Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Creativity and New Media

One place in which creativity is embraced is in gaming. This has changed with the evolution of new media. This is an example of virtual worlds and avatars. The avatars can be used in games and social events. When creating avatars, there is the option of choosing height/weight, different skin color, hair, clothes and accessories. Many are available for free, but some limited editions cost money. The avatars I made are on Xbox 360 and NBA 2K15.

Xbox 360: On the Xbox 360 you can make an avatar and style it however you like. You can even give it props to play with. Then you can take this avatar online and play games such as 1 vs 100, Guitar Hero, and Uno. Microsoft is working on building up the avatars by creating specific games so users can display their avatars.


NBA 2K15: On NBA 2K15 you can make a player and you play games with the player and earn money. After that you can buy items to style your player. You can also increase your players skills to make him better at the game. You can go online and play with other users and their created players. With the new generations of Xbox One and PS4, NBA 2K15 added face scan where you can actually take pictures of your face and have it closely resembled on your player.



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  1. UnknownApril 11, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    The face scans are pretty hilarious but always inaccurate for me. I think it would be cool (if it hasn't been implemented already) if certain clothing items or accessories also added to a player's skill, so there would be an additional appeal to spending virtual money on visual affects other than mere taste.

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