Creativity and New Media

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On the MMORPG Runescape, I created an outfit for my character, and then placed her in an "ominous" location for a Halloween-themed photo.

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  1. Linsidi ZhangDecember 11, 2019 at 1:28 PM

    Hi Jasmine,
    I'm very excited to see your post, I'm also a player of MMORPG for now, but a different one from Runescape. Inside that game we also have different festival celebration and players are asked to do various tasks based on what festival we are celebrating in the game. The system designs new costumes whenever there is a new festival coming up, and the environment will also be a little bit different than before. That's why the game gives me a sense of freshness and celebration of events. Since the weather is getting colder, I placed my character on the roof on top of a mountain where temperature is low and snow is heavy, when I was taking this photo my character was shaking indicating he was also cold.
    Here is the link to my picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XeSKu75ZSgybS9iEyJl3p9Wia9_2F60a/view?usp=sharing

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