Media Meditation #3: Starcraft The family destroyer for strategist

(A image of Starcraft 1)

Star Craft is a creation of Blizzard a company known for their amazing craftsmanship in the department of video game. Starcraft is a strategy where you are the commander of a flight of soldiers sometimes you play as aliens. The game has rankings, missions, campaign, tutorials, achievements, and a lot more. It is said that "StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment."Starcraft was first released in 1998 sold over 11million copies worldwide. Starcraft originally release for Microsoft Windows, but later a Mac OS version and a N64 version came to be. Blizzard most famous video game is a game called World of WarCraft (A.K.A WoW). World of WarCraft is a Major Multiplayer online Game also known as an MMO, this means the it is played online with people who also are online.

(A chess game)

Why Strategy?

Why a strategy game some may ask? Well to be honest you have to accept that some people are not into the whole gore animation thing. Many gamers may think strategy games are boring and that is fine, but this is made for the people who rather relax and beat another human being with their wits instead of their muscles. The concept of strategy game appeals to many gamers and non-gamers. Blizzard realizes that WoW would attract many gamers because of its ability to put a person in the action in the fight. Blizzard appealed to the other spectrum by giving the people who like to test strategies and who like to control armies. This is what Starcraft brings to the table.

(An image of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty)

StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty is the most recent installment of StarCraft. The sequel to the award winning StarCraft video game, the game released worldwide on July 27, 2010 Wings of Liberty is the first of a 3 part installment. The two upcoming expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. The game takes place in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26^th century. The game revolves around 3 different species, The Zerg the main antagonist, The Protoss neither the antagonist or the protagonist they just want to destroy the Zerg but will hurt anyone in their ways, finally the Terrans basically humans the protagonist. The wing of liberty is mostly about the terrans the other expansion pack is about the Zerg and Protoss war. Each game takes you deeper into the story and gives you a good feeling of how it is to command a fleet of soldiers. Starcraft may seem harmless enough but it has become super famous even though only just releasing in the year 2010 it still has over 7millions loyal fans. The game strongly holds its title of being the Family Destroyer for Strategist.

(An amazing cinematic from StarCraft 2)

StarCraft does not only let you become the commander of a fleet and let you test out many different strategies versus millions of other players. It also gives you a beautiful show artwork. They makers of StarCraft did not slack off when making their master piece. They made sure everything was inline and perfect. The game takes strategy to a whole new level. StarCraft 2 is a great game for the mind.

(The Commercial for StarCraft 2)

The StarCraft 2 commercial helps lure its unsuspecting victims in. The Commercial itself only shows the good parts of the game they do not once show anything bad. Blizzard also flashes it in front of your face with loud bangs fast pacing images. This activates the reptilian part of your brain you do not know what to do, or how to react. The commercial also uses production techniques the pace does not give people enough time to process what they are seeing. A lot of action and explosions excite people. The images and music also activate the limbic portion of the brain.

(A image of a Zerg laying down and doing nothing)

There is humor in their advertisements. Some can only be understood by the fans and others many people can understand. The use a lot of scientific facts inside the game itself. StarCraft also allows people to just have fun. People love to challenge other people to prove their superiority especially with the brain. Blizzard uses these things to make a very addictive game that even the geniuses in our society can not resist. Blizzard uses our favorite things being in control of another person, action, superiority/ showing dominance and beauty to sway everyone into loving their game. There are forums and cosplays dedicated to StarCraft alone. People leave their friends and family behind just to play starcraft. I am not saying don't play StarCraft what im saying is be careful as a gamer i know it is very addictive. Blizzard the creator of the Family Destroyer strikes again.