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    Some Games Hold Your Hand, This One Pushes You Into Traffic Velocibox is an ultra-difficult speedrun with almost zero room for error. It’s an extreme test for not only your reflexes, but spatial awareness. It will also test your ability to not punch a hole through your screen. The concept is simple; while moving at an incredible speed, you must avoid hazards (one touch and you restart the level) and collect enough orbs to complete the level. You move left or right and can ride the walls with full

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    In the short story “Rules of the Game”, by Amy Tan, the reader is immersed into San Francisco’s Chinatown of the late 1950s. On the surface, this is a story of a young Chinese-American girls rise to become a chess prodigy. The deeper story is about the conflicts that arise from the clash of old Chinese culture and American culture during this period. The protagonist, Waverly Place Jong, is this young girl whose experiences is greatly affected by both the physical environment of where she is being

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    Celeste's Great Wall of China Board Game This board game is on the wall of China. This game lets you learn about the Great Wall of China in your house without having to search it up. If you like to learn but at your house in your pj’s then I suggest this game to you. This board game is played with 30 spaces. There are questions about the Great Wall of China, if you get it wrong, then you go back as many spaces as the card tells you. However, if you get it right then you go up as many spaces accordingly

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    Hi Grandma Bubbles, I've been wanting to reach out to you, things have been really busy as my school year reaches midterms and my athletics season heats up. In terms of school, I have been having a great year, I enjoy all of my classes and they are all going very well. This year I am the president of the junior class, so I have been very focused on raising money for our grade and planning the junior prom in the spring. We have held events such as spirit day and badminton tournaments in order to raise

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    Seven Seven is a psychological Thriller/Drama+ film directed by David Fincher, and released on the 22 September 1995 in the United States of America. The Seven title sequence has a succession of moving pictures which shows a combination of modern and traditional techniques of creating title sequence. The old style relays on the use of hands whilst the contemporary relays on digital method of design. Cooper as the creative director uses the Title to redefine and enhance the visual style of title

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    Life is like the game of chess. It does not assure anyone to always win or lose and it has rules to live by just like the game of chess. The author of the story of “202 Checkmates” written by Rion Amilcar Scott, explains about a father who edifies his daughter life edification by expounding to her the rules of the chess game. Robert is a father who is unsure of his role in the society and the family. He also forgets his responsibilities by making the chase game his priority. Robert does not take

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    Invisible Strength

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    lose less” (paragraph 29). Mrs. Jong and her daughter Waverly, have grown up in the chaotic streets of Chinatown. Mrs.Jong, an immigrant; is strict and acts forcefully towards her children, wanting them to succeed. Waverly as well, is an outstanding chess player, she travels around the city, competing in numerous competitions and succeeding tremendously. Her mother though, creates a large amount of pressure for her. She shows her off, evidently proud; but it is not seen by her daughter. As a result

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    Taking place in a countryside home W.W. Jacob’s short story “The Monkey’s Paw” illustrates the White family’s two-day interaction with a seemingly innocent mummified monkey's paw. Each character presented in the short story represents natural human traits that can prove to be negative when greed and curiosity and are involved. The use of symbolism throughout the story proves to be vital to the reader, as it allows him or her to understand the importance of every action done to the monkey’s paw has

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    story to symbolize a deeper meaning that is meant to be conveyed to the reader. In Rules of the Game by Amy tan, the author uses black and white chess pieces on a checked board to symbolize a deeper meaning in the short story. Throughout the story we are able to recognize the deeper meaning to the pieces and board than just a game used for fun. The chess pieces and checkered board signify a battle field between Elena-the main character- and her mother. When Elena has her first tournament her mother

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    Metaphorically using the game of chess to describe the loss of a loved one in The Book of Duchess, Chaucer argues that love is nothing but a game and it all depends on how well you play it. We only see the mention of a chess twice in this poem, in the beginning “For me thoughte it better pley, Than pleyen either at chesse or tables” (50-51). The dreamer is making is clear that he rather read than to play chess, therefore, we get a sense that maybe our dreamer isn’t someone who either understands

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