Thursday, February 28, 2008
Anda's Comic Response
The comic version of Anda's game is similar to the original version, with the exception that the comic version includes pictures. The pictures make it a lot easier for the reader to follow along and keep track of what is happening in the game. The comic version like the original version follows Anda's life on a day to day basis of how she got started playing the game and explaining a little about the game. The comic version doesn't have as many words that try to explain the game, but the pictures are much easier to understand than all the words in the original version. Also, with the comic version when Anda and Lucy are talking to each other or to other players, even if they talk in the "gamer" language, it is clearer to the reader what they are saying because of the pictures and words in bubbles. This is especially true in the end when Raymond is talking to Anda about the girls in Tijuana. When he is telling her about the specific details about the young girls and the condition in which they are forced to work under it seems like it hits the reader a little harder than the original version. It seems more real when he explains that the girls in Tijuana are either prostitutes or the lucky ones are paid one dollar a day to play this game. It is really sad that the girls who play the game are considered the lucky ones considering the condition and circumstances.
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Your response is really good. I agree with you the comic version is better. It's still not great since the whole comic/video game thing isn't our cup of tea. The point you made about how it is easier to understand what is going on in the video game when reading the comic is a great point. I also grasped the whole Tijuana girls having to play for video games for money better. I think you put some great details into here. Other than that I really don't know what to say, Good Job!
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