I don't play many games on my phone except for
the game called What's the Phrase. It's kind of like Wheel of
Fortune. I love this game. I don't think many people play it, but it's
still fun for me and I enjoy trying to figure out the different phrases.
When I first started to play I had to figure out
how to play and what certain symbols meant, and what things to press in order
play correctly and earn points, and eventually win.
That brings me to realizing that while
playing this game there are many semiotics that are involved with it.
Semiotics is a question of interpretation
and interpretation is “the process by which people understand or make
sense of something” (Semiotics lecture, 2013).
This game involves semiotics because there are
many symbols used throughout the game. For example, the thunderbolt is a symbol
for Power ups. The big question mark (shown below) is a symbol for the game
itself.
Once you open up the power ups there are many other symbols for the
different types of power ups. All of these symbols help the understanding of
the different power ups.
With these symbols signifier and signified can also be applied. The
signifier is the material form and the signified is the meaning. For example,
the big question mark in the middle of the yellow square is the signifier and
it signifies the game, What’s the Phrase.
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