Evan Cowgill<\/p>\n

ENG 400<\/p>\n

Dr. Cream<\/p>\n

7 September 2017<\/p>\n

Rhetorical Analysis 2: Your Mom Hates This<\/p>\n

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Link for Reference: https:\/\/youtu.be\/nKkPFDEiC6Q<\/a><\/p>\n

In their commercial, \u201cYour Mom Hates Dead Space 2\u201d, Visceral Games (the main developer) and EA Games (the publisher and most likely culprit for this advertisement) try to assert that Dead Space 2 is a game so violent and horrific that every player\u2019s mother is going to hate<\/em> it.\u00a0 The commercial is broadcast with the intention of convincing young games that their mom\u2019s disapproval is the reason<\/em> why they should buy Dead Space 2 \u2013 or any game for that matter.<\/p>\n

It starts with several video clips of moms reacting to footage of gameplay, immediately setting the stage in this way before the game has even been shown.\u00a0 No room is allowed for other interpretation of the gameplay, because it is entirely framed by the disgust present on the participating mom\u2019s faces.\u00a0 Following this introduction, a deep-voiced narrator speaks over a frenzied series of clips from Dead Space 2 with a potent slogan: \u201cIt\u2019s revolting; it\u2019s violent; it\u2019s everything you love in a game, and your mom\u2019s gonna hate it.\u201d\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but think of Heather Chaplin\u2019s warning against games that rely solely on violence for incentive to buy and play, as they increase the danger of inorganic imbalance in the game industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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