Week 10...

This paper is getting on my nerves, not because of the topic but its because I'm trying to do both this final and Mass Media's final at the same time. they both are related to one another but the only difference is with the media final i have a partner, that's it. I got all the information i need to finish this paper, formatting it is a little confusing but I'm getting through it. I'm including the history of the controller, how it evolved from arcade to home consoles, those are the first few pages and after I go through the history I'll give some influences the controller had on the rest of the gaming world, like the PSP. I'll give some ideas about how they were used for advertising purposes and some future plans to take the controller to new heights.

week 9....Doing the DAMN research!!!

I finally got a topic...the significance of the controller and its impact. The controller has become the most under appreciated yet significant piece of modern day gaming. People may not notice this because they are overwhelmed with the graphics and storylines of the games. But without the controller how will they be able to enjoy the full gaming experience, the controller is what puts you into the role of the character in the game. In a way, it would be the brain of the games' character, it controls them, its their "instinct", and without it they will be dull and stand still the whole time. Also people overlook that fact that controllers sparked the idea of portable gaming such as Nintendo DS and PSP. I don't want to spill the whole report but I'm finding this topic promising but frustrating because of all the different information and angles i can explain it from. But hopefully i'll get a vivid vision of what i want to do and where i want to go with it...soooo...STAY TUNED!!!

Week 8...Choosing a topic

This whole process is difficult because of the broad subject of simply "GAMES". I'm thinking about doing several different things like the history of video games but I have to simplify that topic. Maybe the history of the home Consoles such as Playstation, and XBox and retrace it all the way back to Nintendo Entertainment System and Atari. I'm still not sure because Dr. J. also said not to pick a topic that everybody will do or a topic that might seem too simple or probable to be copied therefore you will be the only one with that specific topic. It might be an interesting paper to focus on the upbringing of the Controller or Joystick, however you make refer to it. I was discussing this with Dr. J. also because he thought it may be a intersting yet different subject to focus on. It could, in fact, be an interesting topic to focus on because of the overlooked significance of the modern controllers for home console video games.