Independent Task 1

Foreword: What I type out here, is exactly what is on my hard-copy of this log, as well as in the first picture on this post.

So, for my Independent Component, I watched a TV show called X-Play*, where the two hosts, Adam and Morgan do video game reviews, give some tips, tricks, and strategies for some games and talk about upcoming games in the game industry. Aside from that, I did independet research on upcomning updates, gaming systems, and games which I use to write for hardtoast.com. In writing for that website, so far, I've writting two articles for them, one that was in semester one, and the most recent being for semester two (which is for Independent Component 2). Here is the actual log which consists of the date and time I watched X-Play and how long it took me to write/research for my articles in Independent Component One:

*X-Play is on every weekday at 6:30 P.M. Eastern Time, which would be 3:30 P.M. here in California. If you want the full listing of every show on G4TV, go to: http://www.g4tv.com/schedule/index.html. I only watched X-Play on the weekdays from 3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

The Log:

 

Total time spent watching X-Play (for independent component one): 43.5 hours, Total time spent research and writing the article: 3 Hours. Total time for Independent Component One: 46.5 hours.

However, since 30 hours are only being counted, I now have 16.5 hours towards my independent component two.

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Literal:

a) I, Ryan Manalac affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work."

b) What I did for my 30 hours was watch a game show called X-Play, where the hosts of the show give game reviews on multiple games and gives tips, tricks, and strategies for the online multiplayer experience or the single-player campaign. Aside from watching the show, I did independent research on the games and news articles I write for hardtoast.com.

Interpretive:

This is valid for an independent task because in watching X-Play, I learn different was to give reviews; I now know that the TV game reviews are somewhat up-to-par with blogs and magazines, plus I'm more of a visual leraner, so it helped me get a feel for the game. Also, doing the writing for hardtoast.com taught me how to approach writing a review, even if its not a genre of game that I don't even like. Also, if you do happen to talk to me about a game, I now demonstrate the different techniques I've learned by saying that the graphics were good because or the game play was good because. It's totally changed the way I look at games.

Applied:

This independent component helped me answer my EQ by giving me evidence for one of my answers: Various Writing Techniques and the Audience you write for. In X-Play, their target audience is the teenage population that plays games and knowing that teaches me what vocabulary to use and how to write for that specified audience. The independent writing assisted me in how I should write in the future.