Video Games (Assassin's Creed Valhalla)

Question 1

Who came up with the postmodernism theory and what is it??

Answer 1

Baudrillard
Simulated and electronic images have become more real than physical reality, causing the line between reality and simulation to be very blurred

Question 2

What is postmodernism??

Answer 2

A look past the modern concept of something (in this case, reality)

Question 3

What are Baudrillard’s 4 stages of simulacra??

Answer 3

1. Faithful copy/image
2. Unfaithful copy
3. A copy with no original
4. Pure simulation

Question 4

Why do video games support the postmodernism theory??

Answer 4

They’re becoming increasingly more realistic and making it harder to decipher what is real (VR)

Question 5

How do audiences influence perceptions on reality??

Answer 5

• How much an audience believes a reality is how much they desire it
• Things can be simultaneously real and not real depending on the audience

Question 6

Who did the Bobo Doll Experiment and what was it??

Answer 6

Albert Bandura
Children shown a video of an adult being violent towards a Bobo doll and then were put in a room with one. Most children were then violent towards it

Question 7

What company regulates video games??

Answer 7

VSC (Video Standards Council) using the PEGI system

Question 8

What are the 3 reasons that storytelling in video games is different than storytelling in films??

Answer 8

• Length (video games take multitudes of hours to complete)
• Engagement (can be more enticing with video games)
• Levels of escapism