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Videogames case study 1: Lara Croft Go

Language 1) Who is Lara Croft and when did she first appear in a videogame? Lara Croft first appeared in 1996 Eidos Playstation game Tomb Raider and was the first computer game to feature a female character as the protagonist rather than a supporting role or a secondary character. 2) What classic films influenced the creation of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider games? It was influenced by Indiana Jones and featured the daughter of a Lord and the films like Tomb Raider. 3) How has Lara Croft and Tomb Raider moved beyond just being a videogame? It was a video game that you play on PlayStation then it developed to being a movie, stories in comic books and etc.   4) What devices can you play Lara Croft Go on? Lara Croft has been credited with bringing success on the Play Station for the games’ creators (selling 7 million copies world wide) and launching the female protagonist in games.  5) What type of game is Lara Croft Go? turn-based puzzle video game 6) How does Lara Croft Go use narrativ

OSP & Videogames: An introduction

1) What were the first videogames like? The first video games were borne upon mighty post-war mainframes: designed for rapid codebreaking  and the calculation of ballistic trajectories. 2) How have videogames changed over time ? The expanding demographics of gamers and the amount of people playing is increasing.  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 vicarious pleasures to the audience and gamers they get to do whatever they want in the game and experience things through the characters that they are playing in. Also successful games now usually have i nteresting Themes and Visual Styles as they give the audience full control and entertainment. People like playing video games as they can be addicted sometimes as they like playing games and levels that challenge them and makes them loose because of that they will keep trying to reach the le

Coursework: Scriptwriting

The Rise of  Malignant   Season  1   Episode  20       “ Raging Destruction ”         B y      Rubana Tanta      INT.   Phone call  setting    Nova rings  Aven as  ‘unknown’   Aven picks  up the  phone    Aven:     H ello, who is  this?   Nova:    Don’ t   worry   who  I am ,  instead  worry  about yourself.   Aven:     W hat do you want from me ?  leave me alone !   Nova:     T he planet!  It's  all I want its mine.   Aven:     O h, so you are the reason  to  all these strange  incidents that has been happening to me.   Nova:     O h  yeah ?  I will get that planet before you,  you'll  see.   Aven:    S o, you want the planet then huh ‘M s  unknown’?  What's  your next plan  then?   Nova   hangs up  the phone in frustration     INT.  Nova’s house   Nova sits down  on a  desk  with a la mp switched on  and writes  letter .   Nova goes and  secretly  drops it  to Aven’s house  and leaves .     INT. Aven ’ s   house   Aven receives the anonymous letter from Nova .   Aven  the