Investiture Controversy

After reading Mahoney’s Roman Sports and Spectacles, the excerpts from Seneca seemed to be the most relatable when it came to modern sports. Looking at Seneca’s Letter 7, section 1-5, there seems to be more of an idea that the circus or the arena has an affect on the mentality of the spectators. This could easily be related to modern sporting events. Seneca mentions that being at these events can alter the morals of an individual in attendance. On a magnitude of levels this is comparable to…

The Earth has much to offer. Diversity is bound to happen, making us human beings unique in every way. Rare is it to meet a person with duplicate interest. Both positive and negatives can result out of such activities. These actions have the capacity to steer one’s future, or corrupt a lifelong investment. I was introduced into entertainment gaming at a young age. As a result, my lifestyle was altered. Moderation was poor at the time, and I began to sway away from the physical world. This…

Davy Crockett This article highlights how a TV show in United States produced by Walt Disney Corporation, became assimilated within the National Rifle Association (NRA‟s) vision of a historic past concentrated on the gun. This amalgamation signified the relationship between gunplay and childhood in American culture. Through children’s TV, Davy Crockett came to be an iconic figure towards promotion of the American’s gun craze. According to Nilsen, possession of toy gun among children not only…

Stem cells have always been a “hot button issue” in America ever since 1998 when President Bill Clinton requested a National Advisory Commission to study the topic of stem cell research. Being that stem cells are a relatively new discovery and research has been heavily restricted, many people know little about them. Without prior background knowledge, it becomes easy for us to be manipulated in an argument. Logos is one of the trickiest forms of rhetoric used, because it employs reason and logic…

Life in the 1960’s If I could live in any decade, I would live in the 1960’s and it isn’t all about the afros. There’s so much more such as the hippies and the epic T.V. shows. During the 1960’s, there was the largest unfounded oil mine meaning that I could be the first one to drill there and make a profit. T.V. in the 1960 differs to modern television. In the 1960’s the shows were way more family friendly for you just to have a good laugh, those shows aired taught life lessons to children…

On the other hand my partner believes that video games should not be considered a sport because it does not meet the standard term of a sport, there based on luck, and also deem video game to be unhealthy. My partner states that video game does not have “physical exertion” qualifying it to be not a sport. However, sports like horse riding qualify as a sport even though the horse is doing all the physical work in the competition. Just as chess, video games should also be classified as mind sport…

The year 2008, my name Wesley C. Coffey, my video game of choice S.L.A.I (Steel Lancer Area International) a little known, highly underrated sequel to Phantom Crash and this was the night my life would change. Like most fourteen year olds' who could stay up as late as they pleased and didn’t have access to the wonders of the world wide web, I was channel surfing for, how do I put this without sounding obscene, ‘porn’ when I came across a show by the name of X-Play, which didn’t have any smut but…

A little girl is in her room playing a video game. The girl had broken her arm and had to go to physical therapy. The game she was playing was specifically designed for her to help get better. Doctors have been prescribing video games for physical therapy. I believe using video games as therapy is a very good decision because it can help people recover easily without as much pain as regular therapy. First off, video games as therapy is safe and effective for patients. While playing…

2. Influences of dystopian games In contemporary society and culture, video games are fully integrated into the everyday lives of young people all over the world (De Aguilera & Mendiz, 2003). According to the Game Market Report in 2016 (Newzoo, 2016), the global games markets reaches 99.6 billion dollars, which means that the market of video game is very large. People willing to consume them and this trend will keep rising in the future. In addition, through this significant data, we can found…

There are some beliefs from researchers that video games could not and do not cause an increase in the aggression in minors. Many studies show that it is impossible to find a conclusion of if video games affect teen aggression because nobody can do a proper study to find out (PBS). Researchers believe that it is actually almost impossible to figure out if video games cause violence in teens. To figure it out if video games do increase violence you would have to do a study on a numerous amount of…