Character Bio 2 "Mazura"

What is you name?

Mazura Kuroda

What is your sex?

Male

How old are you?

26

What is your physique?

muscular/toned

Do you see yourself as a hero, and antihero or a villain?

hero

Do you have any scars?

none

Do you have any disabilities?

None

What is in your wardrobe?

Normal clothes, suits, smart

What are you wearing today?

Grey suit with tie and grey trousers

Show me how you walk.

Confidently

What type of person are you deep down?

Caring,

Are you happy?

Can be happy depending on occasion, usually cold and calculating, cynical, Phlegmatic

Are you romantic?

A bit of a romantic

Are you brave or a coward?

brave

Where do you live?

Small apartment complex, 1 bedroom apartment

What is your home like?

Clean, looked after.

What education did you receive?

High school education, police training, karate

What is your job?

Detective

What is your workplace like?

Usually looking at crime scenes, dead bodies ect.

What do you do for fun?

workaholic

Who are you friends?

Workmates, (names not known yet)

Who are your family? Your parents, siblings, etc?

Brother; Kazuma Kuroda

What is your back story? What happened before we met?

Parents were killed, father was a police officer who oppose a crime syndicate that controlled most of the police force. Became a detective in order to find their killer(s). Was forced to put brother in prison due to the presence of other police officers at the scene where he was found and the suspicious circumstances he was under.

What are your fears?

No extreme fears of anything

What are your weaknesses?

When my brother is in trouble.

What are your dreams, desires or goals? (Revenge, love, wealth, etc.)

revenge against the person who killed my parents, putting them in prison.

How far would you go to achieve you goal?

Beating people in order to obtain the information I need.

Again, sorry for formatting.

Character Bio 1 "Kazuma"

What is you name?

Kazuma Kuroda

What is your sex?

Male

How old are you?

23

What is your physique?

Muscular/toned, tall

Do you see yourself as a hero, and anti-hero or a villain?

Anti-hero

Do you have any scars?

chin

Do you have any disabilities?

None

What is in your wardrobe?

Clothes(shirts, jeans)

What are you wearing today?

Red short sleeved shirt, damaged black jeans, silver neck chain, pocket chain, nose piercing.

Show me how you walk.

Confidently

What type of person are you deep down?

Caring, likes to help people. Passionate, of the blood,

Are you happy?

Angry, unhappy, vengeful.

Are you romantic?

Toward the person I like

Are you brave or a coward?

brave

Where do you live?

One bedroom flat

What is your home like?

messy

What education did you receive?

High school drop-out

What is your job?

“cleaner” for a crime syndicate

What is your workplace like?

messy

What do you do for fun?

Play games

Who are you friends?

Very few people that are in the same syndicate

Who are your family? Your parents, siblings, etc?

Brother: Mazura Kuroda

What is your back story? What happened before we met?

Parents were killed, father was a police officer who oppose a crime syndicate that controlled most of the police force. Chose a different path to finding the killer of your parents to your brother. Joined the crime syndicate as a “Cleaner” in order to find out information on the one who killed your parents and get some pay back. Job lead to a prison sentence as I was set up by the syndicate on a job because they found out what I was up to. Now an escapee from prison and trying to find the connection between the syndicate and the killer.

What are your fears?

Suspicious jobs, fear of spiders which ended up as a hate for them from childhood experience. (teased by brother)

What are your weaknesses?

Being put in a bad spot and people using my past against me.

What are your dreams, desires or goals? (Revenge, love, wealth, etc.)

revenge against the crime syndicate who killed my parents.

How far would you go to achieve you goal?

Killing the person(s) who killed my parents.

Sorry for the spaced out formatting I couldn't get this to work right.

Caillois’s terminology

Roger Caillois is the author of Man, Play and Games which is an influential book on the sociology or play and games. Callois sees many of the structures in society as elaborate forms of games and many behaviours as forms of play. there are four forms and two types of play; The two types of play are Paidea and Ludus.

Paidea:
Paidea means to play for 'pleasure'. Pleasure can be achieved through playing any game that the player likes. The game could be, for example, chess and the player could gain pleasure through playing and winning. Another example of a game that provides pleasure for the player is a video game such as a first person shooter like call of duty. Pleasure can be achieved by playing virtually any game available but the players opinion of the game can affect whether the game is pleasurable or not. A chess player may not find playing a video game pleasurable and vice versa.

Ludus:
Ludus games are more constrained by rules and provide the players with a clear outcome such as a winner and a looser. An example of a Ludus game would be chess as each piece has its set roles e.g. how many spaces it can move and in which direction. Chess also provides a clear winner and looser at the end of each game.

These are the four types of play;

Agon:
A game that contains Agon means that there is competition between two or more players to become the winner or two teams fighting to be the winners. Chess is a good example of competitive play as it involves two players going head-to-head to win using cunning and strategy to outwit their opponent. Another example of competitive play in games that involve team play would be the video game call of duty as it involves skill to win the game and beat the opposing team.

Alea:
Alea games are games of chance or randomness. Alea games are slot machines and other similar systems in which chance is a major element. Another example of a chance game is snakes and ladders which uses a dice roll to determine how many spaces a player moves closer to the goal.

Ilinx:
Ilinx games are those which create a temporary disruption of perception, as with vertigo, dizziness, or disorienting changes in direction of movement. An example of a game that uses Ilinx is Dead Space, a third person horror, Sci-Fi shooter. a part that induces vertigo or a change of reality is when the player gets grabbed by a giant tentacle or is walking on the walls and ceiling in zero gravity.

Mimicry:
Mimicry is simulation, make believe or role-play. A good example of this is the MMORPG World Of Warcraft. I feel that mimicry applies well to this game as all the the mentioned elements are part of the game. Players can choose to role-play the characters in the game and the world provides a simulated environment for the player.

I found Caillois' terms very helpful and will use them/apply them to my later work.