Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Photo Shop McLuhan Project Final Post !

The popular game of world of war craft has literally millions of users from across the world. World of Warcraft in a way is a breakthrough in human communications. Users of all ages, sizes, races, ethnic groups. religious groups, and both genders. It offers not only a fun game to play but what really makes this game special is its communication aspect.  The original medium would actually be the game itself, however in this medium is a world of content, each its own medium as well. This game offers its users a wide variety of ways to communicate with other users, as well as the game itself. User to User communication can be as simple as moving your character and making him dance and make different motions toward another user, using a headset to speak, or even text chat is available. From here you can meet new people, meet your friends in the game, meet new friends in the game, pass information along, or even play the actual game with the other users. Users can even communicate with the game. If they are having problems or need information there are always admins on duty 24/7 that will come find you if you type in that you are in need of one. all that content in the game is a medium within itself with its own content. That's what makes this game so special, many vastly overlook how incredible of a communication medium World of Warcraft really is. The Message of World of Warcraft is enormous. Many students go home after school and log onto this virtual reality that is the World of Warcraft and talk about homework for next class and what they are doing the following week. There have even been people who have found the spouses on World of Warcraft ! This game really brings everyone together into this small world. whomever logs on, is immediately transported into this virtual world with a limitless amount of mediums and content to be apart of. The World of Warcraft is more than just a game, it is a technological breakthrough in human relationships.

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