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people can play video games for hours? Or how gamers can connect to people in the “virtual world” and learn life lessons? In the book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and the article “Becoming Part of Something Bigger Than ourselves” by Jane McGonigal says “the single best way to add meaning to our lives is to connect our daily actions to something bigger than ourselves and the bigger, the better” (446). In 2009, McGonigal’s best video game, SuperBetter, went

Before I begin to describe the film, I would like to emphasize that I will tell Sean´s story formally in a poetic realist style. Hallucinatory, sleepwalking sequences alternate with harsh reality in a desolated environment for the sake of telling slices of true life: Emotions, diversity and the unforeseen. Now - the film. It´s grey and dull. The Pigeon Power House in Dublin is not far away and one could smell the industry and the sea. 12yo Sean visits drifter Johnny who is living in a tent at

opens with your character, Agent Polyblank, receiving a mission from his superior "The Director." The mission involves infiltrating the Russian consulate but this game is no Splinter Cell. Set in an alternate reality where the Cold War is still raging, Polyblank must deal with robots, spies and some of the strangest gadgets ever seen in a game. The creators cite comedy films such as Airplane and Naked Gun as major influences on the gameplay so if you are expecting any type of seriousness from Jazzpunk

The Alternate Reality of Wolfenstein “You take freedom away from the American people, you're playing with fire” (Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, 2017). The video game series Wolfenstein revolves around an alternate history timeline where the Nazis have come to absolute power after a victory in the Second World War. In this timeline, the Axis wins a decisive victory over the Allies; the Nazis then acquire the atomic bomb in 1948 and proceed to nuke the city of Manhattan, New York. Upon surrender

acknowledged. By prescribing opioids to patients, doctors are inadvertently creating drug addicts and fueling the heroin epidemic. As patients grow tolerant to opioids, they are forced to search for stronger drugs, commit crimes, and ultimately die. Alternate solutions for pain management and regulation of opiates must be implemented in order to prevent the meaningless loss of lives. The likelihood of developing a tolerance

In this essay, I will debate the assumption that nature and technology are binary opposites, or two worlds apart from each other. I will refer to the interactive game which I have used within my presentation to illustrate how technology is not separate from nature- human nature in particular- but that it is simply a man made artifice, which is the materialisation of the plethora of ideas within the human mind. I will also refer to one of the three presribed readings from Arthur (2009) in order to

controlled and live within a policed state. Fascism emphasizes a strong leader and state, but opposes human rights and democracy. It also promotes fear in the general population, and crime and punishment are more common (Naiman, 2012). The Hunger Games is the story of a leader, President Snow, who rules from the Capitol where he oppresses the 12 districts that make up Panem. Democracy & freedom are replaced by a modern dictatorship based on surveillance, police oppression and a division of social

one of the most traumatic events in world history. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939) is a classic example of French Poetic realism that depicts the disillusionment in society and government politics by a generation already traumatized by the monumental loss of human life during the First World War. Breathless (Jean Luc Godard, 1960), one of Jean

Arpatech: Apart from work, I follow you on twitter and I found that you are an avid gamer. What games do you play? Do you like first person shooting games? What else do you do in your free time? Ben: I go through stages with gaming, I usually alternate between competitive games such as Counter Strike/Dota/Battlefield and more casual games like Skyrim/Fallout/Overwatch/Civ 6. I’m really enjoying virtual reality at the moment, every time I go on the HTC Vive I’m left amazed. For the social gamers out there

Which sports have more concussions? Association football Association football is also known as soccer. It is world 's significant game which have blackouts. Despite the fact that 50-80% of wounds in football are controlled to the legs, head wounds and 22% of football wounds, with a probability that heading the ball could harm the head, as the ball could go at 100 km/hour. Be that as it may, the most expert footballers reported that they encountered head wounds from impacting different players and