1. A blog following YouTube ‘let’s plays’ and
walkthroughs, and providing updates for gamers.
By Katie Rowan

2. • Create WordPress blog, which was a rescource for good examples
Youtube let’s plays and walkthroughs.
• Make Facebook and Twitter accounts, to spread the word.
• Use Tumblr as a further method of distribution

3. • Create WordPress blog, which was a rescource for good examples
Youtube let’s plays and walkthroughs.
• Create matching Facebook and Twitter accounts, to spread the word.
• I also used WordPress’ Twitter widget feature to link my blog to it as well, and
used Twitter to advertise my blog to interested parties.
• I created a logo for my Facebook and Twitter, to give people imagery to
associate with the project. For this, I found a stock image of an xbox
controller, removed the background and overlayed text in fonts from
dafont.com. To do this, I used Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended.

4. In the end, I decided not to use Tumblr after all. After further research into what the site
was most commonly used for, I found that its most frequent usage was for the sharing of
pictures, whether still pictures or animated GIF images.
The mediums featured on my Wordpress blog, Twitter and Facebook were those of block
text and YouTube videos. I chose to stick to these, and keep my media usage consistent.
Example of my Tumblr dashboard:

5. • Done more blog posts of the meme/humour genre. In retrospect, I feel like
the variety in the kinds of items displayed is lacking.
• Used my Facebook page more. Due to the complications that came from only
being able to link Twitter to my personal Facebook, I feel the Let’s Play Stalker
page was neglected somewhat.
• Possibly I would have created my own YouTube account for the project, and
created Lets Plays or walkthroughs of my own. I have the console that the
games commonly featured in such things are played on, so I
could have contributed to the project directly. The main
reason I did not do this was because of my lack of reliable
audio/video recording equipment, and what I’d use it for
afterwards if I bought any.

6. From the standpoint of the project alone, I don’t feel I’ve learned anything new, per se. I
have developed my knowledge and understanding of web tools I have used before,
however. Before this project I was reluctant to use Twitter, since my only other experience
of it before was my peers in sixth form tweeting their uninteresting daily routines. I had
never created a separate Facebook page before, as a stub from my personal page. Though I
underused this feature due to technical problems, it will doubtlessly be useful in the future.
From Digital Natives as a whole, I have learned more. For example, the experience of using
an iPad in a seminar meant I invested in one myself, gathering it to be a highly useful piece
of kit to have for university as a whole. Similarly, the tutorial on the app Snapseed meant
that I was recently able to use it to enhance a photo used on the Facebook feed of my
parents’ casino hire equipment company. Also, the information I learned -and was able to
pass on- about Instagram means they are considering it as a tool to use as well.