Affective Gaming Essays and Term Papers
482 Essays on Affective Gaming. Documents 251 - 275
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How Media Affects Elections
Since 1952, television has played a major role in presidential elections. Television allows candidates to reach a broad number of people, and personalities, to help push along their campaigns. Campaigns help the candidates just as much as the voters. The candidates get to be identified, and known to the voters, and the voters get to hear and see how a specific candidate identifies with their needs and wants. The best way to get this information
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Pre-Pregnancy Drinking: How Drink Size Affects Risk Assessment
Pre-pregnancy drinking: How drink size affects risk assessment One of the leading causes of mental retardation in the United States is fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS. Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance by pregnant women because it's legal and socially acceptable. A greater majority of young women are not aware of the complications that are involved with pregnancy. They see pregnancy as a way of bringing a life into the world but do not
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1990’s Game Analysis
Game Analysis and Playability 1990s Game Analysis: For my 1990s game analysis, I chose the game Resident Evil. This game was released in March 30, 1996 for the Playstation. The Developer for this game was Capcom Production Studio 4, the Publisher was Capcom Virgin Interactive, and the designer was Shinji Mikami. Here is a review for the (survival horror) game Resident Evil: http://psx.ign.com/articles/150/150610p1.html For the story of Resident Evil, it starts out in the fictional
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Affects of Air Pollution
Polluted air in general contains one or more hazardous substances that create hazards for the health of living individuals. Pollutants within the air are measured in terms of particulate matter (PM); or the number of particles of potentially hazardous substances as a percentage of air. Outdoor air pollutants can create acid rain, which affects the environment and depletion of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s), which increases the risk of skin cancer and cataracts
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Video Games and Film
It's dark in the jungle, as Agent Stark moves slowly through trees and then he realizes that he's very low on ammo and so he reloads, crouching behind a rock before doing so. A noise from behind, he spins to see a flash of light and Agent's eyes flash red. Stark has been shot. Before he can even respond the world fades to black. GAME OVER. Don't worry, you saved his spot. This is the
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Electronic Games and Addiction
Electronic games and addiction Introduction: From the moment video games were introduced, thousands of theories have been made related to their effects. As technology evolved, video games shifted from being run in consoles and arcade machines onto personal computers. More so, games in which players interacted for the sake of entertainment have grown onto being a necessity for many. Internet has been the bridge that allowed players to cross from the point of enjoyment, to
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Violence and Video Games
Violence and Video Games current console game, "Manhunt") has been linked in the minds of many in the UK to the murder of Stefan Pakeerah, 14, from Leicester. The game, awards points to the player based on the number and brutality of murders and assaults of the game's virtual characters. One of the methods used is a hammer, which was the weapon used in real life on poor Stefan. The killer supposedly played the game
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Video Games and Violence, Is There a Connection?
With all the violence in the world today, what with Terrorism, the War in Iraq, and many murders right in our own backyard, people have begun to wonder where it comes from. What is it exactly, that allows one person to take the life of another? Lately, the blame has fallen on violent video games such as Bully (in Europe, Canis Canem Edit or Dog Eat Dog in Latin), and the Grand Theft Auto series.
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Coca Cola - Monetary Policy and Its Affects
Introduction Coca Cola, like any other business, deals with the affects of monetary policy set by the United States Federal Reserve Bank. The three tools used by the Federal Reserve to control monetary policy are the discount rate (federal funds rate), open market operations (buying and selling of bonds) and the reserve ratio requirement. The following will discuss the monetary policy tools used by the Federal Reserve Bank and its affects on The Coca Cola
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Video Games and Violence
When I hear the words video games and violence in the same sentence, I automatically think that they are talking about video games causing violence among young teens and adults. I do believe that video games cause some sort of aggression and added violence in that age group, but not to a point of someone killing another person. My generation has grown up on the evolution of the video game. All we see nowadays
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Video Game and Software Industry
Introduction The video game industry is very broad in scope and continuously growing at a rapid pace (Exhibit 1) with billions of dollars to be made. Although the large potential for growth cushions rivalry amongst the existing competitors in this industry, video game companies constantly focus on differentiating their products and seize new opportunities to gain and secure their customers loyalty in order to continue in the business. Most of these new opportunities are created
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Gaming Industry
Abstract This paper examines the exciting world of the gaming industry. By studying the history, present state, and future of gaming in the United States our analyst team will present a probing overview into this rapidly changing industry. We have collected and analyzed secondary information from a variety of quantitative and qualitative publications. Our perspective of the gaming industry will be conveyed by an understanding of business practice, and will be concluded with a Christian
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What Is the Cause and Effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens in America?
Bradis McGriff Humanities 110 November 27, 2004 Dr. Privateer What is the cause and effects of Music, Television, and Video Game Violence on Children and Teens In America? Introduction Usually when a child or a teenager commits a crime, it is never their fault. When a child or a teenager commits a crime, the responsibility never belongs to the parents either. Instead, when a teenager or a child commits a crime, the first thing that
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X and Y Game
The X and Y game What is a game where you have four persons to a team, and each person shows an X and Y card each round and according to what each other person, including themselves shows they get a certain number of points added on or taken off? What is the meaning of this game? What does it show? This game shows how individual people act in a group. When every person in
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How Does the Arrival of the Early Europeans Has Changed or Affected Th
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the movements to explore the new world increased rapidly. Among them was the arrival of the early Europeans on Americas. Only in a few decades this arrival has changed the land and the people of the Americas both on the physical the non-physical outcomes. On the physical outcomes, within a few decades after the arrival of European Ships on October 12, 1492, successive waves of explorers and colonists slaughtered,
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Video Games: More Good Than Bad
It’s Not Pac Man’s Fault Recently, videogames have been accused of increased violence among young people and have been blamed for society’s problems. However, I believe that videogames are not responsible for violence increase or other people’s actions. As a matter of fact, it’s quite the opposite situation. Videogames offer mental health benefits, improve social skills and enforce and incorporate academic skills. Although many adults think video games are nothing but a waste of time
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Government Policy and How Economy Is Affected
There are several factors which could have impeded the economic growth expected after implementing the new budget with increased spending in defense, education, and infrastructure. Internal and Outside lag and the public’s own opinion of the longevity of the changes implemented could have varying levels of effect on the outcome of the budget modifications. Internal lag is how long it takes for the government to realize that there is a problem and come up
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New Industry in Gaming
New Industry in Gaming Video games are no longer the nerdy stepchild of popular entertainment. Last year, US sales topped $7 billion, closing in on the $9 billion film industry. Nearly half of all US homes own one game-playing machine, and 23 percent own more than three, according to Nielsen Entertainment. The technical requirements for video games are pushing the most popular technologies - including cell phones, Palm Pilots, computers, and TV - to become
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Trends Affecting the Future of Us Agricultural Trade
Running head: TRENDS AFFECTING THE FUTURE OF US AGRICULTURAL TRADE Trends Affecting the Future of US Agricultural Trade Sivakumar Veeraiyan Baker College Center for Graduate Studies CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP BAKER COLLEGE CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDIES On-Line Masters of Business Administration Assignment for Course: BUS582, International Trade. Submitted to: Dr. Joe Brandt Submitted by: Sivakumar Veeraiyan Location of Course: On-Line Date of Course Meeting: 02/15/2007 Date of Submission: 03/28/2007 Title of Assignment: Trends Affecting the Future
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The First Video Game
While it is as far from the eventual commercial videogame systems that come later as a walk in the park is to a walk on the moon, a physicist trying to make the public tour of his lab a little more exciting to bored visitors designs what some consider as a precursor videogame system in 1958. Working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a US nuclear research lab in Upton, New York, William A. Higinbotham notices that
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How Does the Number of Coils on an Electromagnet Affect Its Strength?
Science Coursework: How does the number of coils on an electromagnet affect its strength? Aim: - To establish whether a variation in the number of coils will affect an electromagnet's strength. Scientific Knowledge: - An iron core wrapped in a series of coils of insulated wire and then connected to a battery, will enable the core to pick up paper clips. This is because the current emitted from the battery to the coils magnetises the
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Video Game Violence and Public Policy
Video Game Violence and Public Policy David Walsh, Ph.D. National Institute on Media and the Family Video games will turn 30 years old in 2002. The industry that started with Pong has become a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry. The growth of the industry is both matched and driven by the technological advances. In a little more than two years, video game consoles have gone from processing 350,000 polygons per second (pg/s) ЎXa measure of graphic
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Affects of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Schizophrenia from the Greek word meaning “split mind” is a mental disorder that has been affecting men and women since 2000 B.C. Symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts and speech usually occur in the late teens or early twenties and continue throughout a life time. Although the symptoms can be eased with medication it’s a disorder that will never completely go away. Schizophrenia affects not only the person with the disorder but
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Basic Statistics Affects - Uses Statistics
Statistics Discussion Paper How does statistics affect a college? Does an instructor use statistics? If so, how and why do they use statistics? What caused the statistic to start being used? Why figure the grades using statistics? Some decisions are made on statistics in the past instead of the future. "No matter what your career, you will make professional decisions that involve data." (Lind, 2005) This paper will explain the use of statistics and why
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How Temperature Affects Reaction Rate
Lab Report: How Temperature affects Reaction Rate Aim: The Aim is to investigate how temperature can affect Reaction Rate. The experiment will be performed by heating equally sized and weighted lime stones with equal amounts and concentration of Hydrochloric acid at different temperatures. The temperatures will be 35˚C and 40˚C. We will measure the reaction rates by observing gas release of the reaction between lime stones and Hydrochloric acid. The amount of gas release at
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