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the game called Spacewar. The grand prize of offered for the winner of that tournament was a year subscription to Rolling Stone. Because of that tournament, and how well it was received and after earning a much bigger following, the industry leader Atari held a tournament drawing in 10,000 players from across the United States. But, as mentioned before, multiplayer games were non-existent at this point, so what the tournament consisted of was you trying your best to beat the computer and earning…

Queer and the Spiritual Experience Regarding religiosity and spiritual experience, these two elements can indeed bring a person inside the LGBTQIA community into a better understanding of themselves and take the individual into a greater state of awareness and being “one” with society and the world; so stating that a spiritual experience can give any person greater awareness, or truth, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. In Satyal’s Blue Boy, we see how the protagonist Kiran…

How did this companies become so powerful, who created them. Great men who are known for their intelligence changed the world completely. Technology is everywhere some of the most popular applications are, Apple, Amazon, Atari, Netflix, Adobe. All these companies have brought many things. They have made a huge impact on us by all the better opportunities we have with their companies. New advanced ways of making people happy, much more easier methods for selling their products. Apple is one of…

Hard work and dedication In the TED talk video, “Danger of a single story” Adichie states “stories matter, many stories matter”. I also believe the stories matter; because your stories make up who you are. I also believe your stories can shape other people’s stories. When you are young your parents stories start to shape your story. The story of who I am began on March 27th 1971, I was born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene, Oregon to my parents; Roy and Virginia. I have only one sibling, my…

Virtual Reality Changing Technology In the 21st century, man has devised a new technological advance in technology. This has revolutionized the way people will look at the world for the better. Virtual Reality… The most technologically advanced product that man has been able to create. Developed originally in the 1960s, the world has been working towards this for tech for many years. With failure after failure, no one has been able to come up with a way for Virtual Reality to become a true…

Throughout the numerous decades in society the perception of coolness has constantly been changing. This is evident through how certain fashions trends, forms of media, and a plethora of many other things come and go. I believe certain world events, influential people, as well the emergence of new technology drastically affects one’s perception of what is cool and what is trending. We will start off in the 60’s where the emergence of hippie culture occurred. During the 1960’s The Cold War was…

Double consciousness encompasses more than just one group of people. The process of partitioning someone’s mind causes a huge strain on any individual. I believe that always focusing on one side causes them not to accept themselves as who they are. We see double consciousness in Asian American culture through “The Woman Warrior” and we see it in Dominican American culture through ‘Oscar Wao” Double consciousness is a term first coined by W.E.B DuBois in In “The Souls of Black Folk”. The term is…

Prior to contrary belief, Apple Inc. was not founded by one person, it was actually founded by two. Steve Jobs, one of the most iconic faces of Apple was the man who took all the “claim to fame” but he was only one piece to the puzzle. Before the name “Apple” was a thought, Jobs knew that he needed a right hand man, one who knew and understood computer better than anyone. That man was best friend, Steve Wozniak. Jobs met Woz at a technology convention in California’s Melono Park, known as the…

The Flawed Man and Identity in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Humans have always encountered the idea of the ‘flawed man’ because we see it in ourselves, and in the people around us. The flawed man is never finished and continuously pushes and strives to improve himself or compensate for faults. Diaz’s fascination with the ‘flawed man’ is apparent in all three of his major novels, Drown, This is How You Lose Her, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The majority of his characters…

November 2015 Is Video Games the Blame? Video games have been around since the 1940s, and it began with games that were interactive such as chess and tic tac toe. It wasn 't until the 1970s where games started to become more arcade-like with games from Atari like space invaders. Videos games back then had a different meaning, whether it is to spend time with friends, or maybe to reach a high score in a game, but when did the controversy of video games begin? When are video games to blame for…