My Critical Investigation Idea

3 possible Investigation options:

1) Is our generation of gaming a reflection of different realities? For example the theory of post mordernism and how different games are based in real life locations, and what we can do in the games, is what we could most probably do in reality.

2) Is hollywood running out of ideas for movie making? We see a lot of remakes for different movies and movies that are based on the same foundation. Is the film industry slowly dying or has it got even more to give.

3) Does society need to based on equality or do you have to be a certain person to fit in? in certain societies you have to be a certain way, why can't we all be equal and live in the same place, without predujice or discrimination?

These three interest me because these are like the little things that we may not notice, but will have a big impact on the lives for the generation to come.

I have settled on the first critical investigation that ask the question of if our generation of gaming a reflection of different realities including the theory of postmordernism.

Initial ideas for critical investigation and linked production:-


1) The text and topic that is to be investigated is the topic will be on gaming and if our generation of gaming is a reflection of different types of realities, the texts that i will be focusing on is IGN, and games master magazine.


2) For a linked production piece, i was thinking that i could do an exclusive article for games master on our generation gaming and the different games that is brought out to us as being post mordern, but yet keep that gaming bubble to not make it to not too real.


3) the three media texts i could bring in to my investigation is IGN, which focuses on next generation gaming such as PS3 and Xbox 360, games master which is a magazine entirely focused on the gaming world, and perhaps PSM which is a Playstation magazine.


4) With Migrain this could be applied to my investigation by linking in each point and where it fits in with the investigation i am doing,

• Media language fits in with the gaming so for example the type of shots that is involved, whether the game is in first person or 3rd person, it makes you fell as if you are the character that can have a big part to play in that.
• Institution involve, playstation, xbox, also the companies that are behind the productions such as EA games, Naughty dog, Activision. 
• Genre of my investigation is gaming and the theory of postmordernism and how a game may look like a realty but different aspects is put for entertainment purposes. 
• Representation can be linked by how these games make a representation of being real and how it can have a impact on our lives. 
• Audience that is involved is mostly teenagers that are in to games and the latest realises and young adults 20+, but mainly male as females doesen't take a huge interest in gaming as much as men. 
• Ideologies that is brings across is the idea of realism and how the more real a game may seem the better the experience that the gamer will have. 
• Narrative of the the investigation is the way the games is told as the way its seen, the story line can link with the post morderism, e.g. a man moving to a city to have a fresh start but still haunted by his past..' 

5) the issues and debates that arises from my investigation is that is our generation of gaming changing over the years, looking at the historical context of the isssue, and see how gaming has improved and enhanced over the years, from Playstation to Playstaion 3.

The two texts that i have decided to focus on is Grand Theft Auto and Call of duty, each franchise has a big part to play in my CI and i'll show you why...