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    is an example of a game that defines multi-genre. This is achieved through how the game tries to evolve in its genre, as an action role-playing game. While keeping a coherent flow in gameplay, allowing for smooth progression and a greater understanding of events, scale, and mechanics. The term “revolutionary” is thrown around a lot with regards to video-game marketing, but what does “revolutionary” mean in the context of a video game. Dominic Arsenault believes that for a game to be truly revolutionary

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    never heard of the Fallout games beforehand, and it just seemed like a very generic shooter. Was I ever wrong. Fallout New Vegas is now one of my favourite games of all time. The most amazing thing about Fallout New Vegas is the atmosphere. The game has a very nineteen fifty’s style to it. In the more civilized parts of New Vegas people walk around with the elvis-style jackets and the flowing skirts that were popular in the 50’s. There is also an optional in-game radio which belts out popular

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    The Rhetoric of Tom Bissell’s “Extra lives: Why Video Games Matter” Tom Bissell’s, a teacher at Portland State University, main idea was to indicate to his audience why video games matter to him by using various argumentative appeals. One must ask themselves, can this author be worthy of respect? Can he give his readers enough facts to get his argument across? Will he try to give us a soft story to buy his way into in his argument? Throughout most of Bissell’s book, he uses the logical appeal

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    Mabinogi Research Paper

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    play games online, do you play the games casually or hardcore? A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) called Mabinogi. In this game, you will meet thousands of players online to get involve into many activities to have fun. The original game first came out in 2004 in South Korea, but it was localized into North America in 2008. The game is free-to-play where it can be downloaded from the game website, but it must fulfill certain system requirements to properly play the game. ("Mabinogi

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    Undertale

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    Undertale is a 2015 indie role-playing game created by Toby Fox that received universal praise for its unique, retro-style gameplay and thought-provoking story. The story goes like this: You are a child that has tried to climb the tall mountain known simply as Mt. Ebbett. As you are climbing, you fall into a deep hole, and realize you have fallen into what is known as the Underground. The Underground is a land where monsters were sealed away after a long and terrifying war. You are told by many characters

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    In the modern gaming industry with main stream Role Playing Games (RPGs), the battle between the two sub genres (Western RPGs and Japanese RPGs) have taken over the mass media discussions on which is “better” than the other. Despite this, the nominated RPGs in 2017 of Best Role-Playing Game of the year has shown that split in the society with great games such as Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Persona 5. However, in the past Western RPGs such as Mass Effect (2008) and Dragon Age: Origins (2009) have

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    mentioned that poor gamified designs can lead to disengagement. Schools may not have the budget for a gamified application while families with low income may not have the fund to purchase expensive devices. It is well documented that addiction in games is a real problem, using gaming in a non-gaming context could still lead to addiction. Bellotti et al (2010) and Cohen (2011) mentioned that users can be addicted to

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    teenagers play violent role playing games. Some people say it’s distracting for teenagers to play violent role playing games and some say it helps them. The assassin is a popular game that was developed in 2003 by Warren Gerstacker. It is now a popular game that is also played in Brooklyn Private School. If you ask me, I say it is good. Nicholas Kilstein stated “Students either became creative or was already creative because of assassin.” First of all, violent role playing games helps students in the

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    Role playing video games with simulated violence can be diverting, healthy diverting for teens. Some teens can be distracted from violent video games and some can not be. The teens who can can not play these games either do bad things or just do nothing. Before and after the cause it should be a good distraction. It should be a good distraction for teens because the games can keep them from doing bad things. Role playing video games with simulated violence can be a good distraction for teens.

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    be able to play role-playing games because they are perilous How would our society change if the children of the 21st century did not have violence simulated video games? There are many video games nowadays, ranging from sports to shooters. Some look very realistic and can be very addicting. Video games have very improved graphics from the early 2000s, they also now can include bad actions or ideas that could influence the kids these days to do things that they see in the video games. The kids of this

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