Video games/ Assassin's creed III Liberation.

What stereotypes surround video games.

• Makes you stupid.
• Makes you violent.
• Virgins play them.
• Nerds.
• Single people play them.
• Directly manipulate the players.

• Space war first video game-1962.
• Space invaders- 1978.
• Pac man- 1980.

• Sony created bizarre advertisements that appeal to adults.
• Sony also advertised to appeal to mass audiences and not just a target group.
• Media product with an interactive element- Video game.
• Video games are the most specialised in the industry.
• Produced using digitally convergent media.
• Competitive aspect.
• You embody different characters.
• Expectations that games are violent.
• Square button is jump/punch.
• Video games cost £50-£60 which is more than any other media product.
• Video games have always been expensive for the time.
• They exploit the audience/consumer.
• Video games target a core audience.
• Video games have open ended narratives.
• Video games are 10s-100s of hours long.
• Video games can only be played on specific consoles/systems.
• Games can be released on multiple consoles- multi-platform game.
• Fortnight makes money through micro-transactions- purchases in the game.

Assassin's creed III- Liberation.

• Spin off of assassin's creed III.
• Produced by Ubisoft in 2012.
• Made for playstation vita originally.
• Re-released 2 years later for Playstation3 and Xbox 360 in HD.
• Re-released again in 2019 for the updated consoles but in a pack.
• Re-releases earn more money.
• PSV wasn't popular so they re-released the game for home consoles.
• Themes of slavery which may be considered inappropriate.
• The re-released trailer makes intertextual reference to Django unchained.    
• The dramatic and emotional narrative appeals to a general audience.
• The main character is a black women which is a unique selling point.
• Appeals to black people.
• May appeals to people who may not stereotypically play video games.
• References to film trailers.
• Gameplay- interactive sections of the game.
• Cut scenes- elements you can't play.
• The games are set in the future where the characters enter a simulation of the past.
• Genre is a sci-fi.
• The promise of new content appeals to mass audiences.
• The trailer demonstrates high production values for the time.