Gameplay Journal Entry #5

Growing up from the 90’s really had me see and deal with a ton of in game glitches while growing up. There were tons of different games that would sometimes result in major glitches that would not break the game but instead make it a bit better and more entertaining. The Sims are an amazing example of what Menkman states in Helene. “Glitch Studies Manifesto.” MEDIAMANCY, 6 Nov. 2018, mediamancy.com/index.php/2018/01/06/glitch-studies-manifesto/.

Like in the YouTube video above at 2:51 minutes in they start showing the “Demon Baby” Glitch. Back in the day glitches like this were way more common then seen today. One like this is most likely caused by the computer not being up to date for the game your player, there for the animations and skin weighting is off. There were many other glitches to go along with this as well, such as breaking or modding the sliders in the character customization to give the character an oversized head.