Wednesday, August 29, 2018

PB1A game review

Textual genre: RPG game reviews


Conventions: score, reviewed date, author, company of the reviewer,
pictures/video of gameplay, quote that connects to the reader, the setting of the game,
Platform, Developer, previous series, combat mechanics, summary of the story,
summary of the review at the end.


Rhetorical features :
Audience - Gamer
Purpose - Give facts and personal opinion on the game
Context - Gameplay overview
Styles - Descriptive
Tone - Exciting


Examples: Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Divinity: Original Sin 2, The Witcher 3

The conventions and rhetorical features that make RPG game reviews a RPG game reviews are list above. They will often include a score of the game that rated its quality. This gives the reader an idea if the game is worth their time. Information on the developer also helps with this process since knowing the developer a person can expect a certain quality from them. The comparison with the previous series help gamer knows if improvement or major changes has been made.
The setting and the summary of the game story help the person know if it their type of game. As some may enjoy a story based on a fantasy world while other may enjoy story based on a sci-fi world. Combat mechanics are described to let the person know how the gameplay works. These can be range from turn base to action combat. Different combat mechanics target different kind of audience. Picture and video of the game are shown to let the reader get a better view of the game. This help reader identity if it an idle game for them
The reviews are written to target gamer with the purpose of giving context on the overall gameplay. Usually, they makes the writing descriptive with a exciting tone to attract the gamer attention. These rhetorical features are important in a game review because it allows the writer to give information in an enjoyable way.
With these conventions and rhetorical features, you can easily tell if it a RPG game review. A score is easily found either at the top or the end of the page. Images and video between paragraph. The setting and gameplay story is then given on the first half. While the other half end with the combat mechanics and summary of the review.



Thursday, August 23, 2018

Annotation

Myself

  • Side notes – quick summary  
  • Underline – important sentence 
  • Circle – important words 




Classmate

  • Use star/* for main point
  • Stuff that agree with
  • Disagree with
  • Highlight important information
  • Word/phrase that help paint a picture
  • Bracket paragraph to paraphrase them









Tuesday, August 21, 2018

About me


Hi, my name is Kong Chen a freshman at Penn State Abington. I have 3 older
sisters, 2 that also went to Abington. I’m an introvert, so usually, I'm quiet and shy around people. But around friends that I'm close with, I'm very open. I’m not a morning person, getting up early has always been a struggle for me while I have no problem sleeping very late at night. I have gotten used to this because I used to work at an ice cream store that closes at 2am. This summer I have been mostly working at Kung Fu Tea, a bubble tea store. Although I like my co-worker, but I feel like I have a difficult time connecting with them because of the age difference and I’m new to the place. I also went to Dorney Park and Speed Raceway, both I had an embarrassing and fun time. For Dorney Park, it was because I’m afraid of height. So when my friend and I went on the rides I had the biggest reaction. For Speed Raceway was because I had a hard time controlling the speed of the Go-kart, so I used the break a lot. I ended up with the last place among my friends.