Continuing on from the attached video, this digital artefact will be highly relevant to users as if the audience of a game show wishes to read about the show, my blog will have the information for that. Not only this but individuals who want to watch a particular game show and doesn’t know if they will like it, my blog posts will provide information for that. I also intend to utilise my twitter account and ask fellow students what game shows they recommend me watch and review, this way my digital artefact is staying relevant.
In Stephen J. Goul and Pola B. Gupta’s ‘Come on Down’ paper on Game shows and product placement, the article discusses how game shows differ from every other type of show. As these shows are not scripted and put their contestants on the spot, the audience views contenders as ‘real people’ and therefore enables them to truly indulge in the game rather than wondering who scripted what.
“Once you cause somebody at home to talk to the set aloud, even by himself or herself, then you’ve got a good game show.” – Bob Stewart.
Bob Stewart was the inventor of video games and his first game was ‘The Price is Right’. His fans and audience described his games as communication games as the ones showcased were mostly for people to say one word or even talk about.
The first of game shows were quiz shows and through the decades, turned into game shows that veered away from just quizzing contestants. Game shows such as Family Feud, Minute to Win it, Have You Been Paying Attention, Talkin’ Bout Your Generation are extended versions of the original quiz shows. However, shows such as Big Brother, Survivor, The Amazing Race, My Kitchen Rules, House Rules or even Australian Idol, have extended the views and definition of a game show. Nowadays, Bachelor in Paradise is under the ‘game show’ category, what happened to just finding love on national television? Crazy.
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Hey Ruby!
As a non-gamer I think you’ve pretty much hit the nail on head with your pitch. I can really relate to your perspective as a student with little experience in the gaming world so I think that makes it even more relatable to your audience. Your video is instantly really easy to watch and connect to and I found myself wanting to watch more to see where it was heading. I think the inclusion of you comparing information form different sources in order to form an opinion is incredibly useful especially as you may not have the most experience in this realm of research. I think it can only make your research more credible. I love that you’ve taken the perspective of game shows. I like that it doesn’t necessarily leave the gaming realm but it takes notions from it that I believe will only aid your project as more people will be able to relate to that. Who doesn’t watch millionaire hotseat at the end of the day??? I think the fact that you’ve got a good plan on where you’re heading will be great for your project as it will relieve the pressure of posting each week and the fact that you’ve kept your audience in mind when positing also shoes great understanding of your audience. What I would love to see out of this in the end is a conclusive statement on what you found out of your research. Will the game shows aid the lives of those participating? Doe sit reflect gaming world cultures? One source I found interesting when researching this that may or may not help out is : https://www.jstor.org/stable/2118342. I had some good information on the cultural impacts of game shows and this could be good in analysing game users behaviours when participating.
Enjoy the process!
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Hey Ruby,
I think your DA idea is an amazing idea. I think it is extremely creative and a great way at looking into this part of the world of games. It will be the perfect platform and blog series to allow the audience to get a better understanding of game shows and will be a great tool for them to use if they are unsure about watching a certain gameshow or not.
Your idea of looking at every part of the game show will provide great insight and depth of knowledge for your audience and will make it more interesting to read. Using your twitter account to both promote your blog posts and ask for feedback is a great tool to stay relevant and ensure you are able to provide content people want to see.
I was thinking too if you wanted to expand your idea you could look at the game apps you can download that allow you to play the gameshows as well. It could add a fun twist to it or something different.
I found this interesting article on game shows and audiences that might be useful for you: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20460713
Thank you for sharing your DA idea, I can’t wait to read it!!
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Hey Ruby,
I think this is an effective way to utilise a digital artefact idea for someone that doesn’t have a great interest in video games. I think getting input from your audience through Twitter would be certainly a good option to go as I feel everyone would be willing to suggest game shows to do. You said that these shows are unscripted which made me instantly think to how wrong these could go, getting the wrong participants and the whole show could be flipped on its head.
I didn’t realise how far ‘game’ shows have come. When you spoke about game shows I instantly thought of Family Feud and Millionaire Hot Seat and those kinds of shows certainly not The Bachelor or anything similar. I think it could be an interesting idea to compare different game shows from different countries. I think different cultures certainty have an impact on game shows. I will expose myself here, the Bachelor AU vs the US is dramatically different, the casting, personalities, the pay they recieve are so different, but all follow the same structure and outcome. I am really interested in your digital artefact and will be certainly following along.
https://www.mamamia.com.au/us-and-australian-bachelor/
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Hey, Love this. As Australian tv goes there is a lot of game show content, therefore viewers enjoy participating so your idea is relatable, I watched many of the shows you mentioned now and when I was younger. Now days people do check online reviews for more information and opinion so they know what their getting into and don’t waste their time. It is evident this subject has changed over time and so much more than just quizzes. It would be good to follow and discover the production and the impression they actually get from the audience including behaviour also ones that are interactive where people at home can vote on a phone app. Check out this article https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/7xg5a9/how-game-shows-perfectly-reflect-the-era-were-living-in
I feel that this is suited to a non gamer, sounds great!
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Hey, As an Australian TV game show lover and especially when hungover and the Million Dollar hot seat comes on, therefore viewers enjoy participating so your idea is relatable, You also seem to have a good idea on where you are going to take this DA and strong topic to look at. You didn’t repeat too much of your pitch in your blog post, just a little summary which I found was good and further explanation and sources as well.
Check out this article https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=02a86bd1-74a9-4ae9-9b6c-1ba65d1fc974%40sessionmgr4006&bdata=#AN=9708061163&db=hlh
I am looking forward to seeing where you go with this DA.
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