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In our era, the electronic culture is becoming increasingly highlighted，we can easily find that all aspects of our lives are becoming more and more visible. That is to say, we are experiencing a new cultural era, which means things that could not see in the past can be seen today. The development of the Internet and the emergence of high definition TV set show the visual culture is everywhere. Visual culture uses different media to present the diversification of visual effects, stimulating…

What is storytelling? Storytelling is an interactive. It involves two-way interaction between the storyteller and audiences. Storytelling is always related to the way a story or narrative is presented. In addition, by storytelling, the teller can tightly connected to the audiences where the knowledge and information is being shared. Linear is something that is related to a straight line. It is characterized by line. In other word, linear is also a progressing from one stage to another in a…

cares for matters of state. She is incredibly proactive with those within her empire. She was elected to state and never asked to come into power. "Hmmm.... It is about time for me to return to my Monastery and continue my teachings. I 'll send an avatar; I still have work to do here." Moments later, she stands up from her chair and walks off; however, she is still seated in the chair at the same time. It is like she split in two, or another version of herself from another reality manifested…

Solution for Distracted Eating Expedition Play Bingzhe Li Michigan State University MI 831 Theories for Game and Interaction Game Design Based on Irem Gokce Yildirim’s Expedition Learning Final https://sites.google.com/site/iremmi8312016/my-tc831-assignments/expeditions/2-learning  Problem: Overweight and obesity are now considering as major healthy problems. In the United States, more than two out of every three adults are considered to be overweight. And about 1/3…

creepy short story. The “Red Death” is showing Edgar Allen Poe’s view on the Black Plague. This plague took over the fantasy country. It's incredibly fatal, horribly gruesome, and it's already killed off half the kingdom, one might say “Blood was its Avatar.” “Meanwhile, in a panic, healthy people did all they could to avoid the sick.” The story goes into detail how people would do whatever it may take to stay healthy, this quote is from a history article stating how people would act back when…

Herman Melville’s story, Moby Dick, written in 1851, explains how a man, Captain Ahab, risks everything he has so he can get revenge on a whale who caused him to lose his leg. Moby Dick was received, by a survey from other authors, to be one of the “100 best novels of all time”. The novel was also received, by readers, to be one of Melville’s worst Novels. Readers didn’t like the novel because some thought the writing style was too complex, some also thought that it was extremely slow reading.…

The Fellowship of the Game My inner life has always been filled with fantasy. My obsession with what could be; what might exist beyond the finite realm of perceived reality was first sparked when my father began reading Tolkien to me at bedtime. Many authors followed, and their visionary imaginations guided me to conceive of worlds beyond the scope of what was, to -what might be. Passive diversions, like reading books, and watching television allowed me to experience a reality…

social networking and communication sites, from MySpace and Facebook to Twitter” (Davidson, 55). These performances on social networking sites are often fabricated. Turkle states, “We perform on social networks and direct the performances of our avatars in virtual worlds. A premium on performance is the cornerstone of the robotic moment,” (Turkle, 460). Social networking websites give you the ability to act as someone you are not or a “better version of yourself”. This “premium…

Known as “Sri Vaishnavism”, this school of Hinduism is dedicated to the worship and praise of Vishnu. In this practice, Vishnu is considered once again the most powerful being and particularly considered to be the source of all avatars. (Adluri, pg. 280) Not only has the progression of the deity Vishnu supplemented Hinduism and the Sri Vaishnavism, but the progression of Vishnu has also affected the world of philosophy. A Hindu theologian named Ramanuja was the earliest Vedic philosophy…

activism. Slacktivist activities include signing Internet petitions, joining a community organization without contributing to the organization's efforts, copying and pasting of social network statuses or messages or altering one's personal data or avatar on social network services. In it Morozov relates slacktivism to the Colding-Jørgensen experiment: In 2009, a Danish psychologist named Anders Colding-Jørgensen created a fictitious Facebook group, as part of his research. Criticism of…