Ty+Reamer+Final+Paper

This final paper, determining whether video games can be perceived as cultural text or not, took a bit more preparation than the last few projects. Seeing as this paper was a research based assignment, the five to seven page requirement left plenty of room for research and elaboration. I found the most difficult part to be the actual research. I wanted to predominantly focus on my opinions on the issue using my background knowledge and what we learned over this passed semester but you cannot cite these kinds of things. The majority of my sources were based on quick statistics for these reasons. Over the passed semester, I have learned things about videogames, using stereotypes and such, that have transformed my beliefs on the issue of whether or not they can be regarded as cultural texts. At first, I did not believe a videogame could showcase anything to do with society but I have since changed my conception to believe that they indeed bare great reflection to our culture. Just as the plays of Shakespeare's time were the most influential text which captured culture, videogames are doing the same for us today.