Metaphors allow us to understand certain complex systems such as cultures, or personalities, through the terms of another object, which is much easier to understand. Metaphors are useful becausethey shape reality in our complex world by applying information that is easily understandable.
Jumping for joy
Apple of my eye
It is raining cats and dogs.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Journal Entry 1 Comparison of the idea of an idea
An idea in normal terms would be a thought, or new concept that a person thinks of in his mind. The same idea might change when there is people that think differently than others, for example, thinking out of the box.
According to semiotics, the sign is used as a basis to make meaning, it is differentiated into the signifier, which is the materialized form (can be seen) of a prec-onceptive thought in a persons mind, and the signified, which is the pre-conceptive, already present idea in the persons mind.
Therefore from semiotics, an idea is present in the mind, which forms the signified, and works together with the signifier to create a sense of meaning for every object in the world, even characters, that we use in our daily lives.
According to semiotics, the sign is used as a basis to make meaning, it is differentiated into the signifier, which is the materialized form (can be seen) of a prec-onceptive thought in a persons mind, and the signified, which is the pre-conceptive, already present idea in the persons mind.
Therefore from semiotics, an idea is present in the mind, which forms the signified, and works together with the signifier to create a sense of meaning for every object in the world, even characters, that we use in our daily lives.
Journal Entry 1 Structuralists
Structurlists believe that any informative form of object like writings, or signifying systems such as signs, do not have an origin but it exists due to structures that have already existed, such as language and science. Structuralism analyzes complex objects or items, as a system that contains interrelated parts. These parts are more than often, simple or commonly used knowledge in our daily lives. Structuralists believe that the signifying systems are able to be changed culturally, however the most in-depth meanings of these system, the signified part of the sign, is already rooted into the structures of the human mind, and is unchangeable.
The structuralists believe that because language produces what is known as reality to us, we can only think through this medium, and as such our perceptions about reality are affected and determined by our structure of the language. They seek to uncover how meaning is created rather than understanding the actual meaning as understood by words.
As a game designer, the ideas of structuralists teaches us not to constrict our thinking by using only language as a medium and origin to think from. Because if this happens, the resultant would be something that is confined by language alone. We understand as well, that complex objects or systems are purely the combination of simple related parts that we commonly use in our daily lives. And as such, to understand complex systems such as games, we can break them down into simple components and analyze them one by one.
The structuralists believe that because language produces what is known as reality to us, we can only think through this medium, and as such our perceptions about reality are affected and determined by our structure of the language. They seek to uncover how meaning is created rather than understanding the actual meaning as understood by words.
As a game designer, the ideas of structuralists teaches us not to constrict our thinking by using only language as a medium and origin to think from. Because if this happens, the resultant would be something that is confined by language alone. We understand as well, that complex objects or systems are purely the combination of simple related parts that we commonly use in our daily lives. And as such, to understand complex systems such as games, we can break them down into simple components and analyze them one by one.
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