ErMahGerd Immerrsion

I noticed something when doing the readings for the week just gone (“Heather and Me” and “Novus Homo”). I was able to pick up on the fact that the writers of these blogs were writing them as if they were real life and not some fictional Video Game. I found this quiet interesting especially as this week we were looking at immersion and just how much of an effect it has on the people that play these games. 

I myself do play video games (recently purchasing Skyrim after talking about RPG’s in class so much) but I do not have the same passion for the games as the writers (or at least anymore) of these articles. However I noticed one other thing after I finished the reading. As I was reading it I started to believe that they were talking about real life and I myself got immersed in the game just by reading it and not even playing it. I got lost in the text and believed that real events were being described as opposed to a game. It made it much more clear to me about the power of immersion in these games.

Now after playing Skyrim for all of yesterday and only reaching Level 5 I can see how people get immersed, especially in RPG’s. I found myself not wanting to ‘steal’ or fight people who weren’t attacking me, this however did not last long. I soon began to act the complete opposite way to what I would in real life. I believe that Skyrim allowed me to act in a way that I would not in real life and it separated completely my real life from my online life as I was acting like a different person. It just made me realise the power of immersion in these game and I found it really interesting.