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I tried to include many more pictures and videos on the website overall. As for the comment regarding personality throughout the whole piece, I found it difficult to maintain considering how long the reviews ended up being. Also, I have been having difficulties dealing with font and text. Trying to insert pictures was the bane of my existence because you can't just insert it within the text.  Regardless, I hope you enjoy the changes. If you have any questions/comments please contact me!
 

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Feature Piece 1: Call of Duty:Black Ops Review

Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to be the biggest selling day one media product of all-time. November 9th, the day of it's release, is a day that should be observed as a record-breaking mark in the establishment of Video Games as a big ticket media juggernaut.

The Forever War Blog 10/15/10

In this blog I want to talk about a trend I'm beginning to see in our authors writing style. I have noticed (especially in the more recent chapters) that each chapter is comprised of little stories. I'm not sure if each chapter is broken down chronologically. I have a theory as to why the book is written this way. We know that the author is actually a journalist and as anyone who has picked up a paper knows journalists write in a much different style than book writers. Once I noticed this trend I started to read each little story like it was a column.

I actually perfer this type of writing. The one reason I stop reading many books is that it gets off topic on too many details. I always found the newspaper to be a much easier read giving me the facts and letting me make judgement about it. This book is like a giant news article. I am enjoying it very much.

Medal of Honor dropping Taliban from Multiplayer

The talk of the town piece that I am going to do is with regards to EA deciding to drop the multiplayer team name of Taliban and replace it with "Opposing Force". I have a backround in public relations so I think I can bring something interesting to this paper. The facts regarding this issue are still pouring in but it seems as though EA has found itself in a bit of a PR jam. EA believed that by changing the name from Taliban to Opposing Force that many upset people would no longer complain and that the US military would stock the game for purchase for off-duty soliders overseas. However, some complaints may have been silenced but the US military is still not going to stock the game and now the gaming community, Medal of Honors primary public, are upset with the lack of courage EA has displayed with this step.

This Book Just Keeps Getting More and More Astonishing

Sometimes I forget that I am reading about actual people. Not because the writer isn't skilled, it is quite clear that he is. It is because these stories are too heartbreaking, too unbelievable to be accurate. I have always believed that the most horrible things on this planet are that which happen within the mind. This book continues to challenge that notion.

Throughout my second section of reading I have noticed a change of tone. The first part of the book is filled with action on the front lines. Maybe this is a tactic to get the readers attention. Now, it is filled with misery and stories of innocent, peaceful people being exploited and treated as prisoners. It is hard not to feel for these people and their stories. Filkins has me right where he wants me because I have no intention of putting this down. The sad part? I keep reading this like a novel with a happy ending in sight but I already know, this one isn't going to be resolved anytime soon.

The Forever War- Blog 1- A Robbed Culture

I am fascinated by culture. How they develop, how they are different, how they change. I chose the Forever War because I desired to learn more about a culture that seemed unreachable. A place that only exists in news footage. I also have a deeper personal reason for wanting to read this book, I am half Persian. It is a part of my heritage that I have always been fascinated by but felt completely clueless about. Growing up in the United States, Arab countries get very little attention in the world of education. The only thing anyone ever knows about "those" places is that their is lots of violence there. I am not satisfied with that being a culture, my culture.

Ashes to Dust Commentary

Ashes to Dust (pg. 201, FW) was not an assigned reading. However, I read it anyways and enjoyed it. I'm not sure I fully understand what about the piece made me enjoy it so much, but I think I might have a few ideas. (Spoilers ahead!)