I feel like I don't know what I am getting myself into.  For instance, the movie, The Human Centipede is a Holland foreign film, and that one is just bizarre.  I really want to see City of God, but I afraid that the violence might be too real for me.

I have seen the british version of skins and the office.  I love the japanese games shows, like the hole in the wall one, and ninja warrior, but they of course have their strange ones too.  There are also spanish game shows that are impossible to understand because they are so silly.  I watch Telonovella through the Soup... I mean I watch my fair share of foreign tv shows, but at the same time I also like the travel channels and discovery (river monsters) because I hate to travel, but I love watching other people do it.  I can always go on an adventure with someone else though the TV or a book, without getting sick myself.

Thistles by Ted Hughes

The English For New Media class recently completed projects combining both English and New Media.  Student’s Angie Timms, Jacki Hartman, and Neshia Starks started with the poem, Thistles by Ted Hughes, and created an animated visual poem video from the descriptive language used in Thistles. Student Jacki stated, “ This was probably one of the neatest projects I have worked on at DSU.  It is really great to collaborate with others on ideas like this; we all came together to craft something beautiful—people from animation, ENM, and the local DSU cafeteria-- and it shows!”  Creative partner, Neshia said, “ Yes, it really was a good effort on everyone’s part.  I am proud to be a part of this!” 

Pictures were taken from Google images, and cut out through Adobe Photoshop in a painstaking effort that took the students hours to do.  “We tried to make a visual poem for Hughes’ poem and stay away from a literal interpretation, so as not to take away from what poetry is all about” said Angie.  A rather gritty and bleak representation of war and the blooming of life, quickly followed by destruction and death became themes for the video.

You can watch the video on YouTube after typing in Thistles by Ted Hughes in the search engine. It will be up for a few more months.

Thistles by Ted Hughes

Against the rubber tongues of cows and the hoeing hands of men
Thistles spike the summer air
And crackle open under a blue-black pressure.

Every one a revengeful burst
Of resurrection, a grasphed fistful
Of splintered weapons and Icelandic frost thrust up

From the underground stain of a decayed Viking.
They are like pale hair and the gutturals of dialects.
Every one manages a plume of blood.

Then they grow grey like men.
Mown down, it is a feud. Their sons appear
Stiff with weapons, fighting back over the same ground.

- Ted Hughes "Thistles"

Things that we could do.

We could post it on YouTube or make a website dedicated to all things Ted Hughes, with this video being interactive on the front page.  We could make this into a commercial for him.  Facebook connects all. I think it would all display his talents as a writer well,

Chapter 10.

1. Businesses seek to make more money while living in a world where things are no longer private and ethics are still expected to be maintained.
2. I would use interact ads and games on websites that make it appealing to the younger generations who have time to watch these shows.
3. " I am really sorry, but right now I don't think it is in our best interests to work with your company at the time, but thank you for your business"
4. By being controversial and repeating apologies without meaning.  Repeating mistakes without having proper punishments and consequences.
5. Yes.  As long as there are human mistakes, there will always be reason for PR.

Chapter 9.

1. Al Gore, obviously.  He popularized it through the army.
2. If you don't have a fast internet connection, then it is almost impossible to watch the program straight through, and many of them go through streaming which makes it even harder without a solid and fast internet connection.  I like that you don't have as many advertisements, but they are still annoying and some of them you can't mute or pause or anything.
3. I don't think that the government needs to get too much into the internet because then it becomes an invasion of personal privacy.  I think the internet needs to be self-governed.
4. It is as easy way to connect with friends and brings a campus together by gossip and posting everything about your life that you think makes you important.
5. Deleting facebook and putting on spyware.

Def Poetry: Sarah Kay

Beautiful use of poetry and new media.

Skittles Touch: Cat

Well here is an interactive video, sort of, for anyone who is reading this! Follow the directions, it will pay off. Kind of a creative way of advertising for people with computers.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Video)

This is one of my favorite bands, and they have been around for years.  It is weird to see how they are now middle-aged rockers, but they still are staying contemporary with the times.  This video isn't a real game, but kind of looks like the game Grand Theft Auto. It looks fun though-- wish it was real!