Along with the different technical aspects as to why this scene is brilliantly done, we can also see the historical context as to why this scene is a "good" scene. There is the overbearing racism that is prevalent from the topic of the scene to begin with. They deal with interracial marriage in a white dominated culture. In essence, this game in general is what would happen if the South had won the civil war as opposed to the Union. It allows players to really think about how they actually react to the world around them and how they deal with the different races around them. We can also not upon the religious fervor of the characters in the scene. You get introduced earlier to that mark on your hand as the mark of the false shepard. When you get stopped from throwing the ball because of that mark, you get not only the insult for being shy and being nice to the black woman on the stage but for also being a heretic among the crowd. The announcer mentions "Doncha know that makes you the back-stabbing, snake-in-the-grass false shepard?", accenting the religious focus that the citizens of Columbia have.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Post 3 - Critique
The piece in critique is the lottery scene in the beginning of the latest game "Bioshock Infinte." Where this scene shines is it's stereotyping of the two in the lottery. There is the stigma of the mixing of races that has always been around. In the story of the game, it is even more of a factor. The game itself takes place around the time of the civil war, where racism is running rampant. That gives the story realism because of the historical settings behind the time of the game. It is also a moment in the game that focuses on allegiance. Because you get the option to choose how Booker reacts, you can choose him align with you and your thoughts and beliefs. On another note, this scene does a wonderful job with tension and release. The game gives you a few moments to choose your decision, which increases the tension of what choice you will make. It pre-empts this choice with animation that will explain the choice you are about to make before you have to make it, increasing the time it takes to make your decision. The tension builds until you make your choice, but then increases again when your choice(no matter which you make) is stopped by an outside force. The tension gets released again when the fighting actually starts.
Along with the different technical aspects as to why this scene is brilliantly done, we can also see the historical context as to why this scene is a "good" scene. There is the overbearing racism that is prevalent from the topic of the scene to begin with. They deal with interracial marriage in a white dominated culture. In essence, this game in general is what would happen if the South had won the civil war as opposed to the Union. It allows players to really think about how they actually react to the world around them and how they deal with the different races around them. We can also not upon the religious fervor of the characters in the scene. You get introduced earlier to that mark on your hand as the mark of the false shepard. When you get stopped from throwing the ball because of that mark, you get not only the insult for being shy and being nice to the black woman on the stage but for also being a heretic among the crowd. The announcer mentions "Doncha know that makes you the back-stabbing, snake-in-the-grass false shepard?", accenting the religious focus that the citizens of Columbia have.
Along with the different technical aspects as to why this scene is brilliantly done, we can also see the historical context as to why this scene is a "good" scene. There is the overbearing racism that is prevalent from the topic of the scene to begin with. They deal with interracial marriage in a white dominated culture. In essence, this game in general is what would happen if the South had won the civil war as opposed to the Union. It allows players to really think about how they actually react to the world around them and how they deal with the different races around them. We can also not upon the religious fervor of the characters in the scene. You get introduced earlier to that mark on your hand as the mark of the false shepard. When you get stopped from throwing the ball because of that mark, you get not only the insult for being shy and being nice to the black woman on the stage but for also being a heretic among the crowd. The announcer mentions "Doncha know that makes you the back-stabbing, snake-in-the-grass false shepard?", accenting the religious focus that the citizens of Columbia have.
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