Video Game Project...Final.

The final powerpoint project i did was very interesting. I did not know some of the things that came up during the violence of video games. Violent video games are a major part in todays video game industry. A lot of todays teens can go out and buy Mature M rated games when really they are not supposed to. A lot has changed since the beginning of video games. Extreme violence has emerged from some of the top selling games out there. Stores are supposed to restrict teens from buying these games but really they don't. Violent video games do increase the aggressive thoughts and behaviors is some people. People who have had a past in aggressiveness shows that they are even more aggressive when playing a violent game. There are many studies out there that prove this. Just because some evidence shows this does not mean that everyone who plays violent games will have aggressive thoughts or behaviors. There is evidence though that violent games do affect some people who play them. 

Post Racial Barack Obama Discussion>

The post racial discussion last Wednesday night was about racism and Obama as the new president. The meeting was held with five professors all of which were very knowledgable on the subject. They were talking on such issues as to why we have so much racism in the U.S. today. Why are there so many racist people still in our current culture. Also the issue was brought up if Obama would solve this issue of racism. Considering that 60% of his voters were african american everyone wonders what will happen when he is in office. We the people! Since Barack Obama was elected african americans were seen as the problem in todays society. Now they are seen as the solution instead of the problem. Racism is not a new though or thing. It has been around for thousands of years. Today we are just looking at a way to end it. Will Obama be part of this solution? I sure hope so. We are all human beings. Why are people so cruel to others just because their skin color? This makes me sick! I really hope that this issue amongst our own people is solved sometime in the near future!

Tomorrow Never Dies-Bond Movie

Tomorrow never dies is another bond film made in and around China. James Bond is in the middle of the Pakistan mountains trying to find out what this secret operation there it doing. He finds some missiles that are extremely explosive and goes for the plane they are on. He some how gets in the plane blowing up everything in sight. He sets off everything on the base and he flies out just before his(side) of missiles come and hit the base. During all of this the bad guy Carter has this red box that can off set military settings and radars. He has this stealth ship on which on the ship has a "saw that swims." The saw launches and shreds into and around anything it comes in contact with. Also with this red box Carter can type tomorrow's news the day before. So he can off set the worlds news and lie about the terrible things he has really done. Bond is set out by the British agency to stop this whole ordeal. This movie is very action packed and is full of little bond gadgets along the way. Very good movie for those who like action. 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the crystal of skull

We rented this movie the other night to watch it. The movie starts out with no plot what so ever! The beginning starts in the middle of no where in nevada at this secret army base. These russian characters come out of no where and take control over what they are there to get. Indiana Jones is there with his friend who turns his back on him. It turns out that his friend nick is a spy and has been against him the whole time. Jones is there to show the russians this silver magnetic bomb type thing. Jones escapes from the Russian group by going in the speed bullet across the desert. He is a professor at a college when his son who at the time he does not know who he is. this kid asks him to come to help him find his mother who happens to be Jones old wife. They go on this excursion in Peru to find his mom and this missing skull. Some one has stolen this skull and misplaced it. They are set out to put it back. Throughout the movie there are chases with the russian group and Jones and his group. The movie is packed with action and adventure and is set towards the "corney" crowd. The movie was some what good, but i would not recommend it.

Is one media object enough?

The other night my roommates and i were watching television and talking about other stuff on youtube.com and what not. The thing is we were watching home improvement on T.V. and in the middle of it my girlfriend had to show us all this clip on youtube.com We were watching T.V. while watching stuff on the internet. Wow, all three of us are completely surrounded by all of media available to us, all at once! What a world we we can watching t.v. while watching the internet all at a lightning speed. It hit me how encompassed we americans are in our media today. We need and demand so much with the media, and the media is moving at a speed uncontrollable. I like being able to access almost what ever i want, when ever! It is nice to listen to music online while looking for a new book, and catching up on the current news. Media is such a big part of our lives and it is very hard to avoid it. Not that i would really want to!