Unit 6 - Critical Response

Task 4 - Final Critical Essay Introduction  In this essay, I will be talking about how I think graphics in modern games have changed the market. I will be discussing a variety of games and how I think those games sell considering their graphics.  Graphics in the games industry has become one the driving forces to sell games in recent years because they promote a game saying that the better the graphics then the better the game will be. Whether this is the case is up to the audience, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".  The way a game looks is a very subjective topic. One member of the audience may prefer a more retro style over a photo-realistic version. Over the course of the last 30 years, graphics have undoubtedly become a lot better, games have become a lot more realistic because if you look at the graphics for one of the first games they are very blocky and unrealistic but the newer games like Uncharted is Photorealistic.  For this essay, I am loo...

Task 3 - Understand how media audiences respond to media products. Hypodermic Needle Theory The hypodermic needle theory is a type of manipulation that first occurred in the 1920's and 1930's after observing how well propaganda was used to portray a message to the public, the government started to use the television and radio to influence their citizens by passively feeding them information that they believe.This would be possible because in this era things like the radio and cinema were very new and so what they seen or heard they perceived as fact. Although this has become outdated due to the audiences becoming more active over the years the main stream media outlets still attempt to use tactics such as fear to persuade an audiences opinion. Reports on games and films being linked with violence such as Call of Duty linked with school shootings have an impact on adults and the older generation because it is a subject that they don't know much about so they believe ...