During class, we were asked to examine to other of our peer's final essay exhibit pieces and write a blog post on them. The two peer's projects I chose were Cory Gear's and Kendall Mahony's. Cory's was regarding to video games and how it is becoming a well-paying profession and Kendall's was about the use of emoticons in daily life. I chose these two exhibits because I found both very relatable.
To start, Cory's piece discussed the emergence of E Gaming and how it is becoming a well-known profession and how it is breaking across popular television networks across the world. Furthermore, I found it super fascinating how well some professional video gamers are being paid. Cory's presentation made it clear that there are numerous gamers who are making millions of dollars every year from their participation in these popular gaming competitions that are broadcasted across the globe. Finally, I also chose to review Cory's because a few days before I was actually flipping through the channels and came across a drone racing competition which is very similar to the way they host the gaming competitions as well.
Moving on, Kendall's exhibit was on how we use emoji's or emotions in daily conversation via social media outlets as well as texting and other messaging services. Whether it be texting my friends or scrolling through social media, I encounter emoji's hundreds of times a day which made her presentation extremely relatable. Kendall talked about how emoji's can have numerous different meanings, and how they can mean different things to different people. Not to mention, while discussing the exhibit we also moved forward into the deeper discussion of Bit Mojis. Bit Mojis are emojis that are tailored to look exactly like the user they are representing.
Overall, both exhibits were extremely interesting and I was able to relate to each one in a different way.
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