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  Videogames: Lara Croft Go blog tasks  Language, Representation, Industries and Audience   Language 1) When did Lara Croft first appear in a videogame? 1996 2) What classic films influenced the creation of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider games? many adventure films and Indiana Jones films inspired the videogame creation. 3) How has Lara Croft and Tomb Raider moved beyond just being a videogame? Tomb Raider games have expanded with their variety and also have started to become more popular since they have been available to play on mobile devices rather than just on a PC. 4)  What devices can you play Lara Croft Go on? mobile phones, PCs, Xbox, Play station etc 5) What type of game is Lara Croft Go? A tomb raider adventure game and a turn-based puzzle video game 6) How does Lara Croft Go use narrative (story line) to make the game enjoyable for the audience? Her original back story was that she was the daughter of an aristocrat who had a plane crash in the Himalayas, c...

  Watch the YouTube video outlining the history of the videogames industry from the 1970s to the 2010s. Now answer the following questions: 1) What were the first videogames like? They were designed for rapid code breaking and calculating ballistic trajectories.  2) How have videogames changed over time? As technology has evolved, the video games of greater complexity have become possible to create. Games have been generated with coins and have added colour since the 1980s. 3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames? They all have some end goal to achieve, which keeps players motivated to keep playing until they win something and feel the excitement through the main goal they've achieved, which fits into the diversion audience pleasure as they have something exhilarating to look forward to while they play the video game. Also, most of the games in t...

  Blog tasks: The Times case study - Audience and Industries Audience 1) What are the main audience demographics for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can. The Times target audience is older with over half the audience aged 55+. In terms of social class, they are overwhelmingly in the ABC1 social classes - 62% from social group AB.  This means Times readers are likely to be professionals, managers or company owners. They are likely to be in the succeeder   psychographic group. 2) What aspects of the front page of the Times CSP edition suggest that their readers are likely to be more educated and interested in hard news rather than entertainment? They have long paragraphs and a lot of writing, meaning it's for people who like to read and they use formal vocabulary such as "exodus" showing they target an educated audience. 3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected  or  challenged by the design and news storie...

  Blog tasks: The Times - Language and Representations Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers? It is the Gary Lineker story, which appeals to the conservative supporting audiences as it goes against Gary Lineker's controversial comments about the Bosses. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it?  This presents a view of support for the conservatives, against Lineker but the Mirror shows support for the Labour party, for Gary Lineker and against the bosses. 3)  How is the Times front page designed to reflect  broadsheet  newspaper conventions? It shows many broadsheet conventions such as a higher prices of £2.50, as well as the extremely long texts and paragraphs in the article, which involves more complex details and many quotes of the conservative political supporters. 4) How can you tell the inside pages of the Times are a broadsheet ne...

  The Times - Introduction: blog tasks Read  the About Us page of the Times website  and answer the following questions: 1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name? 1788- 3 years after they launched  2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? In his first edition, John Walter explained that "like a well-covered table, it should contain something suited to every palate" including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and "amusements". 3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  While their well-connected teams of political reporters provide unique insight into the workings of Westminster and Whitehall, their royal correspondents combine authority with a record of delivering scoops that are followed by media around the world.  4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity...