Counting Stars

This song is interpreted by One Republic and it appears in their Album “Native”. One Republic is an American band, also known by songs like Secrets, Good Life, etc. The band is composed by Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown Eddie Fisher, Brent Kutzle; their music genre is Pop Rock and it was formed in 2003. This song was a great international success and it’s even used in The Voice in USA.

Ryan Tedder, the composer of the song, said that before he was famous, he was struggling to get enough money. He also said that he expected to get to the point where he would be able to stop counting money and instead, start counting something else, like stars. That’s why the lyrics are so good, they are quite poetical, the same as the rhythm that makes you want to hear the song many times. I really recommend you to listen to this song and try to understand how the composer felt.

Juan Sebastián Gutiérrez 8A

Electronic Entertainment Expo in LA

The next year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), will take place in the LA Convention Center, in Los Angeles, as the one this year. The reason why the Expo will be held in the same city is because it was a complete success, gathering 48,200 game industry professionals, analysts, journalists and retailers from 102 countries, and generating nearly $40 million dollars for the city. The next E3 will be between June 10 and 12.

In my opinion, it will be interesting and exciting to see which games they will release in next year’s second semester and 2015’s first semester. It will be a great time for Nintendo, who will be releasing lots of games in that period of time, but also for the other franchises because of their new consoles’ releases.

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Juan Sebastián Gutiérrez 8A

Assassin’s Creed 4: which is better?

Assassin’s Creed has only been out for a few days by now for the current-gen consoles, and some people would want to know what is the difference between the game in PS3 and PS4 (as to give an example). “Examiner” talked with Ashraf Ismail, the game producer from Ubisoft, to see which were the most representative details we might see between the two videogame consoles generations. One of them could be: “(…) on the next-gen the immersion is much deeper because we are able to push the visuals much more. On next-gen, when went go to a jungle we wanted the jungles to feel slightly oppressive (…)”

In my opinion, it depends on the point of view of the consumer which version is better. The gameplay looks pretty good, based on the trailer and people that already actually have gotten it throughout the internet. I really expect to buy the game to know what happens (and I’m gonna leave it right there, I’m not the “spoiler-type” guy).

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Juan Sebastián Gutiérrez 8A

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The Impossible Game: Dare to play ?

The impossible game is a side-scrolling platform game developed by FlukeDude and published by GripGames. The game is about a square which needs to jump blocks and spikes to reach the end of levels. It can be found both for XBOX and for PlayStation, through the virtual store. There are five levels of the main game, one of which is a variant, interestingly named after their music. They are (in their respective order) Fire Aura, Original Level, Chaoz Fantasy, Heaven and Phazd.

In my opinion, not a lot of people would take the time to play this sort of game because it confronts them with their own issues. A lot of things have gotten easier: easier to get, easier to beat, easier to buy, easier to find, etc., and this kind of thing is what has gotten our society into such a terrible situation: people that get angry when the Internet is slow, who give up on a search on Internet if they don’t find what they’re looking for quickly, who give up when playing a videogame that is way too difficult… which would be the case here.

However, there are still people that like challenges. If you are one of those and want to try it out, now you know the game. Enjoy it, if you want.

Juan S. Gutiérrez  8A

A generation of idiots

This is a video made by a group of people called Smosh. The video shows, in a parody-like style, how our generation is dependant of technology and how we would go mad if we didn’t have acces to it.

Smosh is an organization that makes videos and sells merchandice in the Internet. It was formed by with two guys called Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla. This videos became the most popular on YouTube in January 2013, and by now, in September, it has more than 12 million subscribers and 2.5 billion video views. Tthis team has expanded to videogame content videos, cartoon videos, and even apps.

In my opinion, this video shows exactly how I sometimes feel in the streets, at school, and sometimes even in my own classroom: people that wouldn’t be able to stand for 45 minutes without checking their messages or using their phones. It’s sad, because eventually what Einstein feared will become true.

Juan S. Gutiérrez 8A

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