As a member of the culture of gaming I have to agree with John Banks when he states that “The success of media enterprises such as games developers may rely on effectively combining and coordinating the various forms of expertise possessed by both professional games developers and creative gamers, not displacing one with the other” in […]
New Media Writing
The Analysis of Isaac: Day Three
Yet again, r/bindingofisaac has shown me more layers to their subreddit. Every time I think I’ve seen all the content that people in the community post and talk about, another facet appears for me to view on the next day to help extend my research. Rather than quoting more of Understanding Rhetoric, today’s post will […]
The Analysis of Isaac: Day Two
Ignoring the fact that doing this analysis made me decide to play a run of the game again (don’t judge me), let’s go ahead and discuss what I learned from r/bindingofisaac today! First let’s start by mentioning another lesson spoken through Understanding Rhetoric: “…while writing exists in many spaces, it also moves. It changes shape, form, […]
The Analysis of Isaac: Day One
I’ve always been a huge fan of The Binding of Isaac series made by Edmund McMillen, so much so that I even wrote a game theory article about it at one point. I have put over 104 hours of playtime into The Binding of Isaac and 309 hours of playtime into its sequel, The Binding of […]
Madea Joins The Military
Honestly, at this point, I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Madea movie that had something to do with the military or something related to it, but I digress. Tyler Perry purchased the lands of the very old Fort McPherson back in 2015. He had plans to turn it into a new film studio, where he […]
Move That Boom Mic, I’m Driving Here!
While Atlanta’s recently booming film productions are giving a lot of new life to Atlanta’s economy, it is also changing the lives of locals who have to deal with the constant signs of filming and large equipment set-ups. What once was a glamorous and awe-inspiring industry has left many Atlantans wishing Hollywood would stay in […]
Educating Atlanta’s Newest Film Industry
Atlanta has been in the process of becoming the next big thing in the realm media over the past couple of years, in the fields of film, television and gaming. Many movies and television series are being filmed in locations that are easily recognized by locals and game developing companies are springing up everywhere in the […]
Themes of Old & New Media
Original Twitter conversation For the class theme, I petition that we can look at the Western deterioration of 2D art and animation in feature films.
Welcome Back!
Hello to all of my viewers (that don’t actually exist. I should probably work on that… Anyway, ) and welcome back to another exciting semester of blogging. I know it’s been kind of dead around here for a while, but your grand content creator is back to serve more critical thinking and observations on the […]
