Metroid

Question 1

Industries

Answer 1

Released 2004 - Nintendo game cube
-4th installment - 2017 - continued popularity

Question 2

What’s the 4 genre of this game

Answer 2

Action and adventure: puzzles, challenges, levels, detailed narrative,
Sci Fi: futuristic, galactic, alien enemy
Horror: dark and claustrophobic corridors, low key lighting
1st person shooter - pov of protagonist - head up display - map

Question 3

What’s the overall narrative

Answer 3

Search and rescue mission, rogue planets, saving the galaxy from doom - fits theory of equilibrium
- binary conflict between dark/light worlds

Question 4

What’s the representation of gender

Answer 4

Samus - shows No gender , takes away traditional gender roles
-however break through moment for representation of women - assumed to be a man (masculinity) but is a young female

Question 5

Audience

Answer 5

Video games are heavily male-dominated
-finally an equal representation, more female audiences

Question 6

Theories

Answer 6

Social learning theory - media shows men as strong powerful, women as weak submissive - this game shows opposite
Cultivation theory