2000 Summer Olympics

In this article, the authors engineered an experiment to see how a storyline in a first-person shooter video affected the players’ experiences in comparison to players’ experiences when there is no storyline involved. During the experiment, participants played 4 total games, two that included a storyline (Outlaws and Half-Life) and then two that did not include or have minimal storylines (Doom 2 and Quake 2). After finishing eight minutes of each game, the participants answered specific questions and completed a nonverbal assessment related to the completed game before continuing to the next specified game. This experiment was conducted through observations and participant responses to test the author's’ theory that players experiences while playing video games will be affected greater when a storyline is included during the gameplay. The authors talked about how a narrative or story structure in places such as television cause people to be more interested and understand the topic being presented. Previous research concludes that story structure is a basic component of communication between people. The authors include the term story schema, meaning the inner abstract parts of a story and how they relate to each other. Sharing and receiving different stories is a part of human nature that begins early in a person’s life. The idea that people can identify with another person or a fictional character has become a new topic that many scholars have become interested in..…

Gaming Is Just A Hobby Gaming is a hobby that I have been interested in since I was in elementary school. As a boy my family did not have a ton of money, but eventually we could afford a gaming system to entertain my two brothers, two sisters, and I. Gaming as a whole should be seen as just another harmless hobby, and not something to blame when people commit crimes or act a certain way. Being able to call myself gamer made me proud, until accusations of violence, immaturity, racism, sexism,…

It has impacted the world by becoming a popular international sport and the United States then, by giving us Americans, the gold and silver medals at the Summer Olympic games and now by allowing ou Olympic team to continue the quest for gold at the 2020 Tokyo games. We are very proud of the phenomenal athletes past and present, for their dedication, hard work and perseverance. The game of softball has acquired several historical players over the years, such as the amazing Olympic gold and silver…

Who Is the Most Decorated Olympic Athlete of All Time? “The Baltimore Bullet” or the “Flying Fish” also officially known as Michael Fred Phelps II is the most decorated Olympics athlete of all time. Phelps broke this record that former US swimmer Mark Spitz set in 1972 after winning seven first-place finishes at the Olympic games. The 32-year-old 6.3-inch-tall swimmer specialized in Butterfly, backstroke, freestyle, and individual medley strokes. Phelps made his Olympic debut during the 2000…

thoughts and life, and by the age of 14 her career goal was to win an Olympic medal (AIATIS, 2015). Consequently, at the age of 16, Freeman made history by being the first Aboriginal to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth games in Auckland (Creative Spirits, 2013). Freeman’s success was also recognised when she was named ‘Young Australian of the year’ in 1990 for her efforts by the National Australia Day Council [NADC] (2013). Furthermore, in 1992 despite not making the finals, Freeman became…

What is the Physical Price for Athletics? What all does it take to become a gold medal Olympic champion? In the summer Olympics of 1996, gymnast Kerri Strug learned the hard way. As Kerri landed from a vault she snapped her ankle, but did her coach Bela Karolyi have her seek medical attention then? As I searched for my article, five articles titled similar to “20 Badass Athletes Who Played Through Serious Injuries” appeared in just the first two search pages. These webpages set the example for…

Introduction In February of 2013 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted wrestling out of the Summer Olympics expected to start in 2020. In the Olympic Games in 708 B.C., wrestling made its debut, which makes it one of the founding sports of the Olympics. This information both saddened and infuriated many people involved within wrestling communities. In order to resolve the issue, many big name wrestlers of the past had come together to save the sport. Within a 7 month period the IOC…

because it could become awkward if anything was to go wrong. At the beginning we kept things very low-key but found we had a similar sense of humour and enjoyed the time we spent together. We spent a lot of time together during the summer of 2007/2008. I was renting an apartment in Elwood and Ben and I started spending a lot of time as a two instead of in a group setting. We slowly introduced each other to our family and friends from outside of school. Ben has always made me feel happy, safe and…

INTRODUCTION: This case involves an unknown suspect(s) taking the victim’s property from her residence by an unknown means of entry in violation of PC 459-Residential Burglary. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: This incident took place at the victim 's single family residence located at 550 MacDonald Street. The unknown suspect(s) took the victim 's property from the dresser in her master bedroom. The point of entry is unknown. LOSS: • A silver "XL Olympiade Berlin 1936" Olympic medal, worth…

Many of Brazil’s citizens were kicked out of their homes. The cost of Food rose and the standard of living plummeted. All the while the government and large corporations were making a killing in trade. In 2013 the announcement that Brazil would host not only the Confederations Cup and the World Cup, but also the Olympics in 2016, the people had had enough. According to the Guardian, “At least eighty cities held demonstrations with a turnout of over two million. Some protestors wore Guy Fawkes…