Hey guys! Here's a link to my video. It's a little rough around the edges and I wish I had a bit more time with it, but I would love any and all feedback!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frrOev-u9Uo&t=104s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frrOev-u9Uo&t=104s
ReplyDeleteI think you chose a really great and interesting text to look at Baudrillard and simulation/simulacra. I don’t play video games, so I wouldn’t be able to compare but that’s such an interesting plot twist to a video game. I like how you discussed how media is using simulacra to make us question our reality and what we thought to be true. Instead of just passively accepting things, media can be used in a way to make us question and critically look at things. I thought the point about how operating under a simulation without question is similar to being a slave was really strong. I think effectively builds upon Baudrillard’s theory/adds another layer and explains it in a way that we can easily apply it to today. Many some comparison of how simulations/simulacra interfere outside of video games as a comparison point could be helpful if you want to expand upon it. I would recommend going into more the impact the plot twist has on the player and if it has changed their perception/relation to video games and reality. I think you chose quotes from Baudrillard that correlated really well with what you were saying/the argument you were making. I don’t know if the music you chose was from the video game since I never played it before, but its very creepy and dark and matches the video very well.
Hi Joy,
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed your video. I don't really play video games- but I've known about BioShock for a while now. I really enjoyed the way that you tied in the plot of BioShock to the overall philosophy of Baudrillard. Specifically, I liked the way of how you drew analogies of Ryan passively accepting whatever he is ordered, to videogamers simply undergoing tasks ordered of them without question. I really enjoyed your quote on being able to choose and simply obeying. I think this a fantastic analogy given the current climate of media-- people tend to passively consume and obey rather than question and choose. I think choosing BioShock was a very well thought out choice. The quotes you chose from Baudrillard seamlessly worked to stratify your arguments within the videogame. It also got me to think what are the ways consumers are primed to obey-- probably not in a way that is dissimilar to Ryan in Bioshock.
Hey Joy, I thought your video was really well done! You did some great analysis and application of Baudrillard's concepts. Since the video was mostly gameplay, I did feel like I could have just listened to it and gotten the full message without actually watching the video. A few times I got distracted by your gameplay and missed what you were saying in the voiceover because of the action scenes (such as when you attacked the woman pretending to be crying with a baby). However I thought that Bioshock was a great choice for the discussion of simulacra vs simulation and you exhibited a sophisticated understanding of this contrast. Really well done!!
ReplyDeleteJoy,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your video because of its strong connection to Baudrillard and also its detailed description of the world of video games because I honestly know next to nothing about video games. The description of BioShock as a simulation really stuck with me when you said that it is 'accepted at face-value' by players until the plot twist when players of the game realize that the killer has been conditioned to do everything he has done up until now. He had been living in a simulacrum his whole life. Living in a simulacrum is "akin to being a slave." These were all interesting points and easy to follow based off of your script. The only suggestion that I would have is that when you show images of the killer killing Ryan, it was used after you described it happening. It could have been cool to see those images mixed in while you were describing it. Overall though, good job!