In ‘Half-Lives: The Walking Dead: 400 Days‚ Sorcery!‚ and Depression Quest‚’ by Tevis Thompson‚ the connection between video game characters and players on a metacognitive level is described. Thompson explores this connection through several games of different genres‚ stories‚ and gameplay. He says that games‚ in order to really connect on an empathetic level with their players‚ need to force the players to live the lives of others and face the consequences of lasting choices the player must make
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of the Warrior‚" written by Catharina Blomberg. In this review I intend to go through each chapter pointing out what the chapter discussed and what I learned from reading this book. I chose this book because it seemed interesting and something that was worthwhile for the time I spent reading it. This book seems to take a more in depth look at what we have touched on in class. The introduction chapter of this book deals with a brief history of how the samurai or "Bushi" come to exist and how
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In the excerpt from “The Meaning of Lives”‚ Susan Wolf presents a series of arguments explaining what it means for a life to have meaning. In this paper‚ I will consider her theory in relation to a specific example where someone has a choice between a meaningful life with difficulties and a simple‚ content life that is‚ according to Wolf‚ not meaningful. Let us imagine an opportunity given to a man called Galen‚ a former mechanical engineer who lives a remote life with his family on a small
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As I read the first page of Salamanca‚ I thought it was really a boring story but as I continued reading it‚ it becomes more interesting‚ I thought it wouldn’t be that interesting at all. The first chapter was all about how Gaudencio and Jacinta came to know each other. It started when Gaudencio decided to return to Jacinta Cordova‚ his wife of eleven days‚ which he abandoned in the pouring rain one early morning. The night when Gaudencio decided to return to Jacinta‚ he told his friend the story
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About A Boy chapter summaries 1. Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger. 2. Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent. 3. Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class. 4. Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers. 5. Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings. 6. Will- SPAT/the hunt for single‚ attractive mums/pretending
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Chapter 6 Summary ITT Technical Institute Introduction to Networking NT1210 October 28‚ 2013 The chapter starts out explaining how a BN (Backbone Network) works. Backbone Network: Connecting all of the LANs of an organization entails another type of network (BN). A properly designed backbone network provides a high-speed circuit that serves as the central conduit across which the LANs of an organization can communicate
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contagious and motivate us to explore the universe. The book is divided into three sections‚ one for each author to enlighten us with what they know and have dedicated years of their lives prior to learning. The book starts off the first section Stars‚ Planets and Life with Neil deGrasse Tyson including some chapters by Strauss. With his ability to make difficult concepts accessible‚ his oratory skills and his sense of humor makes this section of the book both funny and informative. From measuring
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Have you ever been on a lifetime camping trip? Many people living in the American West faced this journey everyday. In the selection "Camping for Their Lives" by Scott Bransford he discusses how tent cities are growing throughout the American West. Scott Bransford selection appeared in Utne Reader excerpted from the article "Tarp Nation". Bransford refers to tent cities residents are doing "time travel" back to the economic distress like The Great Depression‚ Gold-Rush squatter camps‚ Dust Bowl years
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HRM chapter summary Chapter 2 (p. 35-45) The labour market: - Substantial increase in demand for labour reflects economic growth and population growth over the period. In spite of the recessions it continued to grow. - Another way of tracking growth in demand for labour‚ is looking at the total number of jobs. This figure can be high because of jobs held by people over the retirement age and those who have two or more part-time jobs. - What sort of skills are employers looking for? => long-term
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Looking for Alibrandi Reflective Reading Journal Chapters 12 and 13: * Character I don’t like Nonno Francesco‚ Nonna’s husband because he is a very jealous man. He himself believes that if he left his wife at home for weeks at a time that she will not go and socialise. I find him to be very arrogant and very scary because of this. His jealousy is absurd because all Nonna was doing was having a friend over to help her with her English and garden. “He was a very jealous man. He said it was
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