Objective: 

• Examine the role of technology as a force for cultural maintenance and change

Orignal Post: 

I found this audio presentation very interesting. Playing with life organisms is very cool and different. I clicked on the article and watched the footage of the actual gameplay of the game. It is very basic with pac man like dots around the screen. You basically guide a host of paramecia around obstacles and targets. The four-button controller shifts a weak electrical field, which the paramecia are attracted to. My only question about this idea is how receptive the consumers will be to eventually buy this type of game. I feel like it is very basic and wouldn’t attract that many people. It is a cool idea, but I don’t think it will draw that many people with the video game technology we have today. People would rather have someone create a good virtual reality game instead.

Reflection:

I believe that technology plays a big role on cultural. I will be exploring this topic as my objective. The artifact I picked is about a game where the player controls an actual living organism. Video games have played a big role in the lives of many these past decades. But, especially today where you can play with people from all over the world 24/7 is amazing. Now, people have access to games on their phone, and can play those too. This game that the artifact talks about is about changing the current way of playing games. I don’t know how successful it will be as though I think it is really basic and people are looking forward to a virtual reality game. But why I picked this artifact and why I believe technology plays a big role is because I grew up playing games. I played countless every week with my friends in middle school all the way till sophomore year of college. Everyone I knew played games. Plus with the growing of smartphone users and more games coming to the phone, it has now shifted to people being more on their phones. You can do almost anything with the palm on your hands. You can talk, text, surf the web, listen to music, watch videos, and play games. You can walk almost anywhere and see someone staring at their phone.

Future Goals:

The future gaming will continue to grow and shape the future culture. I can’t wait to see how this industry will be in the next couple decades. When looking back since early 2000, it is crazy how far we have come as people in just a short amount of time. Technology is changing so fast and I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next. Here is commercial for clash of clans that aired in the Super Bowl. It’s the game I spend a lot of time playing.