Recreation of an Iconic Movie Scene
This is a recreation from the movie The Princess Diary.
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Hidden Folks and Unhidden Childhood
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Hidden Folks and Unhidden Childhood takes a look at the relatively unsung game: Hidden Folks. It is an interactive hidden objects game. The basic premise of the game is similar to Where’s Waldo, but in reality, it’s so much more. We think that Hidden Folks, on some subliminal level, instills a sense of appreciation for the smaller moments in life. As we grow older, we are so engrossed in the constant pursuit of ‘productivity’ and finding meaning in everything we do. It’s just not easy to fascinate us anymore. Hidden Folks allows you to just slow down and take a moment, and relive that childhood excitement. In the episode we also talk about other skills this game can teach you, what makes it different from other games of its genre, and its relevance in this unprecedented year.
Sources:
Webster, Andrew. “Hidden Folks is a serene, gratifying Where’s Waldo for Adults.” The Verge. February 15, 2017.
Martens, Todd. “Surviving as a single-player in video game’s multiplayer world.” Los Angeles Times. June 19, 2018.
Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson.
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Oxenfree: Finding Certainties in Uncertainties
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In this episode of The Longest Rainy Sunday, we look at Oxenfree, a game that consistently ranks among the best fifty games since its release by Night School Studio in 2016. The game certainly has its complexities from the characters’ personalities to the daunting supernatural elements that take over the game when players least expect it. In this episode, we analyze how a game in which we seemingly have no control teaches players to find control, a helpful tool during these uncertain times. We hope you sit back and come listen to our critical take on Oxenfree.
Sources
Crouch, Chad. “Ellipsis.” Free Music Archive: Chad Crouch – Ellipsis, Free Music Archive, 13 September, 2019.
Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. p. 26-27, 32. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005.
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That’s so Fetch!
I chose a scene from Mean Girls as my iconic movie scene. Here is the original.
Movie scene remake
For this assignment, I chose to recreate a motivational speech by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Wolf of Wall Street. The first quote: “there’s no nobility in poverty” is one of my favorite movie quotes of all time.
Podcast Reflection
In the episode of Oxenfree, I am the assistant producer this time. We are consist with our previous decision on the task involved. As the assistant producer, I need to assist the discussion on the game, make the transcript, and attend meetings including the meeting with Professor Morgen. Compare to the previous podcast on Temple Run, I think we are much more organized. Instead of deciding on our game the day before the meeting with Professor Morgen, we decided on the game about two weeks before the due date. For the last episode, we had to probe on how to record in zoom, who is doing what job, and we had to record several times before the final version. Yet, for this episode, everything is simply going as smoothly as possible
Moreover, the goals and main talking points had shifted. Since we had barely nothing to talk about for Temple Run‘s mechanics, we focus more on its relationship with COVID-19. But for Oxenfree, there are tons of information and themes. We first did some research on the game. For instance, I discovered the meaning of “Oxenfree” and its connection to the pandemic. Therefore, with this abundant amount of talking points, we focus more on the mechanics and meaning of Oxenfree. If I had more time, I would delve deeper into the plot and reference more specific moments in the game.
As we have more attempts on the podcasts, the ability to “demonstrate collaborative skills in classroom discussion and while working together on projects and presentations”, as stated in the Learning Objective page, will significantly improve. With the projects, Anusha, Hayden, and I had definitely became more comfortable working with one another. Although learning how to cooperate is a gradual process, we had made clear progression to mastering this skill.
Valorant
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Rush A! Drop me a Vandal! Smoke mid, Brimstone! These are the kinds of expressions that you will typically hear in this week’s game. This game is a 5 vs. 5 multiplayer, first person shooter game where one team attacks and one team defends. Officially released to the world by Riot Games on June 2, 2020, this fresh game is booming in popularity all over the world. With the game developers releasing new patch notes every 2 weeks to keep the game updated and hyped, it seems like the game won’t die anytime soon. Let’s talk about Valorant and how this game teaches us to be more logical, have more trust, and take greater risks.
Sources
- Critical Play by Mary Flanagan
- Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson
- Superbetter by Jane McGonigal
- “The Benefits of Playing Video Games, written by Isabela Granic,” Adam Lobel, and Rutger C. M. E. Engels, published from Radboud University Nijmegen
- “Valorant Agent list: Abilities, ultimates and more of each character,” written by Joe Rivera, published from SportingNews.
- “The best part about ‘Valorant’? Its potential,” written by Michael Espinosa, published from The Stanford Daily
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“Deliberate Thought” by Kevin MacLeod
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Econ. Doodle
First and foremost, I learned that I am a terrible artist. The only reason why each doodle is even recognizable to the eye is due to the fact that each doodle was drawn extremely slowly and meticulously. However, I also learned couple positive things from the doodling process. As I was rewatching my Econ 101 lecture about the labor market, I found that doodling helped me retain what I was learning. When you write/take notes, you remember what you’re hearing because the physical motion of writing helps you process and retain the information. When I was doodling pictures along with the written notes, I felt like it helped me even more with retaining the information because, I think, psychologically, I was associating the information with the doodles. I also found doodling to be quite therapeutic. There is something quite soothing about just moving your drawing pen on the paper and contemplating what to draw next. The only downfall for doodling notes was that it took a long time for me to draw everything, but I think it’s because I suck at drawing. For that reason, I don’t think doodling notes is a very practical way of taking notes.
Find the blog post assignment here
Sketch Post
I learned that it was really fun and entertaining to do a creative notes. This page of notes above is way more appealing to the normal notes that I do. And now looking back, there were some occasions when I got really frustrated taking notes. I think doing visual notes like this can balance my emotions because it alleviates some of my stress.
I’ve found that drawing cute little images make me happy and positive. I’ve never imagined incorporating my own drawings into my notes; however, now I find it enjoyable to create some images in my notes, just for the sake of adding some colors and special elements. Or else notes are simply tedious. Check out the original sources and instructions about this visual notes post here.
