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Kim Kardashian redefining the video genre
  • Isn't played by the stereotypical gamer
  • Variety of outcomes
  • Can make own decisions
  • Is fashion based
  • Can date people on the game
  • Meet celebrities
  • Customise features, clothing, accessories, makeup
  • Can get a membership to the game £50 to get certain things which are not on offer to others.
  • Richer you get the more popular you get
  • Can play others over Facebook
Changes in Gaming
  • Other devices, iphone and ipad
  • Connect to social media through game( play against other friends)
  • More encouragement to spend money e.g real money can buy game currency
  • Touch screen
  • Multiplayer; more stressful, more pressure, more competition
  • Cross platform- different devices
  • Better graphics
  • Consoles can use games from other consoles
  • More storage
  • Stereotypical gamer has changed
  • Controllers; vibrations
  • Narrative of the game have become more violent, detailed and graphic
  • Game play; more responsive
  • Narrative more complicated
  • Can interact with others whilst on the game; headsets
  • More frames per second; better quality
  • Wider variety of games(age, genre)
  • Controllers are wireless
  • Tournaments in the game
  • Jobs been created through gaming
  • Can choose between 1st and 3rd person
  • Better connection to senses
Convergence
Convergence: A device which can perform multiple actd; iphone, games, photos, music, calls, text etc
KK released clothing lines like Valentino n the game:promoted them on instagram and wore them for real
Tweets+promotes the game, new features, sale on features
Images are created on Kim Kardashian's twitter page which emulate her image on FB or own website- e.g. Mother’s day
Uses her twitter (game) to promote real products and suggest upcoming events



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