War

The word war is very sensitive word to everyone. When we speak of war the first image that comes to our mind is suffering. War only brings sadness to people, and this decision is made by one that thinks that this decision is not made by him but the others.

what can we change? Idealogy
Ideaogy from government, from Religion, from terrorist, etc. What made them do those actions? Is it dreams? Idealogy comes from dreams and a dream is a thought made out of people's subconcious. It's something that we want and hope to achieve for. Sometimes we encounter De javu in our lifes, like we have seen the same scenerio in our dreams before, it's true that we seen it before and it's just a projection of the things we seen. I've encounter various de javu in life also and it still amase me no matter how many times i encounter it.

Subconcious mind is something that we can't control. That is how we get hypnotise as well.

Terrorist is a group of people trying to do something bad to the others because they want revenge for the government. The reason they did so is because they or their families have been hurt before. We tends to judge people by looks, people with beard and long hair tends to looks suspicious, well we are told not to judge a book by it's cover but it's really not happening in real life. Today i just watch Devil and while in the show, my friend and I has been guessing who the real devil is, my friend guessed the old lady while i guess the young man because he looks suspicious. AS the movie unfolds i realise that i was wrong, Just because he was the last one that didn't get killed doesn't mean that he is the bad guy. well my friend guessed correctly and i asked him why did he choose the old lady and he says that the devil always tends to take form of the weak like an old lady or a little girl to create an illusion.

Subconcious records all the things that you've seen or done, I once watch a show about this girl killing a guy and forgets all about it because she is in a shock state that it triggers to lock up that part of her memory and through hynotism that she remembers what happens and recover.

Idealogy works when the thoughts is spreading around. Like brain wash, Misinterpretation of what people says and Up bringing of one. Speaking of terrorism i feel safe in singapore though there have been bomb cases but i think that i am still safe in some way, not like some one will come in from my window and steal my stuff or people breaking in banks to rob them.

Games created with violence while for this everyone has their way of getting violent, like banging tables, etc. But if games that doesn't have violence contents does that means we'll be safe from it? Well it's fun to play games that have violence contents like fighting and blood splattering all around but people just need to know what is real and what is not.

I think it's good that the school lets us learn the history of war, and understand the true meaning of what it is trying to convey. I can't say fully that i understand the meaning of war but the history of it lets me understand more about singapore.

politics is the cause for war. Though i didn't have to go through it but i heard stories about world war from my grandmother. My grandmother got hurt by the bomb before and she says it happens so sudden that she didn't know what to do. Well she told me that she and her mum was working under one of the Japanese chief and she says that he is very polite to them. My grandma and her mum helps with the house whole chores and was ironing the clothes for them when the japanese walks in and bow to them. Well i think they are not as bad as they looks.

photos taken from:
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/502/medium/Counter-Terrorist.jpg
http://www.juegomania.org/Terrorist+Takedown+2/foto/pc/12/12052/10.jpg/Foto+Terrorist+Takedown+2.jpg

Secret Society

Secret society sounds cool to me, like some big mission done by people that we commoners didn't know about. How did they even manage to create a society secretly.

Illuminati is one of the secret society founded by Adam Weishaupt. The goal of the Illuminati is to create a new world order under one goverment, like domination, taking control of everyone and to limit wars between countries. As i have guess before knowing it's purpose, i think it's created because of war and will only fight with the government to gain power.

Illuminati can also be found in modern times through media like music, movies, books etc. There are many reasons why secret society is form, could be that they feel that life is unfair that they have to starve while the rich have lots of money to waste on food, women and house. Anti religion, war, society and life they had. All these people wanted is freedom and revenge, because they believe they can make their life better.

Does these beliefs brought more suffering to the people? Life is unfair and it just depends on how people sees it. When one is positive, the things he/she sees is positive and if one is negative the things they see will all be negative. What are they any different from the people they wanted revenge on?

The symbols is everywhere even in movies, i find this really scary since we tend to see it in our surroundings. Is secret society still alive?

Photos taken from:
http://www.taroscopes.com/miscellanous-pages/images_marksofaton1/ma1_20.jpg

Final Blog Entry for Sem 1

1) Reflection

If i were to choose 5 topics that i like i would choose Heroes, Games in Movies, Crime, SuperNatural and A.I. First as we talk about heroes we all know that heroes in movies are all special, we can also think it in a way that even though we don't participate in movies or have healing powers, we are still a hero in our lifes. Heroes that helps others when one is in trouble. To me the heroes in my life is my grandmother and my parents. They give life to me and teach me well, although they are a nag sometimes but i know they care alot for me. Not to mention we all had our neighbourhood heroes like our police man, doctors, nurses. When a protagonist exist, a antagonist will appear. The antagonist in my family is my grandfather, wouldn't go into details on this anyway, When a life has both the good and the bad, we have already create a game.

Life is like a game, though we don't have a second chance when a crime is made but we have the choice to make our own decision. Whether to our wisdom wisely or destroy it. What happens when it's the end of one life? I once heard this phrase before "The end of one life is the beginning of the other" When one is dead the other is born. I believe this is true because everyday life is brought to earth. But what will actually happen when one is dead? It's all like what the others have been saying, supernatural. Those that claims to be able to see it, can't proff that they can but people just wants to believe. For me i use to believe there's ghost because of movies i watch. Now that i notice there isn't anything happening to me in my life that is not explainable, well maybe because i've been finding excuses of not believing it?

Movies are so popular that a movie theater can never go bankrupt. Everyday will be crowded and who would thought that we can watch games in movies as well? Movie is a good media that can tells us alot of things. Not just about the entertainment. Movies with games elements brings new ideas to people, like dreams in movies(Inception) or even fantasy in movies(Alice in Wonderland). Mixing game genres into movies gives people space of imagination. And i believe that with these imaginations we will be able to create something new.

Who would have thought that we can make robots now? Though the robots we seen in movies were always so intelligent, fast, strong and ability to think for themself. we can't really make one out like this for now. Since Japan has been playing with robots and making a human robot, they are able to make them walk by themself and make certain emotions. Maybe by combining robots and movies, we can even create a hollogram and watch our movies or even shift the hollogram around like Iron man 2. It would be cool if i can have one of those stuff =D

2) Speculate about the future of gaming

I didn't really think about it since we have all we wanted now and i am contented that we have laptops, Televisions, and even game console like Wii, PSP, etc. Well there's a few things i thought about when i finish watching a movie. I use to think that it would be great if the train station would stop by my house that i would not have to walk all the way to the station, or maybe have a teleport machine at home so i can just teleport to school or anywhere else, or maybe i can have a flying device so i can fly high up to the sky? When i play games i know that i can't just play enough of it. It's so good that i want to jump into the games and play real. Maybe life is too boring here for me since all i did is go to school, come home, eat, play games, sleep. Everyday life style. I wanted to change and perhaps i just want to run away from reality like how doraemon gives his buddy a time machine to stop time so he could finish his work on time?

Samuel Johnson
"Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion"

Quotation from:
http://quotations.about.com/cs/inspirationquotes/a/Life1.htm

so true indeed =D

3) Creativity

I've learn that inorder to be creative we need to absorbe what others did and combine them together. Example if we see a circle and we were to play with it there's many ways we can play with, throw it, toss it, lick it, eat it, give it away, etc. One can play in his own ways to create something out of it's imagination.

Here's my creativity model/game


The first thing that i base my design on is House and Tree, i combine it together because for me in order to be creative i want to feel comfortable like when i'm at home, this is where i feel most comfortable with and then i combine it with tree because trees absorb sunlight and water to create food for themselves, i want to use this idea and so i created my design with 2 compartment, one is the current ideas that i have, second is the memory. I place my current ideas and my memory into Process 1: Idea generator to choose and select the one i want, next is to move the selected items up so i can see clearly now that i have selected the things i want, Last ideas will be branched out at the roof and even if ideas were branched out, more ideas can branch out from that single idea tree.

Pseudoscience & Fringe Science

Since we all learn science before like physics and chemistry we know that we need to do both theory and practical test in order to pass and other than that we need to also prove our theory by doing experiments.

There are different types of science in this world. And since we are talking about science we know that mathematics is related as well. Pseudoscience is similar to fantasy whereby it inclues some real life elements. Science is actually alchemy in olden times and magic is involve. I don't really know if it is real since this worldi s full of mysteries and i don't know if there were people that don't age at all cause even if there is they wouldn't just come out and say i'm immotal.

Astrology is the predictions of celestial activity. Some of us has actually make predictions on what is doing to happen. Like a projection from an object. since we all are born differently we all have different personality as well and our moon sign and star sign plays a big role in our life.

Finge sciences is mostly called as weird science because phenomenona happens and it's just not logical at all. Hypnotism is something we all hears about as it is use in phychology treatment to make people remember that they forget like going back to the past. Hypnotism is something more to human beliefs, when one believe in it they will obey to it, I watch the myth busters doing test to see if hypnotism works on all people and sadly it works on all BUT when one is force to do an action they don't want to do they will not do it no matter how many hypnotism test they went.

Psychic phenomena works in a way that it is able to control something. Like an object moving etc. We actually proff this right because there's a guy being interviewed on tv asking him how he is able to play chess with just using his mind.

Dimentional Travel is something that is untouchable for now. Well i guess the only dimention we can go to is from Human to ghost. In the show fringe, in order for one to travel to another dimention called the parallel world, they need to find the correct spot. Like the weakest point for both earth and parallel world so that one can enter to the other side.

Fringe is nice to watch but if it really happens in real life i would say it is definately going to be a catastrophe. Humans that can explode, humans that change into a monster, human being used as experiments.

Game Design in this sense doesn't have much link to it unless some one is going to make a game using fringe science then it's possible other than that i think it's really nothing much to it.

photo taken from:
http://www.zona39.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fringe-season-2-poster3.jpg

Persuasive games and Future Gaming

I haven't really thought of what to see if i were being asked about games. I think it's just like a genie never thought of what to wish for because no one ask them before. I think games is like a drug to me, it is something that you can't get rid of just like a part of yourself. It helps you to get entertained and you can also learn something from it as well.


Games comes in many forms be it blocks of wood, papers, sticks, PC, Xbox, Playstation, PSP, DS etc. and you can say that all these are build because of gamers. Games are definately getting more and more intense with the latest technology and awsome graphics.


Since young we have already been introduced to games. Mini games like building blocks, matching the correct shapes, playing with colours. we even played traditional games like hop scotch, five stones, pick up sticks etc.


Now that we have play kids games we were introduced to another game call the board games like chess, Monopoly, Life etc. And it gets bored later on haha..

Every game has a purpose and rules to follow, rules like how many people can play the game, what objectives should players meet, what procedures to do before playing (eg. shuffling cards, distribute cards etc), Strict rules to follow at all cost in game, resources to use in game, what are the various conflicts they get (eg. if i were to attack this monster and i notice that my level is a lot lower and i am bound to die), what boundaries do i have (eg. stay within the box) and the outcome of the game whether is it fun, boring, interesting.

Pervasive games is such a big deal that Tokyo Game show is really a success. People from all over the world would come down and take a look not to mention that we have to queue 1 and a half hour to get in and you can never see finish everything/try all the games demo there. Each game waiting time is about 90 mins even buying stuff we have to queue to get in the shops, grab the things we want and queue to pay.

I definately see alot of cosplayers because it's the chance for them to showcase their self and it's like role playing in real life. When your a female and you role play a guy characters it is so interesting because you need to be him!

In life, we make our own decision, play our own journey and create our own endings. We can do what we want to do and make the best our of it but how many people actually does that? Some would just wait for the sky to fall knowing that it will fall eventually but some will live to the fullest even if it's end of the world. There are games that helps people to achieve something in life as well like the Amazing race, Survivor and facebook. Anyone can play the games and well they feel a sense of achievement onces in a while and it's really satisfying.

I once watched an anime .Hack is about a girl playing as a guy in a game. The game starts when one puts on the goggles and it feels like reality since what ever you see is different from the one place you're at now. It's like being there but not there kind of feeling.

I love playing Wii because it creates great audience interaction and it can make players exercise as well. Once you tried it you will never want to let it go. It's so addictives and the experience that you get from it is so real and it's all about fun =D

Transformation of media is like an in thing now that we can see 3D television sold anywhere. All you have to do is to put on the 3D Goggles and sit back and relax. Sitting at your own house with your own TV. It's even way cooler than watching it at the cinema because you can pause it? haha.. Well we use media to advertise and media is use in many other ways as well be it advertising Macdonals in Monopoly form or using media to educate kids like High Five, Barney, Micky Mouse. Games are even used in military as well like flight training and now when we learn motocycle to get the license some of the facility they use machines to test the testers instead of new motobikes. Hmm i don't know how safe it will be but since they are doing it so why not?

Now that they even have games in computers created just for BABIES! When i first saw it in toys r us i was like er... because babies are still so young and well i don't really know how they are gonna play it and i think they actually test it on babies so oh well...

I guess the next future gaming would a projections make into a world, people can get onto that projection and well the projection can change as well. Perhaps we can even fly in air.

photos taken from:
http://www.polandchess.com/chess_sets_galleries/Staunton5_lx_chess_set/Staunton5_lx_chess_set_4.jpg
http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.75389695.jpg
http://feigningenius.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/1577393535_8d66a0f557.jpg
http://www.glynnisbaby.com/images/Shape_Sorting_Board0.JPG

Games in Movies

Games in movies is very intersting and i remembered the first movie that i watch that has game elements in it is Jumanji, I remember getting myself freak out when i watch this show. It's like horror shows to me since i was young that time but now that i seen it again i actually find it interesting. It attracts the watchers to anticipate as well for the people in the movies. It's like being together as one or imagining ourselves in it. That would be creepy.

Movie: Doom where by a group of people were moved to mars and the technology there is so great that they teleported from one point to another. It is said that the scientists has been attacked by an unknown monster and therefore a team of eight was sent to help out and upon arrival more truth unfolds as they found out that the monster is actually human beings that is being affected by the virus and this virus will only affect certain people however at only a very low rate. At the end of the show there's this shooting simulation thing like CS showing him walking and shooting at various monsters that pops out of nowhere.
It's short but it's fun to watch this since it's quite fresh to me.

Movie: Gamer is another movie where players can either get controlled or control people. But for the main actor's story plot, the game rolls in a way that he is in jail and the only way to get out of jail is to play and get played. Seriously this is a sick game if you think about it. What happens if the person that controls you suck at playing? You will definately die because you're so unlucky. And i know that it is definately not fun to get controlled because they will make you wear funny clothes and do funny stuff. Isn't it weird? This is a game that there is no return. No save noo pause no nothing. All they got to do is stay alive at all cost.

There's other interesting movies like Saw etc. I didn't really watch Saw because well one thing about it is it's gross and sick. Why would the killer want to make things difficult for the people and put them under traps so that they can hurt themselves? Isn't it sick? People were put to test to see if they had the ability to live.

For me i like to watch movies because i am looking for something. Like how good the story is depends on how well the actor portays it is one thing but other than that thhey need to make the character stand up for oneself. This is the thing i always look out of them watching movies.

photos taken from:
http://gfx.filmweb.pl/po/06/65/665/6927154.3.jpg?l=1243131684000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doommovieposter.jpg
http://www.gamemania.be/Content/Gamer_BE.jpg

World of Warcraft

We can all say that we heard about this before and some even played it. It's a massive multiplayer role play game by Blizzard Entertainment and that players just can't stop playing. Though as have to pay to play yet this has become the most awsome game i've played so far.

The reason i find this game fun is the NPC interaction and the storyline. The leveling is easy and the quest is doable by myself without anyone help. The storyline some requires NPC help and just follow the NPC to invade a certain town. For me my most favourite characters in game is the death knight. It has an extract storyline where you use to be a hero but was captured by the dark demon or something that you get brained wash and now working under them to kill civilians, until later on in the game that you learned that you were once a hero. In order to be able to play death knights characters you have to level a normal characters to level 80 and it will unlock the death knight characters which death knight will start the game straight at level 55.

For me i don't think that WOW is a racist game. It just brings in different races of characters into game and from my point of view it's like different races working together to defeat a certain enemy. Other than that, game makers have to make sure that players gets choices in game, creating more class,race and gender also makes the player more attracted to it. Different race have different strength as well just like us humans where we have our own strength in within. It basically depends on how the person thinks and this game is not just about quest.

Quest are there to basically helps you to level to 80 and from them on if you think that 80 is the end of the hero journey then you are wrong because 80 is the beginning of the hero journey.

At level 80 players will need to team up and work with other people to fight and get awsome weapons and amors, These items are rare and can't find it elsewhere not to mention that it is a rare drop as well.

Since it's a game, we can all do the things we can't do in reality. Once again this can help/make it worse for people as well. For me i want to try different types of ga,es and i love it all. This is the only time that i can find out what i really like doing well not the stealing part or anything but it's the experiencign it makes it fun. Well i definately don't dare to steal people's car in day light but in game it's just so fun to do it but i guess i'll get bored of it eventually and turn to other games.

Warcraft has a few games element where you have to gain popularity from certain city/region and the region will slide as if you are suppose to do quest on region A region A will slowly trust you and you can do more quest but region B will hate you alot so if you went to region B they will probably throw stuff at you or refuse to talk to you or they would attack you.

I believe that this game has a few things that needs to be improve like perhaps the clothes of the characters? lolz not very nice to me but the game storymode quest is all fine and interesting.

Photos taken from:
http://www.ngaclub.ucoz.ru/world_of_warcraft-40.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45792566@N07/4249120146/