blog 2 (red) thesis and outline for project 1

Thesis:
Both America’s Army and Fat World are trying to persuade their audiences as well as give factual evidence yet America’s Army is more effective in promoting its cause than Fat World because it appeals to people’s logos, pathos and ethos rather than just appealing using pathos and logos.

Outline:
Outline
Opening paragraph:
Most people see video games as just a way to spend leisure time and for the most part, just something to do that wastes time and can be fun. Not many realize that in actuality there is a lot more to video games than just something fun to do that doesn’t really have a meaning. Most video games have a purpose to persuade a certain audience of something or to get those people involved with a product. There are many different techniques game makers use to promote their products and some seem to be more effective than others. Analyzing two very different games with their varying techniques is a good way to tell which approaches are better than others. After evaluating the two video games and their strategic approaches to persuade game players the answer seems a bit more clear. Both America’s Army and Fat World are trying to persuade their audiences as well as give factual evidence yet America’s Army is more effective in promoting its cause than Fat World because it appeals to people’s logos, pathos and ethos rather than just appealing using pathos and logos.
Paragraph 2 telling what each game contains:
America’s army is a Serious Game that uses realistic training and actual situations. When you start the game you pick your person and head immediately into either combat or you could choose to go into basic training if you want to learn how to play the game first. Once you go through basic training you can either go out on missions or go play on a server where other actual people are playing rather than just the computer. If you choose to go out on missions there are certain obstacles that you have to complete and rules to abide by. For every mission you complete there is a new one that you have to try. If you decide to go play on the LAN server then you simply pick a team to go on if it is available then try to kill the other players on the opposite team. This part of the game is strictly just trying to get the most kills that you can. Fat World is a persuasive game that shows you how to eat right and become healthy by using effective dieting strategies and nutritional facts. When you first start the game you create a character and make up all the information about him or her. This includes their appearance, weight, name and other features. After you have completely set up the game you then have a schedule to abide to in order to stay healthy. There is actually more to the game than just eating right. You have to make money and exercise as well.
Paragraph 3 showing techniques of each game:
Fat World is a persuasive game and is also similar to a serious game.
Fat World uses nutritional facts to persuade people to eat healthy.
Fat World appeals to people’s emotions by showing that they can get fat if they do not eat healthy.
Americas Army uses real life situations in the army.
Americas Army is educational.
It is a serious game.
It gives training as if it were real life.
Paragraph 4 comparing effectiveness used in each game:
Fat World gets its point across well and is helpful.
Fat world isn’t all that fun just informative.
Americas Army’s cause is much bigger and more important.
Paragraph 5 summary:
After completing an analysis of both games America’s Army was much more effective because…
Americas Army uses a better technique to persuade than Fat World.