Dragon Age: Origins Game Analysis

The genre of this novel is adventure. The novel’s purpose is to entertain. The audience for this novel is all genders, ages 6-13.

There is nothing more rewarding than a superfluous effort to achieve something. The work and effort itself is not the enjoyable part per say, but it's the outcome that exceeds the expectations. A familiar example would be doing an extra credit assignment along with the other assigned work. There are many opportunities in life that you could spurn, take, or surpass.

Since Television is a big part of most children’s daily life, as was mine when I was younger. I decided to watch educational programs aimed towards young children, mainly the ones on PBS. In the class text, Berns describes the goal of PBS “… providing more specialized, diversified, and high-programs to reach to a specific age, social, and cultural groups.”(Berns 2015) Furthermore, since we don’t have cable at home. I watched the programs on YouTube that would normally would be on PBS. The first episode I watched was the program Dragon Tales. The storyline was focused on one of the main characters. In which she was getting angry and frustrated because she would lose constantly. One of the older Dragons, helped her realize that winning wasn’t

Among the various questions that adults may think of when considering teenagers as video game players, one that can easily plague the debate about appropriateness of video games is the question: why do teenagers want to play “mature” rated games? Is it the possibility of sexual content within the game data? Is it the violence that serves as the primary gameplay for many of these games? Is it the simple association with the word “mature” that acts as the game rating? As pertinent as these questions may be, particularly to parents or teachers who fear the negative effects of video games, I choose to ask something completely different: what if the story, rather than being an adult or “mature” story, is actually a teen story that draws these teen players into the game?

Kevin VanOrd does satisfy the needs, interests, and expectations. The review was well written and it explained the game in detail. I have played Sims before and the amount of freedom one receives is the amazing part. After reading the review I do not plan on playing The Sims Medieval because of all the rules and restrictions one must follow. If the rules are not followed then one gets penalized and gets lower amount of points. The points go toward buying structures in the game. Mr. VanOrd explains what to expect from the beginning of the game and throughout the game. There is enough detail explaining one can not use the camera as they please in there homes, the interior design is all that can be done, and as for the quests there are some options,

This game has so many features making it an abundance of fun at all times because you will never get bored or be playing the same thing all the time. I love playing this game with and against my friends online because it creates a friendship that no other friends could have. We can talk about playing with each other or how well we destroyed a random opponent who was trash talking us. Anybody who likes basketball or sports games even a bit, will absolutely love this game and will want to play it non-stop until they are the best

In Trigger Happy, the author Steven Poole elaborates on the many aspects of video games, ultimately revealing them as complex. Poole covers in this book his explanations on the purpose of video games, past influences, art and icons, and a number of other fascinating details, along with his own opinions on video games. Besides revealing the reason for playing, Poole’s details on games ultimately serve to show the author’s positive opinion on the subject, along with his argument against the negative viewpoint of critics, who regard them being a waste of time and being detrimental for one’s mental health. One important point that Poole continues to stress is the importance of engagement between the game and the player;

The Early Classical Greek Temple of Hera II from Paestum, Italy, built circa 460 BCE, has influenced many works, such as the Carolingian Palatine Chapel built by Odo of Metz in Aachen, Germany from 792-805 BCE under command of the patron, Charlemagne. The Second Temple of Hera is one of the most studied Greek temples since it is in such good condition and has so much to offer historians. The Palatine Chapel, highly inspired by ancient Greek architectural design, was closely supervised by Charlemagne as his personal project, and built by Odo of Metz. The Temple of Hera II and the Palatine Chapel are similar due to the influence ancient Greek works had on later European art, such as the Carolingian period. Art from these periods influenced the important aspects of art seen today.

That on November 10, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. while plaintiff was a customer, present at that certain real property, a Ralph’s Market, located at 1725 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles California and that at said time and place, the defendant, and each of them, carelessly and negligently owned and operated and maintained and controlled the said real property and particularly a shopping cart thereof, and the said cart was at said time and place in a dangerous condition, because there was no “seat flap” in the “upper” basket and a can fell through, breaking plaintiff’s foot and it was unsafe for use by persons including plaintiff, and directly because of such condition, and the negligently and carelessly maintained condition thereof the plaintiff was caused

Get ready to save the day as you play Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. This game picks up where Aria of Sorrow leaves off. As noble hero Soma Cruz you must stop an evil plot to resurrect Dracula. As you infiltrate enemy territory you're able to trade soul abilities thanks to the wireless function. The touchscreen feature allows you to shatter bricks with your fingertips, and draw symbols on the screen that can defeat certain enemies. The action keeps coming as you fight through each castle, trying to stay ahead of the cult's diabolical plan. Only you have the ability to stop them.

Video games in today’s society have become very popular. Every new game that comes out to be played and conquered by the average gamer has its own category. There are several other types of genres of games that people play but because of big hit titles and the new popular game systems like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, people become more interested in a game that is well known than a game they have never even heard of before. Every game has its own storyline and own way of how it unfolds and where the game ends according to game play. Some of the biggest reasons people sway to certain genres of games is because of the game titles released under them and the demand of people who want a good game under that category. The top three most

After hearing a story line of three little girls saving their town daily from constant attacks it usually draws the audience to imagine a new rendition of a superhero movie. It is easy to see things from a very one-sided point of view especially when having to do with a video game. At first glance or play the stereotypical thoughts are most likely the ones popping into the user's head. Of course there is no wrong in that but when we take a step back to analyze all of the elements going into these complex games it is like a light bulb turns on and thousands of ideas start flowing. Even for children with grand imaginations visualizing a deep realistic story is very unlikely. Here the audience has the opportunity to be exposed to the reality that

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them” (Ray Bradbury). Bradbury means that burning books takes up too much time and money. If you just get people to stop reading them, people will eventually stop writing and publishing books so there will be nothing new to destroy.

While watching “The Puzzle of Motivation” by Dan Pink, I was very intrigued. Throughout the entire talk, there were several interesting points that were made. It really interested me when Pink talked about the group that was rewarded. Pink stated that if the contestants were in the top 25% of the fastest times, they would be rewarded five dollars. With this incentive, most would hope to do well, if not better than the person that would not be rewarded. Pink then goes on to point out the results. How much faster did the group that was offered a reward actually do? On average, it took them three and a half minutes longer. This really stood out to me because when offered a reward for a task, normally a person would be more motivated and thus do better. What amazed me even more was that this isn’t just a one time thing. This is has been replicated over and over for nearly 40 years. As Pink says around 04:33, “These contingent motivators -- if you do this, then you get that -- work in some circumstances. But for a lot of tasks, they actually either don 't work or, often, they do harm.” These rewards that are being offered are being used to attempt to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, but instead it’s proving to do the opposite. It’s proving to dull thinking and block creativity.

The reason is that the reward is not the main thing that is backing up the action; but something else that could be self-develop, peace, etc. An example is a boy does his homework just because he was told by his parents to do his homework. Based on that the boy believes that his parents know what is best for him to do.