Research Report Starting point.

I seem to have forgotten to make a post about the CS section of our third year, it wasn't deliberate I just feel that my head is still full of fluff that I completely sidelined it .... however let's rectify this!

Originally I wanted to follow on from what I wrote about last project, to explore relationships that get created within the online worlds of MMO(RPG) games. I found this area rather interesting, I also have friends who have first hand experiences with online love affairs and such so I could have gotten some very interesting first hand accounts of the perils of this large online world. I also had a collection of links and books that I used.

However I just wasn't feeling it, once I had picked my main project it just didn't seem to flow well with what I was doing for the studio work, a few other students were linking their projects with their Research Report so I decided that I would too, not only would it give me additional research that I could share between projects. So I decided that looking into how sound and image create scares within video games. As a on/off 'let's player' I have the terrifying experience with horror games and having my fear reaction shared to all and sundry, the way we react to certain situations is such an awesome thing, I thought it would make for a very interesting topic to write about!

I was struggling a bit with this as I'm not very creative with titles, and I've always been told the title will help guide you through the essays. Fortunately during a CS lecture about UKIE (which was very helpful) Marie-Claire asked us to write down our general idea of what we were planning to do, and she sent us all emails with title and general ideas, she told me to look up horror games and scores and suggested these ...

"Here are some title suggestions..

• How Does Sound Enhance Player Experience in the Video Game Horror Genre?

• How do Sound and Image Work together Successful to Provide Tension in the Video Game Horror Genre?

• Horror Games:How do Sound and Image Contribute to The Horror Experience?"

This was really helpful and I've decided to tweak and go with this as the title.

“How does sound and image work together successfully to provide tension in the video game horror genre?”

All I need to do now is start my research and find my topic points!