Summary : ' Colossal Cave Adventure '

The story of the Allegory of the Cave is about a group of prisoners have lived in a cave since birth. They are bound so that they can only look straight. Behind them is a fire and there are puppets shows play every day. Because of the fire, the cast shadows across the wall that the prisoners are facing. Therefore, those prisoners see the shadows as reality. Later, a prisoner went out to the cave and realized what the reality is. However, when he went back to the cave and tells other prisoners, and no one believed him.

The first console was called the Brown Box and was mad by a TV maker, Ralph Baer. The Brown Box was made in 1967. Nolan Bushaell bounded Atari in 1972. Atari then had its first big hit with the infamous Pong. In 1980 Mattel releases the Intelivision which is the first challenge against Atari’s rule. Nintendo wasn’t always the video game we know, it was originally a Japanese playing card company. In 1985 Nintendo releases the Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System, Wow what a creative name that is. Then in 1989 they released their second smash hit with the Gameboy, to compete with other companies such as Atari, Who released their Atari 2600. It included the newly released Tetris which would grow to become a massive hit to top off the huge sales of the Gameboy. In 1991 the super Nes is released. Then the original PlayStation is released in 1995 becoming extremely popular. To combat this popularity Nintendo released the Nintendo 64 in 1996. It includes favorites such as Mario 64, Zelda, and Metroid. The PS2 is released in 2000 marking the beginning of a new era of game consoles. It is the first console to include 128 bit graphics. A problem with original game consoles such as the Atari 2600 is they had little memory. With such little memory Graphics could only be up to 160 by 228 pixels. The normal today is 1925 by 1080 pixels. Some of the earliest adventure games used text instead of images to create the world you’re in. The first of these “text” games was

Mammoth Cave located in South-Central Kentucky was found in the 1790’s by Robert Houchins. Mr. Houchins happened upon the cave while chasing a bear that had entered the cave. Mammoth Cave is 390 miles long, which makes it the longest cave in the world. Even if the world’s second and third longest caves were combined together, Mammoth Cave would still be approximately 100 miles longer. This cave was so named because of its size, not because of the wooly mammals of the past (Kerstetter, n.d.).

The two stories in which we discuss today are The Cave and Eatting; both of them are related in character, tone, and setting, (for the most part).

In contemporary times, the Allegory of the Cave can be seen being played out in the movie The Matrix. In the movie, there are two worlds, the world which people live, a computer generated dream world, and the city of the robots. The people in the world do not know that they are prisoners of the robots or even think that they are prisoners, in fact, they do not even know

The journey begins with the return to the cave, where the true self and the myths and beliefs that fractured it are found. (p.88) The cave experience is in reference to the story, "The Hunter Maiden," preceding the chapter. The story is about a girl who steps outside the boundaries conventionally set up for women. In doing so, she faces her demons and must retreat to the cave, where she confronts her fear and seizes her power. She emerges from the experience victorious, strong, and empowered. (pp.75-77)

Mammoth Cave is a national park located in west-central Kentucky. It became an official national park in 1926. There is no official founder of the cave, it is instead the product of many people’s whose individual explorations and discoveries came together to form one of the most historical and unique national parks this country has. This park celebrates Black History Month to recognize the majority of these important historical figures who were in fact African American Slaves. These slaves were an important factor in the growth and development of this national landmark, their greatest influence being in the 19th and early 20th century. Many of them helped with tour routes. The first black guides were slaves. They receive recognition because their hard work and determination enabled the Golden Age of the park. Some of the most notable ones include Stephen Bishop, Ed Hawkins, Nick Bransford, Ed Bishop, Matt Bransford, and Will Gavin. Stephen Bishop was taken to Mammoth Cave and introduced to the tour routes by Joe Shackelford and Archibald Miller Jr. in 1838. However, he did not limit himself to these designated areas, instead he explored beyond the known routes . He’s most famous for crossing Bottomless Pit, a “deep vertical draft,” and discovering Fat Man’s Misery INSERT WHAT THIS IS, Cleveland Avenue, and Mammoth Dome. One year after gaining his freedom, he died. His remains can be found in Old Guide’s Cemetery, a feature of the park. Another influential slave is Nick

The Allegory of the Cave is the story of how Socrates interpreted the town of Athens, Greece to his loyal student Plato. The cave goes way back to 480 B.C. Socrates was Plato’s teacher. Plato praised his teachings and even retold some of his lessons to keep his stories from dying, one of them being the Allegory of the Cave. In Plato’s opinion, the story explains Socrates’ journey in Athens, the political build up, and social highlights.

It would make sense after as the cave is overlooking a valley which can make for a bird’s eye view below and make watching for game a lot easier. Also interesting in the finds is that the species of humans that lived here were capable of speaking as revealed by various skulls. Later experts agreed that the characteristics found from the fossils were of a

In the playwrite “Subterranean Homesick Blues Again” is a about a group of adults take a tour in a cave that is over three billion years old. During the tour, Sherman, Mick, Kathy, and Naomi would go deeper into the cave, each stage they would encounter new sightings around them. Dead bodies lying around, blind fish devouring their sins without them noticing. Once they reached the end, they encounter Cerebus, the gate protector of the underworld.

Dave turned on his flashlight and found the cave huge. As he shone his flashlight around, he saw huge stalactites and stalagmites with pools of water. As he walked in farther, he heard rocks hitting the floor. He also heard a screech and three bats

During the day, people from China, which are called miners, will go into the cave and they will climb the steep, tall walls of the caves. As the miner continues to go up the wall, he will use a tool and start to chip away at the rock until he finds something. Many types of animals live inside these caves, there are animals like bats and

However, The Matrix and Allegory of the Cave have specific differences in their plot. Both stories have an insignificant amount of exposure to reality. In The Allegory of the Cave the prisoners were not able to choose to be enlightened like Neo did. The prisoners were let go and forced to go into the real world outside of the cave. On the other hand, Neo had the choice of taking the blue pill which would bring him to the real world. The Matrix added romance to the story unlike The Allegory of the Cave. Neo about died until suddenly Trinity kissed him and he started to breathe again.

Herman et all (2002) points out that history of video games begins from 1971 year, when Nutting association released 1500 machines with Spacewar video game. At the beginning it was too difficult to control the game process and playing machines had huge dimensions. But by the time with new technologies they become more compact and easier to play. According to the information given by Herman et all (2002), the period between the years of 1978-1981 is called ‘golden age’ of video game industry. In this period the arcade games ‘Football’ and ‘Space Invaders’ were released. All previously known sale records were broken by these two games with nearly equal wages. In this time interval great breakthroughs in the field of graphics were achieved,

On the day of my arrival I had the pleasure of experiencing a dark path being well lit with over 400 carved pumpkins along what was pleasantly titled the Great Pumpkin Walk. As I ventured along I could see multiple paths that led to deeper parts of the cavern. Many of these paths were blocked off for what I am assuming were safety reasons. After walking what seemed to be a half mile I arrived at the tour barge. Loaded with 8 passengers our tour guide, Steve, took us deep into the cave and explained its history while showing us fascinating things. I witnessed my first close up experience with cave bats, got to see permanent