video game case study 

8 ball pool 

according to wikipeadia 8ball pool was origainally developed and created in 2010 by miniclip.com and has had a large fan base with over 100 million downloads of the google play store and the number is still growing. miniclip wanted to create a game which was accessible to ayone which is what help 8 ball pool blow up into one of miniclips most popular apps. the game aslo has facebook intergrated in order for you to be able to play against your friends, this helps make the game more socaible. 

the 8 ball pool game is a sports game with the goal of winning the match of pool 

update on Harry Uzokas death, motive found !!

londons  modelling community was heavily shaken with the death of the aspiring model harry uzoka, at first reports came out stating he had been the victim of a robbery gone wrong which prompted several social media figures to go after young black males carrying knifes, , then reports emerged that he Had been the victim of a fatal rivalry, between himself and fellow model George koh, headlines then changed in order to target koh suggesting he was a bitter individual who had sercumbed to jealousy and had murdered Harry in order to get better contracts.

The latest headlines have now cleared the rumours and set the record straight for the events that lead up to Mr Uzokas untimely demise, it has now come to light that the events which lead to Uzokas were not an accident which occurred whilst a robbery was going on neither was it jealous murder by a rival model for more attention, Harry uzoka died whilst fighting, fighting for what you ask?, fighting to save a friend from muggers, fighting for his equal rights ? !, well to answer you're questions nope, Harry uzoka  didn't die fighting for an hounarble fight, he died fighting over a female.

george koh who handed himself a few days after uzokas murder has showed messages between him and uzoka setting up their death match according to vanity fair 

they had decided in a private Instagram chat to solve the dispute with a fight. While Uzoka and an unnamed friend arrived with pipes, Koh, Okigbo, and one more unnamed person appeared with knives, chased Uzoka, and stabbed him three times in the heart. 

Fellow model George Koh is suspected of the murder of Harry Uzoka

news reports are stating that two men have been convicted for the murder of  "widely talented" Harry Uzoka. in the evening hours of the day around 5pm loud shouting was heard as witnesses described they saw a black male stubble out of a block of flats on Olgar close onto old oak road before collapsing, though ambulances were called Harry was pronounced dead at the scene.

At first, news reports headlined the story as a robbery gone wrong and several public figures such as musicians and fellow models came out and gave their opinions on how knife crime had negatively affected the black community, satan Dave a young rapper known for how he expresses his political views made the biggest fuss around how youths need to stop carrying around large knives and even stated that police need to bring back stop and search.

At first the media was focused at how youths are taking lives with knives and how knife crime had such a negative affect on the community and how it was stopping youths from breaking out their environments, an example commonly used is the death of south london raper sixteen-year-old Leoandro Osemeke (AKA Showkey), who was an aspring artist whith a lot of media attention and potentional who's life was unfortunately taken through knife crime. 

however after all the commontion has settled it has now emerged that Harry Uzoka was murdered by a fellow model George Koh and an associate. this has completety changed the dynamic of the story as it the crime is no longer seen as a mindless act of black thugs but a targeted attack from a jealous rival, the only phrase that comes to mind when i think about this is "crabs in a bucket", Harry Uzoka was regarded as a model for young black males and his death by the hands of another black male is incredibly painful for the black community  

weekly news 9

Reggie Yates quits top of the pops over racial slur 

Reggie Yates is an English actor, television presenter and radio DJ, best known from his roles as Rastamouse, Leo Jones in Doctor Who, and for his work at the BBC in radio and television, he has had to however resign from one of the shows was presenting "top of the pops" due to his use of racial slurs. When i first heard this story i was shocked to hear reggie was the person making use of derogatory stereo types because of his knowledge of the social divide's the population is facing at the moment due to racial issues as he himself has reported on it and has documentaries on how the black community has been represented and issues they face. 

according to the BBC "He will no longer appear on the BBC shows after remarking in a podcast that a new generation of singers are “independent, they’re not managed by some random fat Jewish guy from north-west London”." 



though what reggie yates said has some truth to it, there is no way he needed to use those derogatory stereotypes in order to prove his point, artist's have become more independant due to the rising disconnect from large labels 

three muisc video analysis and comparison 

1 The first video we have is for the song picture me by Dave. The music video illustrates Dave's perspectives on which paths his life could have gone on, the video has some aspects of the usual UK rap video with the rapper reciting lyrics into the camera at some stages however the music video also contains a story-line which contrasts the other two music videos.

the video does not feature any females as it is a popular opinion that if you centre your time on women

2 The second  music video we have is by Loski for the song money and beef. the video does not contain a story line however in the intro there is a woman putting on red lipstick which is usually associated with love and sex, she then writes "money and beef" on the mirror which is synonymous with a Marilyn Monroe statement, writing in lipstick also has also been parodied in other forms of media and music videos including the music video for storm queen. 
The video is filmed in sepia which is unlike the rest of the videos, however red is highlighted throughout the whole video.



3 The third video we have is for the song pasta by Aj Tracey, the video centres around a Aj Tracey and Dave's group staying at a villa supposedly abroad due to the weather and having a pool party with a load of  half naked females

the music video heavily sexualises women throughout its duration as they connote the common policy money brings girls

Representaition of regional and national identity

Representation of regional and national identity 

The oxford dictionary's definition for the word identity "is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is", this means someone's identity is how they're identified so regional and national identities are how people from different regions and nations are identified. regional and national identities are highly stereo typical and more often than not are wrong.

regional identity

regions are smaller segments of nations which means people who live in the same nation will share  national identities but have different regional identities, an example of how regional identities in the UK are portrayed through TV are in the show raised by wolves, it follows the life of a single wolverhampton mum raising a poor family on benefits and the humour of their struggles, it showcases several stereotypes from their region including people being broke and scrimping


common representations for regional identity are :

london- rich, posh, snobs or poor, common, criminals

manchester- chavs, fake designer, tracksuits, aggressive

essex- cheap, glamouros, footballers wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid

yorkshire- rural countryside, rolling hills, cobbled streets

conrwall- "backwards" living in rural areas, working on farms

national identity



scottish- mean with their money, outdoors, aggressive, wear kilts, eat haggis, heavy alcoholics

welsh - sheep shaggers country dwellers

irrish- farmers, being verry religious, friendly, dancers and singers

english - racist, obsessed with beer, love football, posh, happy, nieve

Weekly news 5

Recently disturbing footage has been released of Kevin spacey appollogising for allegedly making sexaul advances on a then 14 year old star trek cast member

Netflix has shown its dissaproval for these allegations by cancelling the release of the highly anticipated release of house of cards's  next season which spacey stars in

More allegations of sexaul advances on underage boys have been coming out of the woodwork with unamed sources claiming they woke up in spaceys arms with spaceys head on thier chest

The only statement we've heard from spacey's correspondents so far is"Kevin Spacey is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment." 

kevin spacey is a widely known actor with several accomplishments including 2 oscars and a golden globe including a hit series house of cards which he got his golden globe award for and has played large film roles such as lex luther in the box office hit superman returns, francis underwood in the critically acclaimed house of cards series. 

there has been a large amount of uproar in the media after several acts of rape and child abuse were being  swept under the carpet because they were being done by a list actors who had enough power in the industry in order to silence the claims, however now they're all coming out of the closet especially for spacey as he has had several girl friends over the years but after these recent updates he has decided to come out as gay on twitter. 

i think I'm with the rest of the