Video Game & Radio Industries

Video Games

Component section

Explore the ways in which an audience can give and take pleasure from Assassin's Creed Liberation

12 mark question - 12 minutes

Class notes

Sexual gratification - a lot of video games are based on the emphasis of women with exaggerated bodies (fetishization) Application to ACL: use of the female protagonist although she's not explicitly sexualized. this could also be seen as a strong female protagonist would link to David Gauntlet's identity theory of identification that female demographics may enjoy that more than typical video game characters.
Ubisoft - a triple-A video game company with huge production values. Major label, a major distributor.
AC3L - sold 600,000 copies
The game has a very high production value
The game failed because it was released on the PS Vita in 2012 and originally exclusive but then made a wider release
Handheld advantages - take anywhere, theoretically can get emersed in it
Fandom - my little pony mashup - did this to blend the two things they love together, widen the audience
Collector's item - limited edition merchandise that the cult audience will appreciate
Through digital advantages - getting Assasin's Creed 3, you can get the second one free
different reasons why people play video games - friendships, a part of a community
Customisation - characters have a range of weapons and downloadable content aka DLC
Repetition - Steve Neale
Horror = pleasure