Blog 1A

1. Battlefield Bad Company 1+2 (Video Game)
This is a game that influences me greatly, because the creators are innovators in their field of FPS (First Person Shooter) games and have been ever since the first battlefield game was made for PC in 2002. The gameplay in Battlefield games has always been unique, as it offers a larger amount of players to be in a game at the same time. This contrasts games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor, which offer virtually the same gameplay. Another thing that battlefield has been known for more recently is its totally destructible environment. This is an affinity to an earlier game called "Red Faction", but Battlefield implements this innovative thinking on a much larger level. This very innovative thinking makes it stand out in a seemingly endless pool of games that are almost exactly the same, and is the reason that this game influences me a lot.

2. Trolley Snatcha (Dubstep DJ)
Trolley Snatcha is a musical artist that influences me greatly because he is part of a genre of music that has grown monumentally in the past year. This genre is called "Dubstep", and Trolley Snatcha can be considered one of the kings of underground dubstep. Obviously, as a genre gains popularity, it flows into the mainstream and becomes altered to reach out to the majority of the population. As this has been happening to many dubstep artists, Trolley Snatcha has strayed away from becoming just another bad mainstream artist. You can even say that he is active by creating music that isn't influenced by the mainstream, and artists such as Mt. Eden are didactic by selling out to appeal to a larger population of people. While it is obvious that artists would strategically sell out to make money, people that liked genres the way they were previously appreciate artists that make music the way they like it, instead of the way the population likes it. Artists like Trolley Snatcha help me enjoy music more, which is why they influence me the most.

3. Defiance (Movie)
The movie "Defiance" is an inspiration to me because it focuses more on factual events that happened during World War II that movies in the past didn't really focus on. This film also uses the techniques of tension and release very well by building up tension during action scenes, and then cutting to scenes that are intended more to build on the story line and release some of the tension. This movie also inspires me because of the fact that it follows an interesting storyline that isn't told very often, instead of going off of something that happened in pop culture. This type of movie explains who i am as well as the other things that i listed because they are all unique. Instead of following ways to make money based off of other people, these forms of media created something totally different that people like even more. This shows that although copying ideas of others can make you money, it is far more rewarding (mentally and materialistically) to be an innovator of something totally different.