For
the final written analysis, I will be reflecting on my topic and the
applications of the concepts introduced in this course. I believe the concepts of rituals and heroes
were the most related to the Xbox One and Playstation 4, as well as their
respective launches. In those prior analyses,
I explained that rituals were easily applicable to the console launches
themselves as well as the habits of playing them. I also stated that while the systems
themselves are not really applicable to having a hero, they are home to many of
them due to every video game having at least one of their own. It was a stretch applying some of the
concepts taught in this course to my topic; however, a few of them fit very
well.
The
most interesting findings from my analyses were the applications of the
concepts of celebrities, formulas and icons.
A lot of people know the characters video games are associated with, but
not too many people know the names behind them, both in the creative and
business sides of the industry. As I
mentioned in one of my analyses, these people have somewhat become celebrities
themselves as they are the faces the public can associate with the respective
brands and systems. Furthermore, I
thought an interesting finding was the idea that the consoles themselves are
icons of the brand. The formula
application was interesting as well in that it really made me think about the
components that comes together to make these games and systems work as they do.
I
will definitely look at my pop culture topic differently given my weekly analyses. Before, I only saw these consoles and video
games as something fun to play to pass some free time. Now, I have a better understanding of the
concepts that lie within these systems and the games I enjoy playing. This is something I never really looked at
before. Going forward I should be able
to easily identify myths within the plot of games, rituals involving the
systems themselves and their respective titles, formulas that make up and drive
the plot of the games, and much more.
