Micro-Assignment 5

Videogames were very frustrating for me as a child. I loved them, don't get me wrong, but I can't even count how many games I eventually gave up on because I couldn't beat them (I'm looking at you, Final Fantasy VIII......) As frustrating as it was at times, Megaman 1 was definitely one of my favorite games as a kid. I chose the super pixelated Megaman 1 characters because A) they were from my favorite version of the game, but also because B) I thought the super pixelated, digital look of the characters helped to exaggerate the situation even more. I chose the specific Megaman pose that I did because it is the first image that pops into my mind every time I think of the game. I think it has something to do with me always thinking it is such a strange looking "jump" animation. I picked Iceman as my opponent because he was the first of the Megaman bosses that came to my mind.

Originally, I wasn't sure what I was going to do, I just thought it would be neat to turn myself into Megaman because he's one of my favorite old-school game characters and I have fond memories of this game. I was just going to turn myself into the Megaman character originally, but that seemed too easy and didn't really fit the requirements of the project. Once I picked the Megaman jumping pose that I did and started messing around with it, dodgeball came to mind since all of the Megaman bosses are always throwing things at you. So, I went down to the JO North, snapped a picture of the basketball court there, and superimposed a realistic, more politically correct Megaman boss fight (since shooting spears of ice and plasma cannons at each other would probably be frowned up by the JO staff).

I would have liked to have done something a little flashier and more creative with this project. I'm happy with the way my final turned out, but when brainstorming I was hoping to come up with something a little more creative since this was a pretty neat assignment. If I had the time, I probably would have tried to make a larger scene (i.e. all of the Megaman 1 bosses in a match against a group of people, with myself and Iceman maybe up front or something). In general though I think it's an ok image.