I had a rather difficult time trying to find blogs on my topic of video games as a medium of storytelling. I did find some posted articles that were related to it and I must say that I was a bit surprised that I did not find any blogs that were relevant, especially on the first page of the search. In any case, the post I chose to profile is called, "Storytelling in Video Games," and it was written by Felix Kemp who is studying Creative and Media Writing. His relationship to video games, based on his numerous posts, is that he writes reviews on some video games and films. His last post was in June of 2009 and he began posting in March, averaging about nine posts per month.
Once I read this article I realized that it had some significance to my blog, the most obvious being that it was about video games and storytelling. Kemp’s article suggests that video games already have stories regardless if they are good or bad and is not trying to make an argument. He mentions examples of games that have well-told stories that have been hits in the video game world to justify what makes them great stories. My blog on the other hand, will be arguing that video games do tell stories, shedding light on “great games telling great stories.”
Kemp’s articles are rich in detail and informative to their audiences. I found them quite easy to read due to his straightforward style of writing and clarity of sentences; everything is to the point, which is the way reviews should be, I think. Based on all of Kemp’s posts I can tell his writing is intended for the audiences who follow entertainment, namely video games, television, and film. Since I find his posts very informative I feel that his audience is people mainly looking for some information on things, kind of like myself. He has a post on a preview of “Halo 3: ODST” and he basically outlines the game and mentions its basic features and his impressions of it, something an avid gamer would like to read. He also has a post on the film, “Drag Me to Hell,” where Kemp gives his analysis of the film and his own personal thoughts about it. He does a good job of keeping his posts linear by usually having his posts’ information generated from the subjects and his closing paragraph being his own take on everything.
One thing I noticed about his writing is that it seems to be academic, not so much because of its style, but because of the dates and subjects of his posts. His posts took place from March 2009 to June 2009 and they were almost weekly posts, some being every other day. This just feels similar to what I am doing for this class, which is: running a blog for the semester. It is being written in a similar manner with the only difference being the informal voice of a blog, compared to the formal voice of an article. Plus, the subjects of the posts ranged from video game reviews, to a television series review, film reviews, and some book reviews. Nevertheless, this was an extremely helpful piece of material that I plan on making reference to in my blog, especially some of the parts where Kemp uses other games as examples of having well-told stories.
Storytelling in Video Games - http://www.suite101.com/content/storytelling-in-videogames-a102922
Halo 3: ODST - http://www.suite101.com/content/e3-2009-halo-3-odst-preview-a122926
Drag Me to Hell - http://www.suite101.com/content/film-review-drag-me-to-hell-a124006
Once I read this article I realized that it had some significance to my blog, the most obvious being that it was about video games and storytelling. Kemp’s article suggests that video games already have stories regardless if they are good or bad and is not trying to make an argument. He mentions examples of games that have well-told stories that have been hits in the video game world to justify what makes them great stories. My blog on the other hand, will be arguing that video games do tell stories, shedding light on “great games telling great stories.”
Kemp’s articles are rich in detail and informative to their audiences. I found them quite easy to read due to his straightforward style of writing and clarity of sentences; everything is to the point, which is the way reviews should be, I think. Based on all of Kemp’s posts I can tell his writing is intended for the audiences who follow entertainment, namely video games, television, and film. Since I find his posts very informative I feel that his audience is people mainly looking for some information on things, kind of like myself. He has a post on a preview of “Halo 3: ODST” and he basically outlines the game and mentions its basic features and his impressions of it, something an avid gamer would like to read. He also has a post on the film, “Drag Me to Hell,” where Kemp gives his analysis of the film and his own personal thoughts about it. He does a good job of keeping his posts linear by usually having his posts’ information generated from the subjects and his closing paragraph being his own take on everything.
One thing I noticed about his writing is that it seems to be academic, not so much because of its style, but because of the dates and subjects of his posts. His posts took place from March 2009 to June 2009 and they were almost weekly posts, some being every other day. This just feels similar to what I am doing for this class, which is: running a blog for the semester. It is being written in a similar manner with the only difference being the informal voice of a blog, compared to the formal voice of an article. Plus, the subjects of the posts ranged from video game reviews, to a television series review, film reviews, and some book reviews. Nevertheless, this was an extremely helpful piece of material that I plan on making reference to in my blog, especially some of the parts where Kemp uses other games as examples of having well-told stories.
Storytelling in Video Games - http://www.suite101.com/content/storytelling-in-videogames-a102922
Halo 3: ODST - http://www.suite101.com/content/e3-2009-halo-3-odst-preview-a122926
Drag Me to Hell - http://www.suite101.com/content/film-review-drag-me-to-hell-a124006
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