The expanding world of digital technology has been increasingly impacting
the way and form that entertainment is experienced. These new developments
as a result have directly influenced our society and the evolution of popular
culture. Video games are leading people into worlds of their own. DVDs are
making impressions on the way people experience and value movies. And finally,
technological movies are colliding with modern views of religion.
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The development
of video gams over the past forty years has been immense. The industry has developed
from producing games like Space Invaders and Pong to Final Fantasy XI and Splinter
Cell. However, an aspect of games that has prevailed throughout this development
is that they have continually functioned as an outlet for escapsim. Video games
allow the player to temporarily depart from the real world and enter an entertaining,
digital one. This research hypertext addresses how games have promoted escapsim
throughout their development, the implications of this, and the effects this
trend has had upon the gamer's psyche and life.
DVDs have only been around for less then a decade, but already they have revolutionized
aspects on the entertainment industry and the advertising techniques that influence
consumer opinions. The features on a DVD encourage viewers to experience movies
in a whole new light. The passive audience stage has been exterminated to allow
a new generation of movie-watching that encourages 
exploration, escapism,
and interaction. This research hypertext explores the many impacts that DVDs
have had on society and aspects of entertainment that have been changed due
to the new technology.
In a world where
technology is beginning to take over our lives, it is hard to establish the
balance between the scientific world and the spiritual world. Religion and technology
are often in constant battle over what it means to exist. In the many Sci-Fi
movies of today, however, technology and religion seem to coexist and come together.
These movies allow us to envision what our lives will be like in the future
and perhaps help us make sense of the questions in our lives today. After pealing
back the many layers and levels of meaning in Sci-Fi movies we can perhaps predict
what religion will be like in a future where technology rules the world.
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