Laws of the Game

What once was a mere burning match, weak and fragile, has grown into a magnificent wildfire, capable of engulfing the entire planet itself in its flames. Passion. For anything imaginable, those with it can shine far brighter than any other. I’ve always envied those with something they could cling to and call their passion, never having it myself. After years of searching, it appeared. It had been by me all my life. Yet, only some time ago did I reach out to it, lighting a flame of passion inside…

I begin by saying that my name Ashdiel Marchand Tosses and I am 18 years old. I was born in San Juan Puerto Rico in 1997 / April / 9. During my childhood I lived in Trujillo Alto, but now I live in Bayamon Puerto Rico with my mother and one of my brothers, and I am the youngest of my brothers. I study nursing at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico in the grounds of Cupey. I graduated from 12th grade in Maria Teresa Piñeiro (MTP) high school located in Sabana Seca. I work in a laboratory…

My Last Soccer Game It was the morning of my last soccer game of the season. I still haven't made my first goal yet so I was determined to that day. As I got out of my car walked through the grass to get to my team and start stretching to prepare for our last game, the smell of wet grass hit me in the face. My soccer cleats began to get wet and sink into the wet muddy grass as I walked. " Hey! Good morning Navarro" My coach John said. He called me by my last name instead of my first…

Video games first appeared in october 1958, Called pong. This was made by a physicist William Higinbotham (Alan). But the first ever video game console was ready for the public in 1972 called the odyssey, This system was made by U.S. electronics company Magnavox (“Violent Video Games: Should the Government Pass Laws Restricting Children's Access to Violent Video Games?”). The Odyssey was never made to make children become violent but, it's this is what began the current controversy today. The…

of the games that developers release contain violence and sexual themes which raises the question, “Should kids really be playing this?” How is the government regulating the content in video games? The government is trying to put laws in place that regulates the content in video games and who is allowed to purchase them. States such as California have tried to put these laws into action but they failed to pass (Vescera). The biggest win for the video game industry in preventing these laws came…

Kids and Violent Video Games,” uses the main idea that video game violence should be allowed under the First Amendment. Within the article the use of censorship is impractical when attempting to regulate the children’s access to games because the parents should be able to select what they believe is appropriate. There is also a system of violence/profanity ranking already intact to allow parents to decide what game is adequate for their child’s age and maturity. Video game violence should be…

Are fantasy sports games legal? Fantasy sports games can be a superb way to pass your time. These extended sports games can really test your mettle, as well as provide you with hours of entertainment, and occasionally, a jackpot-sized win. But are they really legal? As always, there are a lot of ins and outs in this department. The only way to really know if your chosen fantasy sports game is legal or not, is to do a little homework about the type of game it is. This article should help you…

The Hunger Games vs Fahrenheit 451 Fisher, Mark said, “The hunger games was published in 2008, at the very moment that the financial artists was pitching the world into panic and conclusions. Fisher, Mark said, “The hunger games is aimed at the young adult market and as such it can be seen as the successor of the harry potter and twilight series.” Fisher, Mark said, “The hunger is irreducibly political in a busy that the harry potter and the twilight films could never be.” It says in the…

when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that placed restrictions on the sale and rental of certain video games. This bill, known as Assembly Bill 1179, restricted individuals under the age of 18 from purchasing or renting video games that contained violence in the forms of “killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being”. This law also required that all video games “distributed in California. . . shall be labeled with a solid white…

takeaway of this game. My majors are both Political Science and Business, so this game heavily revolved around the issues presented in each of these disciplines. The political system of Manchester during that time was greatly that of an aristocracy, and still somewhat of a monarchy. It’s not hard to guess how this political system worked. The nobility set laws for everyone except themselves. This system was functional in England until the French…