So, I've been tasked or rather encouraged to explore digital media that is available in this era and see for myself how it can actually play an important role in someone's life today, be it in terms of providing information, as a tool at work or as a means of communication and social networking or simply a form of recreation in one's life.
I decided to give a go at an online game which my own children are playing - The Club Penguin. With my youngest son as my mentor, I began my journey... Logging in the game was easy but navigating myself through the game was otherwise. In this game, we are all penguins who are able to select the country that we would like to visit. In each country, there will be several places of visit and in each place, there will be a number of rooms that we can enter. There will be different games available in each room and our mission is to collect as many coins as we can.
This game allows people to communicate with one another through the chat function and you can always invite others to be your friend. This allow people to play a virtual game with their friend without having to see each other physically. As I was playing, I realised that I could not click on the arrow key as fast as my son could while playing the game, thus losing the game most of the time. I guess they are more accustomed to moving their fingers around the keyboard as children nowadays are exposed to the computer from such a young age.
The game is very interactive, colourful and the animation makes the characters in the club comes alive. It is no wonder why my children cannot stop playing once they start! It is easy to be absorbed in the game, especially so when you have friends to play with.
Digital media is really here to stay, like it or not!
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