The bulk of the project is in a big paper divided into four sections. The first three sections use three games as the medium to talk about things. Mass Effect, Bioshock, and Fallout 3. The last section ties together all three and talks about the similarities between them to discuss how we view things, and how we process/digest/interpret information.
The 'Mass Effect' discusses how, despite being set in an advanced space-aged future, all of the issues the game presents are essentially the same types of ordeals we have in the present.
Bioshock will discuss the never-ending struggle between democrat/republican ideologies, the nature of linearity in gameplay and how the game serves as a harsh critique of un-regulated capitalism.
Fallout 3 will discuss how the game is unique in the sense that it creates a fusion of cyber-punk and steam-punk genres; and why the world it's set in is so fitting to examine different social settings. Communications in the wasteland is severely limited, and groups/communities are vastly separated. Because of this and little interaction with one another, you see different towns growing in different ways.
Last section touches on how in all three games, you the player are constantly being observed and given feedback to. Etc etc. Stuff like that.
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Looking forward to hearing it.
~S~
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