Produsage and Gaming

I am a gamer, though that’s kind of obvious no? Well one of the benefits of being a gamer is seeing how well game developers and gamers can get along leading to 2 of the best creations from YouTube video producers: “Let’s Play” and “Machinima” videos. These 2 video types demonstrate how well the original creators of new media can get along with the enjoyers of that media, and allow them to do things with it that its creators didn’t even think of, creating an entirely new form of media with it. Let us begin by talking about Let’s Play’s. These are videos in which someone is playing a game whilst talking about either: things they are doing in the game, why they are doing them, what benefits they’ll have, how to do them and so on or just plain commenting on what is in the game, the way it looks, how well the controls feel, whether it’s entertaining them and so on. This gives the game a new perspective on how it is viewed, or might convince those who decided not to buy the game or on the fence about buying it, to actually buy the game. Now what the heck is Machinima was probably your next question. And put quite simply Machinima is where a video game is used to create a video that with its own story or experience separate from that of the game it’s based off of using footage captured through mostly, if not all in-game footage. These series are not only allowed to exist by the game’s creators, but are in most cases embraced by their creators as it not only shows what can be creatively done inside games, but is in and of itself and ad to buy the game. These 2 video types are prime examples of what produsage could do in the future, and to think, these are 2 of the first things we have created through this media…