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    views and picked some extreme examples in this chapter. According to the author, American churches with their theology have promoted an “alternate reality” which has no connection to the real world. People view Christianity as a set of instructions for the invisible “heavenly” realm but not for the visible, physical world. How Churches Create Alternate Realities Doug Murren really gets on his “soapbox” in this section. He believes there is a theology that teaches, “…if they “confess” properly, avoid

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    Virtual Reality on Society LAS 432 – Week 5 Ekpreet K. Bajaj DeVry University Abstract Virtual reality is influential technology which will have a strong impact on society. This body of writing states the history of Virtual Reality and its impact on society. Virtual reality is an experience in which the user is immersed in a responsive virtual world. With the very recent availability of Virtual Reality headsets and its growing popularity, one must understand the effects of Virtual Reality on our

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    "primitive society." In Peter Winch’s essay of studying a primitive culture, he is affirming us that cultures are encompassed in language games. Additionally, he is trying to avert other anthropologists from thinking that culture is imprecise from reality. Instead, he discerns judgment as way to cultural imperialism. Correspondingly, Winch’s perspective of reality has gotten to be one of the bases of anthropological work in which it pursues to apprehend and explain the foreign cultural contexts at

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    Moreover, Jane McGonigal, a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games and the director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future, stated in 2010 that, “We spend 3 billion hours a week as a planet playing video games.” This number has been vastly and significantly increasing in the last couple of years; whereas, it is expected that it will reach 21 Billion in the next decade. The fact that video games are eminent and loved by so many people makes video gaming the

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    Telling between what reality is and what is not reality has become nearly impossible because of technology. Reality is defined as “the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them” or as “the state or quality of having existence or substance”. Because of its’ ability to creates a perfectly idealistic world, Technology has changed our relationship to reality by blurring the lines between what is real and what is not real. In a dream, we

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    kittens. As she drifts off to sleep, Alice goes through the mirror and enters Looking Glass World. While there, Alice joins a chess game as a pawn. She continues across the board and meets all sorts of characters who help Alice in her journey to become Queen. She meets the Red Queen, White Queen, Humpty Dumpty, and White Knight in different squares throughout the game. When she reaches the honor of Queen, Alice is

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    Fallout 3 is an adventure game not like any other game that is out there. The music in the game has a very satisfying feel to it and the environment is very different from most games out there. The feeling of this game is like nothing any gamer may have come across before. A new breed of roll playing and adventure game has been born with the relese of Fallout 3. The music in the game is very interesting, it has a calm yet powerful feel to it. It gives the player a feeling of empowerment. Just

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    Virtual reality is slowly creeping its way into the lives of every day Americans. Whether it be training a new employee for a job, teaching students, or assisting in military applications, virtual reality is all around us now. Virtual reality is not only putting a pair of fancy goggles on and going on a beachfront vacation. Video games and social media are both forms of virtual reality. Video games allow you to enter a different world. Social media allows people to be totally different characters

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    By deceiving others, one can live a pretentious life in which reality is blocked. This form of defense mechanisms, aided Willy in hiding the reality of his career from his family. For many being demoted is a large change that is often shared with one’s family. Willy, unable to take the blow to his pride and reputation began to borrow money and play it off

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    very bitter towards the world, and sets his morals, values, and attitude. During a conversation Holden has with his teacher Spencer, Spencer says,“‘Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.’” to which Holden thinks: “Game, my a**. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game, all right—I’ll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there aren’t any

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