Movies and video games are big
parts of today’s pop culture; both are well known recreational activities favoured
by the youth. Their theme ranges from plain action to suspense albeit some may
seem pointless, others tell the stories of historical people and events even of
fictional characters who perform daring tales that are almost too real.
Growing up, I’ve always fancied
the movies like Indiana Jones, National Treasure, The Mummy, Jurassic Park and
Tomb raider; these fictional adventure flicks influenced me to develop an
interest for Social Science. Specifically, Archaeology and History; I remember
the days where I will do research on interesting people, objects or landmarks
that caught my curiosity during watching a film. I will then imagine myself
embarking on such grand adventures, the danger, the mystery and the glory; all
these things that I wanted to experience, a vague object of historical and
mystical significance, an ancient prophesy, a psychotic antagonist, and a beautiful
and equally sassy damsel in distress; the perfect formula for saving the day
and getting the girl. That is when my sense of adventure was born.
Fast forward to my Teenage days,
Video games became my greatest influence but unlike the boys of my age I never
fancied the gameplay or graphics that a video game boasts, I’ve always been
after the story and the characters; you might see it funny but I perform video
game reviews in a similar way I would critic a book. There is always a hidden
Ideology, an origin story, a historical reference; and I’ve always pledge my
life in uncovering this video game secrets. I enjoyed it, Video game titles
like Assassin’s Creed, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia, Civilization,
Rome: Total War, Bioshock and Age of Empire; hold historical information that
can match any History Textbook and of course I have done some sorting out, call
it paranoia but I see to it that every information that I get is factual ergo I
also do some extra research.
I can say that Movies and
Videogames gave me the edge on some of my classes, one reason why I don’t study
is because some of the facts taught to us today, I’ve already knew from Movies
and Video games. Also, both Medias introduced me to popular and historical figures
such as Machiavelli, Da Vinci, Sir Francis Drake and Shakespeare to name a
few. And it did not stop there, because of the curiosity brought to me by
movies and videogames it led me to read the writings of these popular figures,
The prince of Machiavelli, Hamlet of Shakespeare, The Art of War of Sun Tsu and Atlas Shrugged of Ayn Rand. These are the fuel of my ideologies today, the lenses of my perspective.
These are my Inspiration and with
that I would like to end with a quote from Sir Francis Drake of the video game entitled: Uncharted.
- Sic Parvis Magna-
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