Blog 14: Independent Component 1

L- a. I, Cristopher Hernandez, affirm that I completed my Independent Component which represents 30 hours of work.
b.PC game: Medal of Honor: Warfighter
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d.I played the game 'Medal of Honor: Warfighter' for 30 hours and took notes, and then completed a review of the game.
I-The review I wrote is in depth and is most certainly the result of 30 hours of work. I spent this time playing the game with analytic thoughts in mind, so that the final product would reflect my truthful impression as to the quality of the game.

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The Review can be seen here on Destructoid.com: Review

A- Creating this review allowed me to realize first hand what it is like to like at a game with the intent of reviewing it. For example, when I played the game I got to realize what mediocre gameplay felt like though I had played games of a similar nature before, I had never began to look at why they were not as good as other games. When I did this review I had to note everything that I felt was good or bad about the game, so that when I began writing I knew exactly what to talk about and how to talk about it. For instance, when I wrote about the "support points" system of the game I was able to refer to the time I had spent analyzing the game to explain why defensive actions were so ineffectual compared to offensive actions.

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a video game journalist best thoroughly review a game?

2. What constitutes a 'good' game review?

3. Do you regret anything in your career?

4. What do you think current game journalists should do differently?

5. What do you think video game journalists provide their readers?

6. What is the most important role of game journalists, why?

7. What do you consider the highest point in your career?

8. Do you think all games should meet a certain criteria?

9. What is the importance of reviews in games journalism?

10. Do you think that video game journalism is successful?

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 minute presentation

30 Minute Rough Draft

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours check

1. The Poly Post

2. Andrew, the editor in chief

3. 1 Hour

4. I spent the time editing stories for the paper.

Senior Project Update

1. I am playing through the game Medal of Honor: Warfighter, while keeping a log and taking notes on attractive or unattractive features.

2. The article "What game journalism needs: more honesty, fewer standards" this article is significant because it made some good points about how the issues associated with games journalism are smaller than they seem and have solutions. This means that I can shift my focus to more of how a game is reviewed and less upong the issue of honesty.

3.Game play screenshot

Log: Independent Component Log

Science Fair Proposal

1. My topic is Video Game Journalism

2. Some people believe that game reviews do not matter or have no bearing on consumer's
"If a great review meant great sales, then a game called "Ico" would sell as well as "Grand Theft Auto," and the last 50 Cent game would have tanked. But that's not how it works."
Totilo, Stephen. "How Video Game Reviews Affect What You Play." - Music, Celebrity, Artist News. Viacom, 29 May 2008. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. <http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1588303/what-video-game-reviews-mean-developers.jhtml>.

3.If a game has at least two 'good' reviews (6/10 or more) then it will make significantly more revenue than games which received 'bad' reviews.
4. I will search economical charts on video games sales and reference scores of popular game review sites (such as IGN or Destructoid) to see how much each game made in relation to their scores. Then finally, I will draw a conclusion from that data.

5.Behavioral/Social Science

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Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

1. How can a video game journalist best thoroughly review a game?

2.I am not going to revise my EQ at this time

3.A video game journalist can best thoroughly review a game by spending an equal amount of time analyzing each aspect of a game.

A video game journalist can best thoroughly review a game by using a combination of both new games journalistic and traditional journalistic styles.