Time: Thursday night
Location: At my house observing subjects A and B playing Call of duty 4
Subjects A and B sit down to play Call of duty 4 on xbox live. We have two lcd tv's with two xbox 360's set up in a small room. The game starts and subject B asks subject A "what gun is good for this level." "The shotgun will tear it up, just use flashbang grenades" says A. As I watch subject A's face his expression changes constantly. His eyes widen and he bites his lower lip. Subject A has a firm grasp on the controller and his thumbs are moving with amazing speed hitting the buttons. They both are leaning forward at the very edge of their chairs and are close to the screens. "Damn," says A as he leans back quick to relax his posture after he is killed in the game. Subject A leans forward again bites down on his lip and lowers his eyebrows. His eyes stay peeled open and he doesn't blink until he is killed. As I start watching subject B he has a smile unlike A. B turns to A and says while chuckling "The shotgun is so tight." A doesn't reply and is still rapidly firing buttons. Subject B grabs some baked lays shuvs them into his smiling mouth. He wipes his hand vigerously on his jeans and grasps the controller. The chips crunch loudly over the warzone sounds of bombs going off and guns firing constantly in the background. Both subjects lean back in their chairs as the noise comes to silence and the game ends.
4 comments:
Nice subject. I would include a paragraph about what is happening on screen. What their characters look like and more of what their doing maybe.
Include the time period during which this was happening to give a reader a sense of time.
Also, describe the players better: what they're wearing, physical descriptions, etc.
Ok topic to write about... it didn't really grab my attention more detail is needed especially around the people playing the video games and more desciption on what the room looks like so i feel like i'm there.
I agree-- I want to see the room more because what I love about video games is the alternate reality many of the shoot 'em ups pull you into. If I am observing people playing a game it gets dull fast. What would make me more interested is tuning into how people in front of me are pulled into another reality while I am still here. Kind of like being the sober one in the room. Does that make sense?
If you can, give us some more about the reality you're in, and then include that of the game--- the characters, etc.
Short and sweet, and very voyeuristic in its way. Liked that.
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