Quick Abstract and Title

So, I'm gaming and doing a Dynamis-Qufim and realize: title and abstract due tomorrow. o.O Hmmm, gotta have something. Hate making titles, hate abstracts---hate freaking Nightmare Weapons hitting me with their AOE when I'm silenced and can't do anything about it! /em goes to move character further away--out of AOE range.

Okay. So ever since I was told I needed a title before presentation day (makes sense, doesn't it?) I've been ruminating and have come up with some cheesy stuff: Bildungsroman 2.0, Reading Rainbow to Reading Console, I'm sorry you're novel is in another castle: videogames as novels; From printing press to consoles: novels and greater evils (a favorite) and the like. So, I have chosen the "less" cheesier of the list:

Opening a book is as easy as selecting "start": a look into Final Fantasy X&XI

This work looks at what defines a novel--plot, character, realism--and applies those ideas to two videogames from Square Enix Final Fantasy series: Final Fantasy X & XI. While X is a stand alone game, XI is a massively multiplayer online role playing game. The work will examine the story and development of characters from X & XI as well as include information gathered from interviews of those who play XI.

So there you have it, short and sweet. And the whm in party has died like 5 times--rivaling the leading death count of the suicidal taru blm. Go go death race!

Vid: CS components

not sure which "listen to my story" i want to use

Learning how to do stuff Small

I went to the library today. I walked out with 5 books I really don't need per se. I think I'm planning as if this project is gonna be bigger than it is actually is or is supposed to be. Now, I know it is better to be over prepared rather than under prepared...but I'm having flashbacks to when I wrote my thesis (all I need is long typing sessions and lots of caffeine (mt dew, monster, mt dew, monster, mt dew, monster, vault, vault, etc)).

My mantra at the moment to try and combat this data overload is "plot, character, theme". Now, the matter of making my argument stronger and looking for possible arguments against so I can do a preemptive strike--that brings more and more information that I need to wade through. Plus, I'm gather articles and books that are just plain old interesting to me.

Something I've noticed: when people aren't bashing videogames for violence (think of the children! (how about we think about other videogame genres?)) people are studying them for learning simulations, economics, or in a business manner.

So, I plod on chanting: plot character theme. plot character theme, plot character the--ooo, chocolate--plot character theme.

Good guys Bad guys

FFVII

Cloud














Sephiroth



FFVIII

Squall.......................................................................................................... Edea




Ultimecia (can you say Lillith myth?)



FFX

Tidus.......................................................................................................Yuna


Sin................................................................................Yevon

You're never too old

skip scholarly academic conversation: let's talk about pron! (yes, I deliberately mispelled it; it is a gaming habit, just like dorps instead of drops)

What is adult content? What is art, is playboy art? I love pinups, yet others would call the work of Olivia and others crude. What about violence pron (you now, not dealing with sex, but with violence for violence sake?) Is there an age limit for sex and violence?

This man answers no to the age limit for sex question. Maybe he's the smart one.

75 year old Porn star

Question--Joseph Campbell

Does anyone know if Joseph Campbell still holds any merit? I remember reading a chapter from Hero with a Thousand Faces talking about the cycle a hero must go through--it held merit for the class but I think I remember reading that merit was fading academically.

My Project...Kinda Sorta Maybe...Notes

Okay, so I know it's been seeming like I've been slacking. So, to counteract this, I've decided to start posting notes, references and ideas as my project goes along (plus if I post my notes--they'll be handy for the most part; and you get a better idea of how my brain works and the many jumping of the tracks the train of thought takes). This is the beginning (welcome to my little world of "ordered" chaos).

Novel as defined by A Handbook to Literature 7th edition Ed. Haromon and Holman: Novel is used in its broadest sense to designate any extended fictional narrative almost always in prose. In practice, however, its use is customarily restricted to narratives i which the representation of character occurs either in a static condition or int he process of development a the result of events or actions. Often the term implies that some organizing principle--plot, theme or idea--should be present in a narrative that is called a novel.

There is a general definition of Novel. The history of the novel is multifaceted and international. I've narrowed my focus on the development of the English novel and the American Novel. Now, if I remember correctly most early novels centered around morality, namely female morality. (Having awful memories of Ruth, and Charlotte, and the like. *shudder* The only one I really liked was Ruth Hall from Fanny Fern.) Vaguely remember term Bildungsroman--which is defined as a novel that deals with the development of a young person, usually from adolescence to maturity.

Also doing some research into the Age of Johsnon and his groups reaction to novels--I remember arguing that he wasn't against novels, but feared experience would be lost because novel readers would be locked away in their reading closests as opposed to living life. Anyone know anything?

What has the novel to do with the Noob and her precious consoles and games? Ohoho~(to quote a vid. game character from FFXI). My idea: videogames as novels. Specific focus: FF games, the three most popular(7, 8, 10) and the mmo and the favorite expansion (which for me is CoP). At the moment the stand alone games deal with plots and the growing of a character into a type of maturity (plus there is romance--which is tied to the novel according to AHtL). The MMO is going to be more arguable in that each individual's character is a main character in their story. Which now that I think about it is set up from FF10 (great line: This is my story.) So there is a progression from the stand alone game's main character story to the interactive MMO where the gamer has their story tied into the main characters story of each expansion.

Vid ideas: have 7, 8, 10's openings in the video as well as a quickie (if possible) overview of CoP. Interview with fellow gamers of FFXI--will have audio and/or text. Need to figure out if I will narrate or present text in my argument (I hate my voice, which kills my dj aspirations).

Resources: games, fan made wiki's, handbook to literature, several histiories of the english novel, as well as convergence culture, and other resources I pull from my master's bibliography. More detailed list later.

I saw this on the fail blog attached to icanhazcheezburger I found it deliciously funny. TWAT: Total War Against piracy Theft/copyright crime