Collin's+Reflection,+Project+2

Project 2- Argument through Wix (website) One of the most difficult parts of this project was simply deciding what to base it on. The topic of "Gender, Sexuality, and Culture in Video Games" was pretty broad, and it took a good deal of thinking to actually decide what to do. After some thinking, I decided to focus on the argument that most video game characters, especially females, are overly sexualized in video games, and offer a rebuttal against it. I tried to argue that, if female video game characters are over sexualized, then so are the men, and for that matter, so are movie stars, singers, and celebrities. Simply because these characters are attractive does not mean that they are running around without clothes and showing the world their assets. After a bit of pre-writing and thinking, I felt as if my point was strong enough with the evidence I had, so I moved onto making the actual website, which is one of the most frustrating things I ever encountered. After two hours of sliding pictures to the wrong pages, struggling with text boxes, and trying to add comments in the right spot, I was about ready to quit. But I pulled through. Maybe it was the calming music I was listening to that saved me, but I was just glad I finished.

If you plan on making a website through Wix, good luck. It's a doozy. I am still incredibly fuzzy on how the whole thing works, but hopefully I managed to create something that didn't hurt the eyes of the viewer. As far as creating a topic goes, I suggest offering a rebuttal against an already existing argument. Think about the stereotypes that are present in video games. Do you agree or disagree? Simply agreeing may be easy, but offering a rebuttal to a common argument might make yours far more interesting.