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‘2014′
Hey everyone! I co-wrote an original song called '2014' with Steven Zammit. It is now available for purchase on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube, CD Baby, etc.
Music production by: Airwaves Recording Studio
Photo by: Russell Winner Photography
Check it out :D
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Blog Post #8: Let The Games Begin
I never would have considered myself to be a gamer. I’ve never been into Call of Duty, Fallout or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs) like World of Warcraft and Eve Online. The popularity of social games has risen, creating networks and profiting from social media sites such as Facebook, the digital gaming community has expanded to include players of Zynga’s FarmVille and King’s Candy Crush; games which I too, have fallen victim too. Has online gaming become more socially acceptable?
Eve Online is a MMORPG set in space - players explore galaxies, fights battles, build and destroy empires and participate in economic warfare. According to Eve Online player, Jestertrek, there are 21,000 concurrent players, having reached peaks of approximately 36,000 players in the past (Martin, 2015). Players can interact, socialise and communicate in fan forums, as well as with the Council of Stellar Management (CSM) to contribute to game management. CSM is a player-elected representative board who relays player concerns, statistics and suggests implementation of change to the game developers - CCP (Crowd Control Productions).
In 1938, Johan Huizinga introduced the analogy of the magic circle, proposing that events within games world are ‘quarantined from the ‘real world’’ (de Zwart & Humphreys, 2014, p.91). Are social games and MMORPGs blurring the line between real world and gaming? The analogy of the magic circle suggests that in the gaming world, everyday rules and morally acceptable conduct are altered for virtual space.
Eve Online players must accept the EULA (End User License Agreement) before commencing. Within the gaming world murder, theft and abusive language are key to the role playing, gaming experience, with players harassing others to maintain dominance and seize control of property. However, ‘abusive, defamatory, ethically or racially offensive, harassing, harmful hateful, obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, threatening or vulgar language’ are all in violation of the terms of service (de Zwart & Humphreys, 2014, p.80).
The Mittani - CSM member and Goonswarm Alliance leader, received a thirty-day ban before leaving the council following his inappropriate behaviour at the March 2012 EVE Fanfest. The presentation at the Alliance Panel was streamed live, discussing how an anonymous player was being repeatedly harassed and killed, scammed out of his in-game currency (InterStellar Kredits), believing he would be protected. In a chat forum the player announced he was divorced; suggesting suicidal tendencies. Alex Gianturco (The Mittani) then revealed the players in-game name, for those who ‘want to make the guy kill himself’ (de Zwart & Humphreys, 2014, p.88). He later apologised for breaching the EULA and terms of service. Gianturco’s address was leaked, receiving rape threats against his wife (de Zwart & Humphreys, 2014, p.91). Is this response justified?
The Mittani’s 2012 Fanfest case demonstrates how ‘out-of-game behavior can be punished through in-game sanctions’ (de Zwart & Humphreys, 2014, p.88).
de Zwart, M & Humphreys, S 2014, ‘The Lawless Frontier of Deep Space: Code as Law in EVE Online’, Cultural Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 77-99.
Eve Online 2003, Council of Stellar Management, Evelopedia, viewed 28/01/2016
<https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Council_of_Stellar_Management>
Lefebvre, E 2012, ‘The Mittani gets hit with ban and resigns in wake of EVE Online controversy’, engadget, 28th March, viewed 28/01/2016
<http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/28/the-mittani-gets-hit-with-ban-and-resigns-in-wake-of-eve-online/>
Martin, M 2015, ‘EVE Online’s player count drops to lowest since 2008’, VG247, 29th June, viewed 29/01/2016 <https://www.vg247.com/2015/06/29/eve-onlines-player-count-drops-to-lowest-since-2008/>
The Mitten 2012, Apology on Eve Online discussion forum, 27th March, viewed 29/01/2016
<https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=86980>
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If we go back twenty or even ten years, most in-home entertainment was provided by the TV. Given pride of place in the living room, it was where the family congregated, and it became the focus of leisure time for young and old alike. We watched The Price is Right, Saved By The Bell, …
Welcome, Zynga!
Today Zynga, home to social gaming hits like Farmville and Words With Friends, goes public under the ticker ZNGA.
The company was founded as Presidio Media LLC in 2007 by CEO Mark Pincus. Fast forward to the present: 148 million users from 166 countries play Zynga games every month. The company’s two biggest games alone (CityVille and FarmVille) have more than 130 million users. That added up to a reported $90 million in net income in 2010. Zynga’s ambitious goal? According to Pincus: “This is all about building something that people can’t remember life before it and can’t live without it.”
‘148 million users from 166 countries play Zynga games every month’!! ‘$90 million in net income’
- Where can I hand in my résumé? Where can I buy shares?
Zynga gets a new ville.
Online gaming is an intensely social phenomenon, with millions of young adults around the globe interacting constantly
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Blog 8 – Social Gaming: Playing the crowd
While reading ‘The Lawless Frontier of Deep Space’ by De Zwart & Humphreys, I felt like had been living under a rock when it comes to online gaming. I had no idea such an online game existed where there were no rules. De Zwart & Humphreys (2014) explains Eve Online as a space-themed massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) where the aim of the game is to be lawless and attack other players. This behaviour is encouraged and includes sabotage, piracy, murder and ruthless gameplay (De Zwart & Humphreys 2014). Although these behaviours are encourages, I believe at the same time, gamers are expected to abide by their own moral standards. People come from all different cultures and sometimes mixing these cultures can be a good thing to boost game play.
For some, the idea of connecting socially through an online game is more appealing than having a face-to-face conversation. These people can be labelled as anti-social or introverted and prefer to spend their time socialising through the online game community (Ng & Wiemer-Hastings 2005). I know a young teenager who was playing games and interacting in the online social scene to the point it became an obsession. This poor boy ended up overweight, to the point that I didn’t even recognise him, with depression and wouldn’t leave the house, often not leaving his bedroom. Luckily for this family, after a few years he pulled himself out of this depression and is now back at school and exercising.
It’s funny how the digital world keeps changing. Nowadays, you can interact with online communities on the computer, Playstation, Xbox, Wii, your mobile device. So much to choose from in today’s world. For me personally, I go through stages where I like to play online games. These are mostly played on my Iphone, some which are connected to Facebook so I can request extra lives and resources from friends.
References
de Zwart, M & Humphreys, S 2014,’ The Lawless Frontier of Deep Space: Code as Law in EVE Online’, Cultural Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 77-99.
NG. B & Wiemer-Hastings, P 2005, “Addiction to the Internet and Online Gaming”, CyberPsychology & Behaviour, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 110-113
I enjoyed reading your post. Great inclusion of images and I like how you concluded with your own personal experience with online social gaming.
I was the same; I had never heard of Eve Online until the Zwart and Humphreys reading. There are a growing number of games like Eve Online that promote crime such as games from the grand theft auto series. You may like to include more about the moral standards that Eve Online players abide by, from the week’s reading to further your post.
There were only a few errors here and there. For example, encourages, should be encouraged, and third sentence final paragraph - ‘So much to choose from in today’s world’ sounds like an incomplete sentence. you may wish to link it to the previous sentence instead, or reword the sentence - There are so many to choose from.
I like how you included the debate about people who play online social games often being labelled as anti-social and introverted, rather than social as the name social games would suggest.
Great post, I’ve enjoyed reading your work.
Good luck with your future studies :)
Social gaming has become very popular with the advent of major social networks, such as Facebook. Look for the Smeet app on and play directly on Facebook now.
Watch Mojo looks at the top Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Games (MMORPGs), posted July 23rd 2014.
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Blog Post #7: Visual storytelling
According to Evan Spiegel, founder of Snapchat, ‘traditional social media required that we live experiences in the offline world, recording experiences, and then posting them online to recreate the experience and talk about it’ (Herrman, 2014). However, technology today allows us to capture experiences live and share these moments through photos and videos - visual communication and social imaging. Siegel (cited in Herrman, 2014) states that the selfie has become a ‘fundamental unit of communication’, with digital technology transitioning from a tool for self-expression, to one of communication. Do selfies represent a narcissistic generation or does social imaging and live streaming represent a shift; communicating the same language differently?
People who take selfies regularly are often accused of being self-obsessed and having low self-esteem. Psychologist Pamela Rutledge recognises that ‘selfies frequently trigger perceptions of self-indulgence or attention-seeking social dependence’ (Magnuson, n.d). However, theorists argue that there is lacking evidence to indicate that today’s generation of selfie lovers are more narcissistic and isolated from society than prior (Cannold, 2016). Rather, we have adapted our tools of communication from words to visuals.
We share our experiences online, building connections and a network of visual publics through tagging. These collections of photos on our Facebook profile and blogs, work similarly to keeping a photo album. Recently my work mate and her boyfriend went to America over the Christmas holidays. Every couple of days an album of 30+ photos were uploaded to Facebook - keeping her friends and family up-to-date. It was like we were on the trip with them; seeing what they were seeing, going where they were going. They spent New Year’s Eve in New York, where Stephen proposed to Alicia; capturing the moment on camera and sharing it on Facebook. The next day her notifications skyrocketed with 55 likes and dozens of comments congratulating them (Murray, 2016).
Similarly, YouTube vloggers such as Sam and Nia Rader, upload videos of affinity, sharing their lives online daily and building a rapport with their audience, developing a loyal following. One such post that went viral was Sam announcing Nia was pregnant with their third child, reaching approximately 11 million hits (Jones, 2015). We shared in their excitement, viewing the announcement as it happened. However, days later, we were faced with an emotional collapse. Speaking directly to the camera, they shared their grief after revealing Nia’s miscarriage, sharing the loss with their followers. Traditionally, proposals and miscarriages, were considered to be private, whereas today such events are shared online, whether with friends and family, or a following of strangers. What happened to the barriers between public and private; online and offline?
We have watched technology evolve with the introduction of the PC, mobile phones, internet and more recently social media, allowing us to join the digital community. We have now become visual storytellers using selfies, live streaming and videos of affinity for self-expression and to communicate. Have live streaming and ephemeral Snapchat messages brought us closer to real-time and the real-life or have we fallen deeper into the digital world?
Cannold , L 2016, ’Ugly selfies are all about girls trusting other girls’, The Age, 19 January, viewed 20/01/2016
<http://www.theage.com.au/comment/ugly-selfies-are-all-about-girls-trusting-other-girls-20160118-gm80vs.html#ixzz3yAAwHfXv>
Herrman, J 2014, ‘Meet the Man Who Got Inside Snapchat’s Head’, BuzzFeed, 28 January, viewed 19/01/2016
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/meet-the-unlikely-academic-behind-snapchats-new-pitch#3dlvjg2>
Jones, A 2015, ‘Vlogger Couple Grieves Miscarriage Three Days After Announcing Pregnancy in Viral Video’, Gawker, 8 October, viewed 25/01/2016
<http://gawker.com/vlogger-couple-grieves-miscarriage-three-days-after-ann-1723078900>
Lange, P 2009, ‘Videos of Affinity on YouTube’, in Snickars & Vonderau (eds), The YouTube Reader, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, pp 70-88.
Magnuson, L n.d., ‘Selfies Linked to Narcissism, Addiction and Mental Illness’, Disclose.tv, n.d, viewed 23/01/2016
<http://www.disclose.tv/news/Selfies_Linked_to_Narcissism_Addiction_and_Mental_Illness/101410>
Murray, A 2016, Stephen’s New York proposal to Alicia, 2 January, viewed 2/01/2016
<https://www.facebook.com/alicia.murray.524?fref=ts>
Our focus has shifted from Social Media to VISUAL Social Media. We are drawn to “visual content” online in more ways than ever before. The opportunity this p…
The power of visual communication and social imaging
Published July 30th, 2013 by Visual Social Media and Content Expert Donna Moritz
