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Nelson portrays a unique perspective of fundamentalism, faith, capitalism, life coaching, chemists, Buddhism, and other belief systems in "Game, game, game and again game". Through his use of clashing chords and blinking scribbles an endeavor to travel through each belief system results in a paradox to life. The adventure relates to a persons journey through life because each level conveys a different belief that effect people's opinions. However, each belief is shown through a Nelson-filter.
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What is winning in Facade? There are a variety of endings, but which is optimal?
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While playing "Colossal Cave Adventure" I noticed how similar it is to "The Abominable Snowman". In both forms the reader or player chooses the next move and has control over what they do as a character of power. However, the person interacting with the medium also has a complete lack of control over what the outcome of that choice might be. For example, in "Abominable Snowman" I can choose whether or not to go and find Carlos or trust that he is okay. Either way the story does not end directly after that choice, however you never know when an ending possibly being death will occur.
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Television has two main categories in which to group its contents. The obvious category of television consists of a script and known filming. This includes movies and talk shows. The other consists of no formal script and known filming. Reality television does not exist because it lacks a formal script and knowledge of filming. Therefore this title has been put in place of the second category. Attatched is a picture to ilustrate the above explanation.

Categories of Television

On Thursday we talked about how changing the appearance of a web page can influence the reader's perspective on the work. Their first impression matters a great deal on how they will view the rest of the piece. The reader makes assumptions about the intention of the author based on this first impression. When it comes to mashups, however, this is a complicated topic because the original author's intention has been skewed.
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Mashups...sound like mashed potatoes and resemble the food in a way as well. The cook starts out with an oval-shaped, course, brown object formerly known as a potato and ends up with an entirely different consistency; the soft, creamy, substance known as mashed potatoes. Some cooks add garlic, some add butter-either way a new product is formed. The same process is taken when a person decides to "mashup" someone else's work. A different result conveys the new perspective taken on the work. This result allows other viewers to experience a new narrative.
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"Who's the one to decide that it would be alright
To put the music behind the news tonight
Well mama said
You can't believe everything you hear
The diegetic world is so unclear.
So baby close your ears
On the news tonight ."
-Jack Johnson
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On page 146 of "Little Nemo" is a song that the band plays. I thought it was interesting that McCay put the actual score on the frame of the comic. The Princess and Nemo both recognize the melody, but cannot remember what it is. So, I thought maybe I would recognize it as well. I played the piece on a keyboard and it sounded like a nice little ditty, however I did not recognize it. The fact that McCay includes the music on the comic though still intrigued me so I researched his musical background and found nothing.
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Since when does Donald Duck know how to survive a forest fire? He fulfilled the comedic/foolish role as he usually does, but I don't remember him ever being the smart character. His goofy, raspy voice matches the commanding shutups and effort to keep trudging on through the forest for a photograph, but not the intelligent, "Put the wet jackets over your faces!". Barks must have been trying to get some safety tips across to the reader. He did, however, successfully convey the easily agitated side of Donald.
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Upon entering this class I thought, okay... Forms of Narrative... different ways of storytelling, however I delved into something much larger; a world where the basics of a story are twisted into new ideas about how they can be created and produced. Before the class, technology did not coincide with the word narrative, but now it weaves its way into a number of compatible possibilities. The game Passage reflects this notion and endeavors to leave a different perspective on the game of life. The visual aging was most intriguing when playing the game.
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