Presenting new possible subjects (10/2/2014)

* When I shared my ideas with my lecturer, he said he was interested in the psychology one, but felt I needed to be clearer about it. Whereas, he loved the idea of the relationships' one as it was based on both physical and non physical relationships and could include many movie examples e.g. buddy cop movies.

He then recommended that I come up with clearer, to the point descriptions of what I might cover, then show him next session. Ok with this, I wrote the following, having done some extra research in order to make sure I had enough reference material for both.

* Relationships:
How have character relationships been portrayed in video games from past to present, and have they been portrayed positively or negatively?

• Amirkhani, J (2013) The Most Realistic Video Game Romances. Available at: http://www.complex.com/video-games/2013/02/25-of-the-most-realistic-video-game-romances/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014) Unknown (2014) LGBT theme in video games - Wikipedia. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_video_games (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• Amini, T (2013) Saints Row Does Relationships Better Than Most Video Games. Available at: http://tay.kotaku.com/saints-row-iv-has-one-of-the-best-relationships-in-gami-1442430571/1442493914/@tinaamini (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• gamesradar (2012) The 14 best videogame couples. Available at: http://www.gamesradar.com/the-14-best-videogame-couples/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014). 
• Leonhart, C (Unknown) Top 5 Most Enduring Relationships In Video Games. Available at: http://www.sticktwiddlers.com/2013/02/14/top-five-most-enduring-relationships-in-video-games/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• Polanco, S (Unknown) 10 Video Game Relationships Actually Worth A Damn. Available at: http://whatculture.com/gaming/10-video-game-relationships-actually-worth-a-damn.php (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• polishtheconsole (2011) Relationships in Video Games - Time to Evole. Available at: http://www.polishtheconsole.com/2011/09/15/relationships-video-games-time-evolve/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014). 
• Yee, N (2006) The Psychology of Massively Multi-User Online Role-Playing Games: Motivations, Emotional Investment, Relationships and Problematic Usage. Available at: http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/02_04/Yee_Book_Chapter.pdf (Accessed: 10/2/2014).

* Psychology:
How does using music, environments, imagery and characters represent or signify important aspects of a video game? And how have these things been represented from past to present?

• gameinformer (2012) Site. Available at: http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/subsaint_blog/archive/2012/07/10/seeing-is-believing-video-game-symbolism-and-logos.aspx (Accessed: 10/2/2014). 
• Leibovitz, L (2013) Five Popular Video Games With Religious & Spiritual Meaning and Symbolism. Available at: http://terminalgamer.com/2013/12/23/five-popular-video-games-religious-spiritual-meanings-symbolism/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• reddit (2012) What are some great examples of symbolism in video games? Available at: http://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/piwjv/what_are_some_great_examples_of_symbolism_in/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014).
• Wahlberg (2011) Symbolism in Gaming: An Exercise in Overthinking. Available at: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/markwahlberg/blog/symbolism-in-gaming-an-exercise-in-overthinking/76029/ (Accessed: 10/2/2014).

* However, I have to admit that looking back over all the work I have done so far I feel that I may just want to stick with my previous research. After all, I am incredibly into the subject and the only thing stopping me is the articles I need to find to back up my work. It would also be a shame to waste what I have done already and although I like the idea of the two above subjects, I feel a stronger connection to the concept of good and evil in gaming.

Therefore, I will try and broaden my search for suitable articles by maybe looking up the same field of research in films and books as a contrast to games. I will also have another look in the college library for any materials I may have missed last time.