The Future of Animation

Magen Thornhill
Blog 15: The Future of Animation

I think that the lecture on video games was probably my favorite. I’ve played a lot of video games so it was really nice to go over them in class. I really liked the documentary on how Nintendo and the development of Mario. I never knew how Mario came to be. I do think games are a lot like film and Mario is a great character. He’s in so much and I still love playing all the Mario games that come out.

It’s really interesting to compare what games were like in the 80’s to what they’re like now. They’re so realistic and I really like the character development that goes into them. Some of the characters are so complex like Cloud from Final Fantasy VII. Some of the story lines for me or just like watching a movie or reading a book I don’t really play violent video games although I have before. Really the only first person shooter games I’ve played belong to the Resident Evil series. While this can be violent it still has a very in depth story. It involves zombies so if they took out all the violence it wouldn’t have the same effect to the storyline.

Games like Grand Theft Auto, I just kind of ignore since I’m not interested in them. I think it was strange how the army was using a game for training after America was saying violent games were a problem. It was very contradictory. I don’t think games are the problem and it’s more that society generates a lot of fear. We are not the only country that has these types of games. I learned that in one of my media classes that critics are usually over the age of 40 and not video game natives. I really think it’s up to the parents to regulate what their kids can play.