Minecraft cross - platform


1. Cross platform gaming is when a game allows gamers to play each other via multiple platforms e.g. Playing a game on a Xbox and being able to connect and play with someone playing on a PC.

2. The "Better Together" update is exciting to the gaming world as it allows cross platform gaming on platforms such as Xbox One, mobile devices and Windows 10 PC's

3. Children playing online games may not know who they are playing with and what sort of person they are playing with. Also, it is easy to lie about age and other information online, this could be used as a method for child grooming.

4. In my opinion, the future for cross platform gaming looks bright, it is a great way for players to connect without having to use the same platform. However, if every game in the future allows cross platform gaming, the use of a different console or platform will be rendered unnecessary and useless. People choose different consoles for the features on different games, if they are all made the same it won't be really effective for loyal customers. 

1. Accroding to the writer, why might autistic children such as his son, be attracted to Minecraft?
They are able to experiment and do a lot of advanced things they couldn’t do in real life. Also they’ll be able to pick it up pretty quickly and it allows them to socialise. Also the visuals are simple, open designed and logical.

2. Which features are included in the education version Minecraft and how useful do you think they might be as an educational tool?
Teachers set up classroom servers where students build scale models of their own towns, learn about Geography, Agriculture, Architecture, Physics etc.

3. Because of Mojang’s simple and pure vision

4. Modding community means the people who develop Minecraft and make it more enticing for users.

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6. Minecraft collaborated with LEGO

Research the making of....

Wonder Woman

Production Companies:

• Atlas Entertainment
• Cruel & Unusual Films
• DC Entertainment
• Dune Entertainment (in association with) (as Rat-Pac Dune Entertainment LLC)
• Tencent Pictures
• Wanda Pictures

Director: Patty Jenkins

How much it cost to make: $149 million 

Money could have been spent on

• Actors
• Music Rights
• Story Rights

Distributors:

• Warner Bros.
• Karo Premiere
• Kinomania 
• NOS Audiovisuais
• Roadshow Entertainment 
• Roadshow Films
• SF Studios
• Tanweer Alliance
• Warner Home Video
• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment  

Gaming Case study

Definition of Fordism and how it relates to Film? - Fordism is a very efficient way of producing goods based on, Standardising the product and Assembly line production.

Standardising the product in Film - The use of this is evident in the different genres of film

Assembly line production - Everyone has one job which is their profession, this is evident in the credits at the end of films.


Vertical integration and how it relates to film? - This is when companies control production, distribution and consumption.

Production - Companies own their own production equipment and studios.

Distribution - Companies control how the films are sold/distributed

Consumption - Companies have their own cinemas and only showed their films in those cinemas


Wat the antitrust laws were in relation to film? -

This article is Right wing because it is pretty much a racist article. Right wing view

Newspaper comparison

The Guardian has a Live news stream on their website which updates regularly. An example of this is evident on the printscreens above. We can see that the gap between updates were 10 mins apart. This proves that users can access the news whilst getting regular updates. The Daily Mail does not have this feature meaning their news isn't updated as regularly as The Guardians

The storm eleanor: power cuts and 100 mph gusts- live updates incorporates a video clip which demonstrates the chaotic winds that impacted the area.  This is shown in print screen one.  Furthermore, the audience has the opportunity to reply to the story via facebook, twitter and gmail. This is shown in the following print screens above.

The above picture clearly shows that the guardian news app is available on mobile phones. This allows users availability to access the news on the go

The archive facility shows old issues which have been demonstrated on the guardian and the daily mail. The daily mail is better and highly organised as it consists of all the old news and their dates. This is shown in the following print screens above.