WEEK 4 (Winny)

How does the fantasy genre relate to modern media such as video games? 

According to Burn's article, he states that sometimes modern media such as video games, can make the children feel like they are being the hero, and especially in a first person view they can feel it stronger (Burn, 2005).

I think the fantasy genre makes people, especially children and young adults feel excited.  As long as merchandising is still on-going, fantasy genre can always relate to the modern media.  Take an example, most of the action games and the role playing games have a background based on a fantasy world.  I would suggest that it is because people are always interested in things that they don't usually see.  A created fantasy world excites people's feeling.  As far as I've concerned, modern media such as video games satisfies and helps to relieve audiences' curiosity.  Sometimes when you've watched someone being a hero, you might imagine how that feel like.  Everyone would've think of themselves being a hero, or heroine in their childhood.  People work on modern media is keen on creating works on a fantasy genre because they are catchy and easy to hook customers.

Reference

Rowling, JK (1998). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury.
Burn, A. (2005). Potter-Literacy - from book to game and back again; literature, film, game and cross-media literacy. Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature Vol 14, No 3.