V for Vendetta and First Gaming Experience (Blog #2)

I read V for Vendetta last week as my graphic novel choice. I must at admit I was a little confused at the end of the story who V for Vendetta actually was. I was having trouble connecting the characters faces with their names. One character I was able to focus on was Evey. She was just an innocent young girl in the beginning and "V" takes her under his wing and helps her figure out who she is. It is hard to view V as the villain in the story when you see how he helps Evey. She is able to see that she is the next V for Vendetta. I do have a couple of questions though about the story line. Why does Edward Finch shoot V? Who exactly is V? I think I may have confused myself a little because I slowly read this graphic novel a couple chapters at a time. I want to reread it and see the movie to be able to give it the meaning Alan Moore intended. I enjoyed reading this and can't wait to see the movie. In class some of the other students said they did not enjoy the color and style of V for Vendetta, but I have to say I think this was Alan Moore's purpose. The story is meant to have a gloomy feeling. The reason the colors are not bright and colorful is because the story is not bright and colorful. The style may be concrete as well because Moore wanted the readers pay attention to the story line and not the transition between panels. As we learned in class, Alan Moore was the "writer" for many famous works----> it is was he is known for. Without the use of heavy text in each panel I do not believe the reader would be able to see the story. The text enhances the meaning.



Now, lets move into a topic that I am sure everyone will enjoy. I played WOW for the first time last night after I got everything installed. I was able to figure out how to screen shoot as well. I did have a little help from Nicole. She explained to me what each "class" does and how to navigate through setting up my character. My character or avatar's name is Strongspirit. I know the name isn't the coolest, but I liked it! I was able to level up to level 2 last night and figured out where the term EXP comes from.

By the way I am a Blood Elf and a rogue. I am not exactly sure what it means to be a rogue thought, could someone explain this to me?  Last night I was able to kill 6 worms and started collecting Lynx collars as well. I found it funny when I was killed and had to run back to my body. I was having a little bit of trouble with the controls, but was able to figure out you use the right click to kill soon enough. I think the most memorable thing about my first night of gaming was when I was "licked" my another player. I was still trying to figure out how to navigate through the bottom icon bar and the player ran up and licked me and then waved goodbye. I don't know who that was. haha. I am excited to learn how to learn more in class next weekend about the game and how to communicate. I can see what gaming literary is so important. I feel a little lost, but I am enjoying myself and learning the lingo.