The Powers that Press Ⓑ


Thesis Statement: When creating authoritarian environments, video game designers will often opt for the exaggerated and extreme to create more emotional reactions from the user.


PHOTO GALLERY


Below is a scrollable gallery of my some of my favorite photos taken during the project.


CONSPIRACY CORKBOARD


After organizing my photos, I found several tropes that fit into the "exaggerated and extreme" mentioned in my thesis statement. I compared many of the tropes with their real life or pop-culture counterparts, and also connected the tropes with each other. I then used that information to create the below zoomable "Conspiracy Corkboard."


ON AUTHORSHIP


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