I?m glad that he added statistics and sociologists? perspectives. Had he not done that, I?m not sure if I could have forced myself to listen anymore. Someone like me has to have good sound to stay focused on a piece ? whether it?s a dramatic speaker or a group of children playing Miss Mary Mack in the background ? and sad to say, this piece had neither for me. The interviews were much too low compared to the narrator?s audio level and he sounded like he was reading a script because he paused a few times to pronounce words. The introduction is good, but then I was turned off by the lack of interest that the narrator portrayed. His tone was monotonous and boring during the narration, but during the interview part with his mom, he sounded like a true journalist ? conveying passion and ingenuity when teaching his mom how to revert to the dark side of video games. (LOL.) It was confusing for me? making me wonder where that went to once he was on the mic.
I thought that this piece would be a score for the youth who like to play violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto, WWE Smackdown, and Def Jam Vendetta. Unfortunately, I had to chalk this one up as a loss since I took it as just another kid complaining about adults not liking his games.
Review of Video Game Violence
KaMeisha Jerae Hodge
Posted on January 26, 2008 at 10:35 AM
I?m glad that he added statistics and sociologists? perspectives. Had he not done that, I?m not sure if I could have forced myself to listen anymore. Someone like me has to have good sound to stay focused on a piece ? whether it?s a dramatic speaker or a group of children playing Miss Mary Mack in the background ? and sad to say, this piece had neither for me. The interviews were much too low compared to the narrator?s audio level and he sounded like he was reading a script because he paused a few times to pronounce words. The introduction is good, but then I was turned off by the lack of interest that the narrator portrayed. His tone was monotonous and boring during the narration, but during the interview part with his mom, he sounded like a true journalist ? conveying passion and ingenuity when teaching his mom how to revert to the dark side of video games. (LOL.) It was confusing for me? making me wonder where that went to once he was on the mic.
I thought that this piece would be a score for the youth who like to play violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto, WWE Smackdown, and Def Jam Vendetta. Unfortunately, I had to chalk this one up as a loss since I took it as just another kid complaining about adults not liking his games.