Specifically movement of the corrugator supercilii muscle region. While this movement can be imperceptible to the human eye, Facial EMG can detect subtle changes in electrical potential in this region is activated by unpleasant, disgusting, and/or violent imagery. Pleasant imagery inhibits corrugator supercilii activity… Participants who played violent videogames would demonstrate reduced HR reactivity (beats per minute) to aggressive images compared to participants who played nonviolent games.” The experiment involved 136 college students, 62 female students and 74 male students, who then were evenly split into two groups. The first group was the nonviolent videogame group. This group played the free world, third person game of Super Mario Galaxy 2. The second group of students were placed into the violent videogame group. This group played the free world, third person game Mad World Wii. These games were chosen because the button layouts, game play were similar. After playing, each groups respective game for 20 minutes, the students were presented with three pleasant images, three neutral images, and three aggressive pictures, all while being monitored by EMG and HR devices. After this a self-diagnose questionnaire given to each of the students to complete. Questions on the questionnaire asked on a scale of 1 to 10 describing levels of frustration, stress, enjoyability and excitement. The results of the study were not what most would expect to find. There were…
Anita Sarkeesian, feminist media critic, blogger, and public speaker, was once sent into hiding by a death threat because of her views on women in video games. She created videos called Tropes vs. Women. In her videos, she explains how women are portrayed in video games. She says in one of her videos that most damsel in distress based games follow the Subject-Object Dichotomy. Saying that the subject, or main character that is usually a male, must find the object, or the girl. A great example of…
mouse squad). Mouse squad was created in the 2013-2014 school year; it was created by Mrs. Hayes to help students and teachers with technical difficulties. Mouse squad brings together students with technical expertise and allows them to learn more for any interest in the technical field, it is active during empower hour and during this time, they speak to those who are having computer problems and together, they help resolve them (Phillips). The club is integrated with video games, so when club…
Jovan Lucas-Chamberlain is my full name, but most people call me Jay-voe. Not sure where the nickname originated, but I love it. Before I get into the meat and potatoes, lets dive into my past. In 2010, I attended Georgia Southern University with my best friend. No one made us go to class nor clean our rooms. Eventually, we developed a routine. Our routine was to skip class, get high or drunk, and last but most importantly, get laid. Honestly, I do not think I attended one class my entire tenure…
or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable junk. This in turn led to gun-shy retailers and consumers.” (Cunningham). Everybody thought the home console gaming industry was long gone, but then the savior of the gaming industry arrived, the NES. When Nintendo released the NES in America they didn’t try to sell it as a console, they tried to sell it as a toy. So they made a super bundle which came with not just the…
Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch, commonly shorthanded to Smash Switch, (スーパースマッシュブラザーズアルティメット, Great Fray Smash Brothers ∞) is the 5th (6th if you count Super Smash Bros For Wii U) installment in the Super Smash Brothers series. Released for the Nintendo Switch, this game was developed with the goal of being the most expansive Smash Bros. game in years, celebrating Nintendo's, Super Smash Bros.', and gaming as a whole. Sora Ltd. and Namco Bandai both are credited as developers for the…
Top 4 secrets behind Nintendo Games: Learn about Mario Kart and Pokemon Nintendo is the greatest video game company of all-time. That should be considered a fact, and not an opinion. Some of their most famous games, like Pokemon and Mario Kart, have some unknown secrets, though. If you are curious on what they are, then stop wondering and continue reading. SECRET 1: MARIO KART 64 Many still consider Mario Kart 64 as the greatest Mario Kart game of all time. However, did you know about the…
Nic does not change throughout the novel. Discuss The character Nicasylus does change significantly throughout the novel Pankration. In the beginning of the story Nic was a spoilt boy but as Nic forges friendships with people of all kinds, his attitude to others and to his life changed drastically. He meets slaves and slave-masters, the poor and the rich. As he sees both sides of the spectrum, he realises how hard life can be and slowly changes his attitude towards others as well as his…
Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube is a unique styled fighting game that was originally made to be a fun and casual party game to be played with your friends. For the people that have played this game but are also not aware of the massive competitive community for this game see it just as that, a casual game played for fun with friends. After you discover the in depth community that is behind this game from 2001 you realize a couple of things; This game is way more than what…
Commander and later released as Wing Commander I and Super Wing Commander. On the later years, he also developed games like Starlancer, Star citizen. He has also produced several movies like Wing Commander, basing on the same game he developed. The Punisher, The Jacket, Outlander, are some other movies he produced. Overall, he was able to balance two different work lives, one working as a game developer and the other working as a movie producer. Currently, he is working on the most awaited game…