source of inspiration. Suzanne Collins‚ the author of The Hunger Games‚ was heavily inspired by ancient Greek and Roman culture. Her characters‚ setting‚ and even parts of her storyline all have similar aspects to the Greek and Romans. Roman history and Greek stories helped shaped The Hunger Games into what it is today. Suzanne was heavily inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur as well as the famous Roman Gladiator Games. Elements from both can be seen throughout the story. In an interview
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In Michael Britt’s video podcast‚ Violent Video Games-What Does the Research Say? (2010)‚ he discusses two studies that analyze the effects violent video games can have on individuals. The first article that was discussed claimed that violent video games lead to the desensitization to real-life violence (Carnagey‚ Anderson‚ & Bushman‚ 2007). Whereas‚ research conducted by Bosche (2009)‚ used Carnagey et al.‚ (2007) desensitization hypothesis that states violent content may elicit negative responses
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The video game industry has been under repeated attack by accusations that the material in their best-selling video games has harmful effects on children and on society as a whole. With $10 billion dollars in annual sales the gaming industry has an interest in any policies that may hinder business and produce false information to the public. In the search for answers an examination of medical findings from groups such as the American Medical Association (AMA)‚ American Academy of Child & Adolescent
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All my recent questions of developing a game is how to avoid it being saturated in the mainstream gaming community. I am often inspired by developers who take forgotten gaming aesthetics and re-imaging them into the main stream media‚ Games such as Furi that uses the nineties arcade style shooter elements in a 3-D environment‚ or Fez painted the 2-D Platformer elements in a 3D world‚ or the more recent Cuphead a game re-introduces the run and shoot’em genre of gaming and the artwork and animation
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OF GAME DEVELOPERS AND GAME PROGRAMMERS 1 INTRODUCTION Gaming has brought several transitions in our daily lives. It has move out as being “cool” and is normal today for almost everyone. Gaming no longer is in 2D space or 3D spaces but it is not is players space where most of the things in game are things happening in real life of players and interactions of players in reality. Gaming allows the users to engage in a reciprocating communication exchange with the machine. Game player
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The topic has been brought up ever since June 16‚ 2015. A very impressive Golden State Warriors team defeated a wounded Cleveland Cavaliers team in Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals. Golden State capturing their first championship since 1975. This season‚ the Warriors carried a winning streak to start the season. The winning streak came to an abrupt ending on December 12‚ 2015. The Milwaukee Bucks ended one of the most remarkable winning streaks in NBA history. Golden State started the season off 24-0
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It is the day of being chosen to have to go do the worst thing possible. It is the Lazer Tag Grabel Games. These games happen every 10 years‚ and it is a laser tag game with two teams (Red and Blue)‚ if you get out‚ you fail and stay in school for the rest of your life. If you win‚ you get $10‚000 and not have to go to school for 2 years. It is located at a plaI tice called the Web‚ and all the posters say‚ “March 20‚ 2020 will be the next Reaping. We will soon find out the six children from the
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In the novel‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ there are many memorable symbols used. One of these symbols is the Flowers. The reason this symbol is important is that it helps the reader to understand some of the main ideas of the novel. Suzanne Collins wants the reader to think about how there is always hope in dark times when in need. Flowers play a significant role in the Hunger Games. The use of Flowers are used in a few important ways‚ such
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GASOLINE. TEN YEARS LATER‚ THESE CARS WERE DESTROYED. TEACHER’S GUIDE “A QUIETLY SHOCKING INDICTMENT OF OUR GAS-GUZZLING AUTO COMPANIES AND THE PETRO-POLITICIANS WHO LOVE THEM.” –KAREN DURBIN‚ ELLE MAGAZINE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 • TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2006 WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? NOTE TO THE TEACHER Who Killed the Electric Car? is a powerful tool pertinent to many academic disciplines and adaptable to a variety of abilities‚ learning styles‚ and classroom goals.
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Rules of the Game There was a Chinese kid that moved to the U.S‚ and she was interested to play chess. She learned how to play the game. She was great at beating the other players‚ and she had a talent for playing chess. When she was 9-years-old. She was a National Chess Champion‚ and became the most popular person in the U.S. She met Bobby Fischer‚ the most legendary chess player ever born. In the “Rules of the Game” the author Amy Tan Writes that life is like a chess game; when you’re losing
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