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This game looks simple enough for me. A person who does not play on-line video games. Basically you have these toddlers line up at the starting gate and who ever racks up the most points by the end of the course wins. The obstacles include potty stations! There are also turns and gates and other stuff to get points. The reason I chose this game is that it is so easy to play and the fact I don’t play video games.

The game was created by Rallpael Ninja from California. From what he states in his blog, he’s been working for EA gaming systems for quite a while and 34 other games out there. Some of titles are; Flower Power II and Potty – Napoli’s 500. I bet that game is cool. Don’t have time to find out though. I think the type of perspective for this game would be isometric because the goal here is to the first across the finish line.

Chapter 3 - Modernity; Spectatorship, Power and Knowledge

This first image of the dog apparel advertisement is interesting. I suppose it is normal for some people to buy this stuff for their pets. That’s the norm. What is not the norm is the custom made statement made for the dog on the apparel. The power and discourse is the fact that we have freedom of speech and the pet owner conveyed this with his/her pet. Avery cool way to promote this fact of American Society.



This next advertisement shows a body builder on a building that is under construction. It is normal that bodybuilders consider that their bodies are under construction and that it is a building project under way. I think the otherness is that the building its self will be fully completed soon. Building the body is an ongoing process. At the same time this ad shows perfection in the building process. Both ads of the body builders intrigued me as the audience. The discourse and power is that it shows us that lifting iron is a powerful past time just as important as constructing a commercial building which is power in its self. These ads illustrate and demonstrate power and discourse all over them.

Chapter 2 Veiwers make Meaning

This image caught my eyes in a big way as soon as I saw it. Fist of all, I really love the electric bass guitar. I’ve messed around playing the bass off and on for about 20 years. I wish that I had more time for it though. Even though this image is not a bass guitar, it is related and a main function to the guitar. That’s right, it is packaging for bass strings. Since I love playing rock and roll/ heavy metal, The lion in the image stood to me, saying, these strings got a roar and that they are a solid, smooth sounding string. That had my attention very quick. The producers of this image must have known that this image of the lion roaring would catch the attention of any avid bass player. The letters suggest that maybe these particular set of strings are for string bass and not the electric. The numbers 66 have a significant attraction to me, because I was born in 1966. Its funny, this image also with the lion signifies some of the symbology of the constellation Scorpio which happens to be my horoscope. If I were to walk into a music shop and see these strings, they would have had my attention immediately. The only thing that I could find totally unique was the way they described the wound and gauge on the package. You almost have to pick up the package and read between the lines in my opinion to know exactly what they are. I have seen a lot of advertising for bass strings in my day, but this by far has been the best at interpellating me as a viewer. Every thing in this image roars for the bass player to look and maybe buy these strings. Way cool.

Images and Ideologies

The reason I chose this image of the Statue of Liberty is the fact that it given to us as a gift from France in 1886 to represent the relationship of the two countries during the American Revolution. It also commemorates the centennial of the signing of Declaration of Independence. These are some of the facts concerning the statue. A lot of people see the statue as a free ticket to America. This is where the bias comes in. At the turn of the 19th century, when millions of people were immigrating here the first thing they saw as they were coming into port was the statue. It was a symbol hope and freedom. But the fact remains that the statue did not have anything to do with immigration. There is nothing on the statue to suggest immigration. When I was a kid, I remember watching films about what the statue stood for and most of the films would show people flooding into the U.S.A. and the process they had to go through in order to become U.S. citizens. When I read about the symbology of the statue there is nothing to suggest immigration. I am not against immigration, I believe this image has been disrepected to the fact that most Americans don’t know the true history of Lady Liberty. Another note of mention is the fact that the original torch was replaced in 1986. This image represents the original, but in fact is not the complete original. I actually respect and admire what the statue actually represents. The one thing that might have anything to do with immigration is the inscription that was set on a plaque in the interior on the second floor and not on the exterior as cartoons would suggest.