Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Alter Egos: Avatars and Their Creators response
Being a fan of the gaming community back in my middle school days, I can relate a lot to this particular story. I used to play a MMO called Runescape, and on this game you would create a personal avatar with a unique name and you could part take in numerous activities from fighting monsters to buying and trading goods. But something I learned from this game was that people on the game, like stated in the reading, are not at all like them selves in real life. You can't judge what someone is like based on what their avatar is like in a video game. I befriended this one girl on the game and ended up finding her on Facebook, and she did not look any where near what I thought she did before we became Facebook friends. I wouldn't expect someone like her to play a computer game, or any video game for that matter. But that proves that you never know who is on the other side of the computer screen.
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I found myself relating to that article as well because I used to play many online games throughout my middle school years. It is amazing how easy it is to communicate with someone via a game like Runescape, where you can only see is the level of their character. I also thought the part of the article about how a female gamer changed her character to be a male because it was easier to function in a group setting was a sad truth.
ReplyDeleteI also found this article to be relatable as I stated in my blog. I have a friend that is still a gamer and I've seen him play and find it extremely interesting. I find it funny that his avatar looks nothing like him, but no one in the gamer world would actually know that.
ReplyDeleteI like how you relate this reading to your own experience.
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