Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Skyrim - 'Plog' Meta-Reflection

Unwittingly, I have been playing this interesting game, Skyrim, and writing the related blogs for nearly a month. From the very beginning, setting up my own character and expecting the afterward happenings, to the present quest, seeking for the dragon temple, it has been a long-time journey and I believe I had learned much and gained a few of advantages of this game. 

The first advantage is the skill that I improved myself to search as much information from the first sights of the names as possible. For instance, in my blog 1.2 the Unbound:" Another thing intrigued me is there was a book named The Book of the Dragonborn on a table. Since the reason why I had to keep escaping and hiding was the threat from that horrible dragon, I believed that dragons must be one of the most significant elements in this game. Although I did not finish reading this book, I did take it and I would try to learn more from this book. " I wrote. Here, I analyzed some assumptions and speculations about the relationship between this book and the whole game itself. For another instance, in my blog 3.2 the Black Falls Barrow, I mentioned and also analyzed some points about the name of that place where I met with Jarl. In both of these two examples, I focused on the names and wanted to search information I need and then I did imagine what connections it might have with the bigger background, which is also a wonderful tool for the economics and the managers. 

The second skill I absorbed from this game is comparing and concluding useful information that I searched. It seems that this second skill is a little bit similar to the first one, but actually it is separate and different from the first. Still using those two examples in last paragraph, after I had searched useful information, I compared what I received from objects with what I ever thought about them. To make it easier and clearer, I am saying that one thing must be more or less different when you really touch them from your former imagination about it. Sometimes, it will even reflect some negative or reverse messages. All in all, my second skill is that when I grab information from the names or other forms, not only do I need to imagine and speculate about it, but I also need to compare it with my own experience or perspectives to justify whether it is really beneficial to me. For my intended major, I will confront many strange and unknown items and receive massive messages from them, so to do well in how to deal with those sources is also helpful.

The last one is not about the boring information, but more about the people and myself. The first important decision every player made in this game is to choose which power to follow immediately after that poor village was destroyed by that black horrible dragon. Following this, each of us has made tens of decisions that might influence subsequent happenings or differentiate the courses of this game. Therefore, this time what I gained from this game is learning how to make the proper choices and how to deal with people of different characteristics. For example, before I was permitted to enter Whiterun town, I had to answer the guard's question. In blog 2.2, I wrote that "There were 5 choices, and obviously the first one-Riverwood calls for Jarl's aid-was what I need answer to that guard. After answering him, I was finally permitted to access into this prosperous and  relatively crowded city." The scenes in blog 3.2 of what I did with that religious singer and the guardian of Jarl were also examples. From of all these cases, I conclude that I need to behave specifically to various groups of people, which is strongly believed to probably help a businessman a lot.

In summary, although I was playing a three-digital role-play game, I had acquired these three meaningful skills. More importantly, three of them are convinced to powerfully push me and assist me in my academic areas and further majors. I will still enjoy this game while continuously drawing helpful things from it. 

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