Interactive Storytelling.

Video games have come a long way from pong. now there are shooting games, fighting games, real time strategy, tern biased, plat former, and so many more, but video games are no longer just a form of mindless entertainment. Video games are a form of telling a story, a story ware the audience is invited to interact with, and even change the outcome entirely. the best of games nowadays do not just have a cool game-play  nor do they stand on awesome graphics and creachers alone  These feachers are just some of the things that make a good game, but for the most part they are not why the game is played. Video games are played for the same reason that some people read books, or watch a move, we like stores. we want to know how the hero killed the dragon, or why the alien race is interested in the outpost, and games allow us to experiences thees things in a way that a move, or a book never can.

Video games take emotional music, intriguing plot and relatable characters, just like a move or a play, the only differences is that they are maid so that the audience can interact with them. The player can decide which person he wants to talk to, what supplies he is going to get before going on a mission, ware she wants to put the bed in the house, or what competition to take her horse to. some games have only one long quest line, ware the hole game is telling one story, others have many quests, usually with one "main" quest, and several "side" quests, in thees games there are several stories being told at the same time. in either case it is the story that will make or break a game.

there are some exceptions to this rule, and thees are the competitive games. thees games do feed off of the game play, but only because they are meant to be played like a sport. in thees games two people or teams will compete against each-other and that is ware thees games get off. That is not to say that thees games are any less valuable, just different. they are like the sports of gaming  and the other games are like the books, moves and plays of gaming.

Now you know that wen someone is playing a game, they are not just sitting there mindlessly staring at a screen, they are partaking in a story that they are making, just as much as witnessing.

evee on top

here is my final animation at 24 frames per second and 19 fps. the 24 fps was submitted so that it was exactly 4 seconds long, but I think that the 19 fps works better.

they are a representation of how most of the fights I get in with my sister. I favor Espeon, and she favors Umbreon, and wen we wrestle I always come on top, but then my youngest sister comes in and jumps on top.
PS it looks better in the original Quick time video.

check it out, it actually snowed here (Vancouver B.C.). for a day anyway.

off hand

this picture took me two hours to draw. and I did it with my left and casted right hand equally.

it is supposed to be Faramair, from Lord of the Rings. I guess I need to work on my faces, but check ought that clasp.