RuneScape

story to tell and I love sharing my experiences with people I just met. I make things a big deal. Right now, I’m currently interested in Old School RuneScape Official Plaver-vs-Player (PvP) Clan Wars and I am spending an unhealthy amount of time leveling my character, Alytea, just so I can play competitively. The game, RuneScape, is a fantasy-themed Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) released in 2001 by Jagex. This game took me away from friends and family and I often chose to play RuneScape rather than spend time outside of my room. Feel free to add me! I’m lonely because my friends in real life ain’t down. But it’s all right; I am down to play any MMORPG with you. Now that you got a snippet of my online gaming life, here’s how I want my mom to see me so she can show me off in the most humble…

Many people often mistakenly assume that any lives we lead in online games have no effect on our real lives. In “In Real Life,” Doctorow uses Anda’s friendship with Raymond to prove that life online is not fake, but rather our lives mediated through a piece of technology. Doctorow humanizes Raymond to Anda when she first meets him by having him save her and then having them have a conversation. Even though Anda had killed all of the other gold farmers, Raymond was eager to help her when she was…

pattern was the amount of time that I play Runescape. A lot of my spare time is taken up by that game, probably because its my favourite game to play. Another thing I noticed was how my technology usage on a weekend where I go home was lowered quite a bit because I had lots of other priorities to keep me busy and occupied. The data showed that I was a little bit homesick because of how much I played Farming Simulator. Up until I went home, I was playing the game for long hours but after I got…

Should stealing in video games be punishable in real life? In his essay, “Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?,” author Alex Weiss responds with his opinion on a case where a teenager is convicted of stealing two virtual items while playing the massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game, Runescape. In other words, the two items that were stolen did not really exist. I never really cared about this type of stuff, but I definitely agree with Weiss’s perspective. This ruling does…

one of the coldest winters and going in the water was impossible. So, I had to find something to do and going to the library was the salvation of my boredom. This was where I met 3 boys around my age on the library’s computers and they were playing an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). These 3 boys were playing an MMORPG called Runescape (Thinking back, they didn’t know how to play the game decently). I made friends with them quickly and they were kind enough to give me…

"Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing" -author Alex Weiss argues against the decision of the Dutch Supreme Court to rule in favor of a 13-year-old victim of virtual theft. Playing virtual reality games requires investing time and occasionally money to achieve a goal. With the loss of a shield and amulet, it was enough for the boy to seek legal action. When taking into account the time the 13-year-old spent to get the items, the court's decision to rule in his favor was not…

player is presented. Additionally, Minecraft blends math into the gameplay due to how the player is expected to manage his or her resources, which tests the player’s ability to manage the limited material (The Positive and Negative Effects of Video Games 1). Games, like Minecraft, show that while playing games, players improve their academic skills, while having fun. There are other games that integrate learning in a different way. Games, such as Runescape, unites communication and problem…

“It’s complicated” by danah boyd is the exploration of social media by researching issues associated with it and the use of it that is relevant today. She presents ideas such as sexual predators, equality, identity etc. By presenting these ideas she doesn’t necessarily agree with them but she present arguments to have a conversation on why these issues are associated with social media. She achieves this by interview people in different parts of the U.S. She also conducts some of her interviews…

“Run it down mid.” It probably sounds like complete nonsense to an outsider, but it makes complete sense to the true League of Legends player. The discourse community of League of Legends is defined to be an exhilarating experience with a structure of rules implemented to make entertainment polite yet fresh. The recent interview of Runescape 2007 along with observations of the discourse community prove to follow Swales’ six characteristics. Whether the League of Legends is toxic or alluring, it…

My first cousin mason and me have always had a strong friendship even though we love to mess and argue with the other. We use to always play your average 2nd-grade games, tag, hide and seek, and shooting the other with some nerf gun. But nothing brought us together like video games. In fifth grade, I started playing the popular game Runescape. He was in third grade at the time, but I showed it to him anyway. And the race began we tried to literally beat the other person. So we have always been…