Affective Gaming Essays and Term Papers
482 Essays on Affective Gaming. Documents 276 - 300
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Personal Computer Games
Personal Computer Games The computer game requires technology capable of handling large amounts of data and of representing this data. The computer game symbolized how far the computer technology has been developed in the past decade. The computer game was “originally developed on equipment designed for military and academic purposes. But today the computer game is the driving force in the development of much hardware such as 3d graphics accelerators.” The first computer games were
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Aromatherapy Positively Affects Mood, Eeg Patterns of Alertness
Aromatherapy Positively Affects Mood, EEG Patterns of Alertness And Math Computations This study was done on volunteers of University of Miami Medical School; there were 40 adults in all their average age was in the 30. 30 female and 10 males, 43% White, 15% African American and 42% Hispanic. The purpose of this study was to see if aromatherapy positively effect people in the brain. The participants were randomly selected in 2 separate groups. Before
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Video Games: Where’s the Harm?
Wicks, Robert. Understanding Audiences. 2. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. Understanding Audiences invites scholars and students of mass communication to consider how media messages interact with attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and predispositions to produce conceptions of social reality among audience members. It relies on social science theory and research from communication, psychology and sociology. It suggests that there needs to be a wide range of methodological approaches to help understand the nature of the
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U.S. Surveillance Affecting Civil Liberties
U.S. Surveillance Affecting Civil Liberties Many Americans are being watched, in great detail, by the government. In its ongoing battle against crime and terrorism, the U.S. has ramped up its surveillance on individuals over the years. As in the book, 1984, by George Orwell, “Big Brother Is Watching You”. Many people feel that this surveillance is a major invasion of privacy and a violation of their rights. The USA PATRIOT Act was rushed through Congress
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Sprinkler Irrigation Affects Weather/environment
Travis Drake Mrs. Tillquist English 12B 07 April, 2008 Sprinkler Irrigation Affects Weather/Environment Irrigated lands contributed to most of the world’s food supply and output. It was estimated that around half of the increased agricultural production was in the 35 years before 1986. One third of the crops grown around the world were on irrigated land. The irrigated land was twice as productive as rain-fed land. The United Nation’s predicted that in the year 2025
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How Chemicals and the Menhaden Affect the Chesapeake Bay
How Chemicals and the Menhaden Affect the Chesapeake Bay By: Justin Dawson Introduction The Atlantic Menhaden is one of the most important and abundant species of fin-fish in estuarine and coastal Atlantic waters. They are the second most important species harvested in the United States in terms of quantity. They are processed for their oil, made into fish meal, protein meal and solubles, and used as bait for commercial and recreational fishing. As fishmeal
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Enders Game
Ender Wiggin, the third in a family of child geniuses, is selected by international military forces to save the world from destruction. Before being chosen Ender wears a unique monitor that allows the heads of the military to see things as Ender does. Ender's brother Peter and his sister Valentine also wore this monitor, although neither was selected, nor did they have it for as long as Ender, and Peter will never forgive Ender for
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Risk: The Game of Strategy
Caitlin Close Period 4 September 15, 2005 RISK: The Strategy Game North Africa to attack Brazil. It has all come down to this last battle in the war for the world. You pick up your dice and roll as your opponent rolls his. As the dice roll to a stop you cross your fingers and hold your breath as you await to find out what you rolled. Did you finally make your life dream come
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Video Games: Sport or Not?
Video Games are one of the main sources of entertainment throughout the entire world. With today’s technology, video games are becoming more advance with their graphics and the way they are played. Many people have argued whether or not video games can be considered as an actual sport, but there is no way video games can fall under the category of being an actual sporting event. However, with the technology we are making, video games
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Affect of Urbanization on Climate
Affect of Urbanization on Climate Throughout history man has always tried to find ways to make facilitate survival. Be that of inventing weapons or inventing the internal combustion engine, man has learned to adapt to the environment and use its resources in order to reduce the arduous task of surviving. Yet with all these inventions the one thing man has not learned to control is nature itself. Although one may try to manipulate it, it
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Importance of Organizational Behavior - Affect on Company
----------------------------------- Jun 26, 2005 Importance of Organizational Behavior, Affect on Company ----------------------------------- The Importance of Organizational Behavior and its Affect on the Company. Discuss how the study and practice of organizational behavior can make a difference, if any, in the operation of a business. We have discussed the implementation of organizational behavior principles in the company for quite some time. Some feel that there is no need to add these principles to the agenda, "that
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Tvs Affects on Children
Outline Thesis Statement: Television plays a major role in the lives of Americans, but affects children the most. Introduction I. Violence A. Murder B. Sex C. Vulgarity D. Suiside II. Viewed by A. Children B. Teens III. Used as babysitter A. Hours B. Reason Conclusion Today's society is heavily influenced by television. The violence disrupts a child's learning process and can alter the moral beliefs that an older person has. Children view more violence on
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Criticism of Sexuality and Nudity in Video Games
Computer and video games have been the subject of frequent controversy and censorship, due to the depiction of graphic violence, sexual themes, racism, advertising, eavesdropping, consumption of illegal drugs, consumption of alcohol or tobacco, propaganda or profanity in some games. Among others, critics of video games sometimes include parents' groups, politicians, organized religion groups, and other special interest groups, and may become a part of new laws and legislation in the United States and other
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How Violence Affects Society
Compare the social, political, and economic characteristics of societies that either inhibit or promote collective violence. How does violence affect society? Give specific examples. Collective violence is almost an inevitable part of every society. It exists in different forms such as conflicts between nations, groups, group terrorism, and gang warfare. Everyday, thousands of people fall victims to these different forms of collective violence. Collective violence is defined as use of violence by people who associate
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Global Warming-How Will It Affect You?
Global Warming-How Will It Affect You? Global warming is one of the last things on most people’s minds. However, global warming is being discussed more and more, because scientists are realizing global warming does not benefit humans. Global warming does not benefit humans, because it is causing the amount of people with skin cancer to rise, ruining crops, and causing people to lose their homes. One of the negative effects on humans due to global
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Nevada Gaming
When I use to first think of Nevada Gaming; the first thing that would come to mind would be the movie Bugsy. I know now that it is much more than that and the gangsters that brought gaming here to the desert to hide their illegal laundering of money and other activities. Nevada gaming has always been a target for special investigations going far back as 1950 through the most recent Commission findings in 1999.
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Marijuana: Effects and After Affects
One of the most common illegal drug in the United States is marijuana. There are mixed views about this drug, some people want it legalized, other people don't. In this essay, I hope to display the facts about this illegal narcotic, and explain many vie Marijuana has many different names such as "kif" in Morocco, "doggo" in South Africa and "gangi" in India. There are many slang terms for this type of drug such as
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Exposition: How Dating Is like Playing a Board Game
Exposition: How Dating is Like Playing a Board Game Dating can be looked upon as a game, a game that requires each player assume a role. By assuming roles they must stick to their role without rearing off. Each role must be played carefully. The role of the man must be giving to the woman, and the role of the woman is to be patient with the man. All this must be followed like a
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What Makes a Good Video Game?
It's getting late. Around 11:30PM. I know I should be getting to bed soon; I have to get up at 8:00AM to get ready for class. But, I figure I'll just pop FIFA 2004 into my PC and play for a little bit. Just to get past the next section. I'll save at the next save point, turn it off, and go to sleep. Video games are one of my favorite pastimes. I enjoy playing
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Hey Can’t Stop Playing Video Games
"You have no life, you only focus on gaming, putting off everything, like getting a haircut," recalled the 27-year-old Jun, who was able to kick the habit earlier this year though he remains in the milieu, running an Internet cafe in southeastern Seoul. For others, the addiction has become all-consuming, raising concerns about the health of the millions of gamers in the world's most wired country. The habit has even been deadly: In August, a
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How Oil Price Affect World Economy
1. Introduction The price of oil becomes the bone of contention recently. Oil price seems to be hitting new highs with the regularity of a metronome. It is a bad news for customers who have to pay more on it. More frightening still, this situation may get worse before it come back to normal. No one can exactly predict when the pendulum will soon swing back again since all uncertain factors existing. From the supply
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
The syndrome of winter depression, is called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is specifically related to the changes in the length of daylight from the seasons. It begins to lift as spring approaches with daylight hours becoming longer. SAD is rare in the tropics, but is measurably present at latitude of 30 degrees N (or S) and higher. People who live in the Arctic region are especially susceptible due to the effects of polar night. Prolonged
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Video Game Effects on Society
Media Violence And Its Effect On Society Does entertainment influence society's attitude towards violent behavior? In order to fully answer this question we must first understand what violence is. Violence is the use of one's powers to inflict mental or physical injury upon another; examples of this would be rape or murder. Violence in entertainment reaches the public by way of television, movies, video games, music, and novels. Violent images on television, as well as
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Public Affection of Homosexuals
Exemplifying Good Teamwork Teamwork, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as being cooperative effort, brings good synergy amongst a group of softball players. A well-balanced, well-functioning team, coach included, should come together and form a bond that nothing can dissolve. Teams are like families. Nothing should be able to destroy that mindset. From personal experience, my high school softball team functioned like a family. We ate together. We stayed the night over each
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How Technology Affects Business Operations
The technological advances achieved in the past few decades have brought about a revolution in the business world, affecting nearly all aspects of working life. People can reach others throughout the world in a matter of seconds, with cost being increasingly irrelevant. Employees no longer need to be physically with their clients and co-workers; instead they can communicate effectively at home, at a distant office, across the world, and even in their car or on
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