Open Post

When I play my computer games, I get really involved and usually spend lots of time on them until I get bored. Sometimes, like it has been happening lately I get too into the games to the point that I start quoting them in my real life. My current game fix is Battlefield an action filled first person shooter which allows you, to drive vehicles, tanks, helicopter and planes in a large map as you conquer the flags. I have been playing it too much, I have to admit, it is addicting, especially when I am playing it on the Internet and the competition is fierce.

The Internet play is very different from the single player mode, there are a lot of gamers out there, that take the game seriously and act like jerks ruining the gaming experience by not following the server rules and ultimately it ends up frustrating the other gamer like me which end up leaving the server. During game play the game uses different commands to communicate with other players, similar to the language used in the armed forces. I have been playing so much that i have started using military lingo in my everyday language. For example instead of saying OK or I agree I have using "roger" and chastising myself mentally while using it. I will end up getting bored of the game as always but hopefully I will never end up playing war craft for a 24 hour period and missing work, sleep and ultimately life. As a matter of fact I fear to go in that direction considering my habits.

Tom Sumner's lecture

I enjoyed his take on how tough of a business publishing can be and what it takes to survive in an industry like that. It was very interesting to hear the steps required to be published. It seems that sometimes the best way to get noticed was to publish your information on the web and obtain readership there. After getting some kind of following it would then be appropriate to go to a publishing house or publisher to get the ideas printed behind the internet writings. It was interesting to hear his comments on e-books and future of publishing. He described it as a can of worms. Overall he mentioned it was a phenomenon that all publisher has to be observe and be aware off in order to survive in the market.

The Persuaders Comments

I enjoyed the movie very much and enjoyed the new take on how challenging marketing can be. The initial thoughts of the documentary were though provoking. The documentary stated that when a company becomes involved in the game (the game of consumerism and marketing), it can no longer cease to stop. Because if it does, it will cease to exist due to the extreme competition.

The next idea that triggered my mind during the documentary is that we are moving towards a more advertisement led civilization. In the future where ever we look we will run into some type of advertisement, personalized to our own individual life. The idea reminded me of I-Robot, the movie with Will Smith where he is bombarded by advertisement everywhere he walks or drives personalized to his persona.

Lastly the best part of the documentary for me was the part with the "reptilian guy" who had very interesting takes of how information could be perceived by the consumer and how companies should operate by code. The example that he used of how cheese could be considered dead here in the United States because the way it is wrapped provoked my mind. I never considered cheese to be dead because it was sealed in a bag or as he called it, a "body bag". It was an interesting take on a simple yet funny subject.