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Beyond the Hype - An In-Depth Look at the Video Game Industry
Virtualgirl | 8:51 PM on 01.21.2008 23 comments




Once again, flame me if you like for posting an outside link, but that will not stop me from sharing my stuff with you! Many of you guys, especially from the forums, helped me get ideas and work through details of this project at the beginning of the fall semester when I first started! The result is after the link, my senior ethics project. It is a web based project titled Beyond the Hype, and the main focus is to provide parents with the resources they need (and for some reason can't find) to keep them from using restrictive video game legislation as a crutch to solve their problems. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again for all your help this semester! You guys rock!

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viralhunter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:06
viralhunter
"Welcome to the Girl's entertainment network."

well I know when I'm not wanted...
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:06
Cowzilla3
Awesome, I'm sending this to all my parents freinds who talk to me about gaming and how they can know what to do with their kids.
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:10
Steel Squirrel
That was an extremely impressive site. Where in the world do guys find the girls like you!? Ah..... I see..... band camp......
I will be back one day, after an extensive tour of America's band camps.

Nice work!
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:13
Virtualgirl
LOL...you are welcome ViralHunter! We don't kick out guys!

@Cowzilla: If you do send out the link to them, let me know what they think! I am really interested to know if it will sway any opinions!

@SteelSquirrel: Bandcamp is where its at!!! I think the ones in Wisconsin are best...
doc love's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:19
doc love
Great work!
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:28
wardrox
nice read, good job :)
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:30
Steel Squirrel
Wisconsin it is! Fine cheese and geeky ladies FTW!
thrillhouse's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:46
thrillhouse
I have one issue with your web design. Lose the video game characters on the bottom left of each page. If this is intended to be a serious piece, I would lose the cutesy artwork. It distracts the visitor from your text.
Dynamic Sheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 21:58
Dynamic Sheep
Menu - Items - Equip - DynamicSheep - Flamethrower - Yes
(reads article)
Menu - Items - Unequip - DynamicSheep - Flamethrower - Yes
Menu - Items - Give - Kudos - VirtualGirl - Yes
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 22:02
ceark
wow! impressive work as usual.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 22:31
MrSadistic
Good read.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/21/2008 23:16
Brian Szabelski
Awesome write-up, VirtualGirl! You've done yourself proud. :)
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 00:08
Samit Sarkar
Great job yet again, VirtualGirl! Beyond the Hype is a highly informative site that is also well laid-out, and I’m sure it’ll serve the public well. I just have a few minor corrections to the Introduction (small stuff):

Paragraph 2, sentence 4: it should say “disdain” instead of “distain”, and there shouldn’t be a “the” before “Saw or Hostel

Paragraph 2, sentence 6: “first amendment” should be capitalized

Paragraph 4, sentence 2: I’d rephrase “about the industry as well as the current political climate as pertains to video games and common misconceptions about this form of entertainment” to something like “about the industry and the current political climate as they pertain to video games, as well as common misconceptions about this form of entertainment”.

Paragraph 6, sentence 4: if you’re talking about the introduction, it should say “foreword” instead of “forward”

Otherwise, though, that was a great read.
kadosho's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 00:16
kadosho
I really like where you're taking this project. Its has a positive message, and a mature nod towards everything people see in the media, or in a magazine.

It doesn't feel like an essay, nor is it a pitched novel. But a solid direct message to anyone, or everyone who may have touched a controller, or its their first.

Let alone "entertainment" covers a myriad of levels. And games in particular cover a huge range of ideas, and defacto ideals into what those who believe they should be viewed as.

I have to say, this is something anyone, gamer or non-gamer alike should look through; with a fine toothed comb.

Well done Meagan, well done.
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 00:25
Virtualgirl
Thanks guys! I am really glad you like it!

@Br0nxb0mBr: I NEED TO HAVE YOU PROOFREAD MY STUFF!! LOL. I had both my parents and my hubby read through every word before I put it online, and none of us caught those errors! You have a sharp eye!
taumpytears's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 00:39
taumpytears
I really hate to come across as some creepy ass hole on the interwebs, but you husband is one lucky bastard.
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 01:49
Virtualgirl
Don't worry! you have to do more than that to come across creepy!
liam2015's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 04:40
liam2015
What I hope everyone does (and what I plan to do) is to inform parents of this site who don't exactly understand video games, and are susceptible to people like Jack Thompson's crap. Seriously, great job virtualgirl. I hope your site flourishes, despite it being a project. Well I hope you get an A+, or whatever crazy grading system they use in minnesota.
BigPopaGamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 09:18
BigPopaGamer
VG, that is an excellent website. It's nice to have a place to send people that want to blame things on video games. WEll done.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 10:32
mistic
Once again megan you astonish me with your projects and articles!

Kudos!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2008 13:12
Samit Sarkar
@Virtualgirl: Thanks! Yeah, it’s strange...I hated English as a subject in school, but I’m nuts about its proper use — spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Again, though, none of those mistakes were serious, so don’t think that you, your parents, or your husband aren’t good at proofreading. I miss errors occasionally as well — when you’re dealing with a wall of text (and even when you aren’t), the words tend to blur into each other, and you just start skimming. I only caught those four minor mistakes because I wasn’t purposefully proofreading; I was interested in what your site had to offer, and I wanted to read the entire introduction. When I read normally, I’ll usually catch more errors than if I’m trying to proof something. Regardless, please feel free to send me stuff to proofread if you like (see my profile for my email address); I’m only taking the bare minimum of credits this semester, so I’ll have a lot of free time on my hands.
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/23/2008 00:59
Orionsaint
Don't watch that FOX NEWS report on Sex in Mass Effect, unless you wanna throw something at your computer, GRRRRR!!!
glipe's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/23/2008 04:09
glipe
I love the site; it's a great idea! Can I make a little design suggestion though? You know the way to get to the next page of a multi-page section you have to click on the numbers at the bottom of the page? If you don't have the page enlarged to full size, you don't see these numbers so, on a page with a small amount of text, there's no way to tell what you're meant to click on to proceed. Just put a little continue prompt at the bottom of each text section, along with the number system for swift navigation of multiple pages and I think that'll solve it.

Really is a cracking site design. I'm very impressed, as always.
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