WoW

Here's a picture of an Ent from World of Warcraft with
Christmas lights on it. The one below is another but of Santa Clause in the WoW world.

Mohawk Grenade Fooo!

This ad is freaking awesome because....its World of Warcraft!! Enough said. I found this ad on Youtube.com, Blizzard the game company made this ad to get more people to play or try out World of Warcraft. I like how they use different celebrities for their ads trying to make it seem like everyone plays.

I don't think holidays are much of religious thing because each religion has their own way to celibrate the same holiday just a different way. In my eyes if it was religious it would be the same for each one. Like with christmas for most people in the United States is just purchasing gifts for family and loved ones, not like we all get gifts for random people which would seem more religious to me.

Magazine info

The magazine PC Gamer is cool magazine for my interests.

I learned from Wikipedia that the US edition of PC Gamer has not awarded more than 98% towards a game and the UK edition no more than 96%.

PC Gamer shows the newest games out there today for PC gamers. Gives a review and also screen shots, additional info, pros/cons, and other things a person may want to know before playing a game.

Men's Health has a lot of interesting articles to read. I like to read this at times.

Wiki says it was found in the UK in 1994, established originally by the Royal College of Nursing and become completely independent of RCN when it was established as a charity in 2001.

The magazine has information about a Man's overall health. The articles I enjoy reading are like fitness, foods, and guy wisdom. I learned a lot from reading this magazine and other health related reading material. They also throw in stuff a guy would like such as merchandise and ideas for a good workout plan instead of just throwing down basic workout methods.

This seemed interesting to me Comic Buyer's Guide

According to Wikipedia this was first started in 1971 in a tabloid .

New website to me but from visiting the website and the title itself, its main focus is selling comics and bring up good comics from comic book readers review I would think. It seemed overall pretty cool I've been into supers heroes since I was a kid and I enjoyed reading comics with the certain hero.

In this photo its me on a "PC Gamer" magazine, which is what I am. All the games mentioned on the cover would make someone who's into PC games interested. Like the reviews are what get most people into considering a new game, shows the game play and other small information. Ways to capture the viewers attention is new released game titles or expansions. The magazine to the right is "Macfreak" focuses more on mac users and things to grasp the readers attention would be like merchandise like the iPod, Mac computers, also Mac is capitalized a lot and in bold font to notice those key words first. The colors seem pretty bright and noticeable, also how they word their sentences and put down what people want to read.

Kobe

1. The photo to the left he's in a game and is showing the basketball player he is. The dedication he puts into trying to win the game and score the points needed. The right photo he's in a tuxedo at an event most likely. His basketball career and skills have brought him his fame and fortune. I think this photo shows that.

2. The techniques used for the game image is basically the pose he's in. Most professional athletes when their photo taken during a game the pose they're in shows the most about them. Like for this one it shows Kobe with total control of the ball at hand, positioned nicely, and getting ready to lay it in. The photo with him nicely dressed focuses on his appearance and facial expressions made. These photos I would guess are taken based on the person's actions or expressions showed, also possibly depending on the location or event.

My Five

Article cartoons

This cartoon is showing how over the counter drugs now days have so many different promoting words like "extra strength" and how well it works. So this one is making fun of it showing large pill bottles.

-I agree because every drug companies make are all the same. Some may have very slight differences but overall work the same as the rest. Instead of paying attention to how well it works, its best to see the what type of drug it is and the milligrams for the strength.


For this cartoon its showing the big bad wolf and how he huffed and puffed on the pigs houses and blew their houses down. But in this its saying he huffed and puffed and caught the swine flu.

-I disagree since the flu is not from any swine. But still funny the reference used for this joke.



















The cartoon here is talking about the common cold and how its contracted from each other. Which is when we are around lots of people like in the drawing.

-I agree with this cartoon because its the one way get catching a cold very easily when you're around people because sometimes the symptoms aren't there right away and we spread it.

New Zealand

I chose this picture from New Zealand because its a awesome country. Also the dude looks like captain hook from Peter Pan.

Two websites I found to compare are WoW and Warhammer which are both online computer games.

Warhammer doesn't have much to show on their website but the website does have a 10-day free trial. It does have features that would explain more about the game like what it's about, gameplay, screenshots of the game, downloads, manage your account, all of these are the basic things most websites would have I would imagine. The text though for most of the page is somewhat dark and its more convenient to see brighter colors for text so its easier to read. It has a game description but you would have to click and read all of it to answer your own question about the game I'm assuming.

World of Warcraft has a lot to show on their website same basic foundation like Warhammer and other game websites but World of Warcraft(WoW) has some other features like as seeing what the type of armor you could use and acquire. Also you can see the people who play on a certain server, like if a friend plays on that specific server you can see everything about them. The text on their page is bright and well categorized with good font size and color. Also I like that they have a game guide which tells you everything there is to the game and what its like. Has many sub categories that you can go straight to, also they have news updates about whatever the topic is that has arose to their attention.

Overall I would say WoW has the better website because of how easy it is to find what you are looking for and whatever questions you may be wondering if you considered playing a online game.

Ad Analysis

Audience & Authorship
Authorship: This ad was made by Heineken International

Purpose: This ad was made to get the audience to purchase their beer. I believe the target audience are men like college students and older, to get them to have their fridge beer ready for occasions or personal enjoyment.

Economics: Heineken International I would think paid for this ad since its their best selling beer.

Impact: I would say anyone can benefit and be harmed by this ad. Everyone has the choice to do anything. I like seeing different types of ads I think it is pretty hilarious what companies will do to show their product.

Response: I wouldn't take any action toward this product because I am not of age to purchase it.

Messages & Meanings
Content: In my opinion when I see this I think of game night for guys or a party because...its a fridge full of beer.
*I say this message implies to have beer ready when you want it.
*This message doesn't show how much it would cost for a person to purchase that much.

Techniques: Not sure what specific technique is used but I think it tries to get the audience to remember great parties or other occasion with lots of beer consumption.

Interpretations: People I'm sure don't like Heineken and won't think much of it because they prefer a different beer.
* My interpretation for this is "wow" because I wouldn't ever do that when I have a fridge of my own. Too much space taken up and money.

Representations & Reality
Context: This was aired on TV in 2004 on shows like "Howard Stern","Married...With Children" , and "Blind Date."

Credibility: I would think its a fact that this is a good tasting lager beer since its one of the best selling in Europe.
*Credible towards the company for promoting it.
*The ad was about Heineken, which Heineken International paid for this all.

My first video

This video is showing the strongest sniper rifle. Long distance weapon that can take out targets with accuracy, moderate speed, and stopping power. 50 caliber rifle. I think this weapon is pretty damn amazing.