The Better Half

As humans mature throughout life, they slowly acquire knowledge and experience. Just like humans, video games provide the same effect as gaining experiences through living, but in a far advanced world. In addition these precious moments are ones that cannot or is difficult to replicate in real life. The chances of being the coach of the New England Patriots are one in a billion, but with the help of video games, anyone can coach an all-star team. A common misconception of video games is its…

The poem “The Thought-Fox” is written by Ted Hughes’ in 1957. The poem exists out of descriptive and figurative language; this language is used to emphasize the intrinsic and complex relationship between a poet and the poet literary creations. The poem is a six-stanza poem that is all quatrains, with one or two full end rhymes. The poet carefully used different punctuation and enjambment to the rhythms of the fox as it moves onto the page come through. The poem deals with 6 stanzas and 4…

For as long as I can remember I have always loved video games and wanted to be a part of their creation. They have helped me get through some tough areas of my life and I surely would like to contribute to the happiness that they spread among people. As I scanned across the many jobs available in the video game industry, I specifically found one job description that seemed to capture my skillset perfectly. Today I will be investigating the job of ‘Video Game Producer’, researching the daily…

The video game industry is an industry that strives in producing creative, and fun games for people of all ages. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, whether it be jumping on mushroom monsters, or beating the life out of demons from the Underworld, there’s a good chance one of these companies has made a game out of it. But as the already vast game library grows, many parents are left pondering what games their children should play, and if simulated violence is healthy for the growing minds of their…

Method In this LAB we measured how long it would take for varying starting amounts of M&M’s to decay. We did this LAB in order to find out if the rate of decay is dependent upon the initial amount of mass present in a radioactive sample. We changed the starting number of M&Ms or the initial “mass” of the M&Ms (our independent variable) in order to be able to come with a clear answer to the question. We also controlled the number of times we would shake the cup in order to not change the way we…

Emily Dickinson wrote over 1774 poems in her lifetime and is regarded as one of the most influential American poets of all time. Her unusual writing style and unconventional use of punctuation and rhythm in her poems was unique and unparalleled during her time. One of her most famous short poems about the concept of death was I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -. Various elements throughout this poem are carefully integrated together in an effort to build its theme: Death is an ordinary and…

Video Games Video games. You know, the games you like to play on your phone, or on your tablet. Those little games that you find almost no enjoyment playing, but just because you have to wait for the bus for another five minutes you open it up. Wither it is “Angry Birds” or “Trump Dump”, you have most likely played a video game. There are a million topics in the world to write about, but I have chosen to talk about video games. Why? Because I believe that in-between presidential debates and…

The Challenges and Rewards of Modern Composition When one considers the word “musician”, the first image that often comes to mind is a performer on stage playing popular, rock, or classical music. However, what many do not realize is that there is a large range of mediums through which one can present music. Some of these methods include writing music to accompany a visual or interactive component such as television or video games. Despite the number of opportunities for original music, the art…

Being in a standpoint of having to decide while if you should deceive or not could be a very complex situation. Especially when you want to protect a loved one from getting hurt. But the thing is should covering the truth with dishonesty and lies be the best decision to protect that special person? Should deceiving be more important than your integrity and values? Is lying even the best solution or is their never a well justified reason of lying? At times you feel that their is no more options…

• Introduction As a year 10 students, I was asked to do a Personal Project which consisted of choosing a subject, preferably that we had a certain interest in, to assure that all would be satisfied of the work accomplished during the month of the personal project. As the project is something that you have to like and have an interest in, the choice was very difficult to make because it would be something that you would work a lot on. During the vacation before school started again, I had several…