The Elder Scrolls

The images of yokai that were displayed on the scrolls usually modeled the yokai as unattractive and hideous. This was to reflect the ugliness of their existence. Yokai were an unpleasant existence and were usually the harbinger of disaster. To see or interact with a yokai, would mean it was too late…

as a French-Canadian Child in working-class Lowell, Massachusetts in 1922. His parents, Leo-Alcide Kerouac and Gabrielle-Ange Levesque were natives of the provincial of Quebec in Canada. At an early age, he was profoundly marked by the death of his elder brother Gerard, that moved him to write the book Visions of Gerard. Kerouac’s athletic talent led him to become star on his local football team and this achievement earned him scholarships to Boston College and Columbia University in New York.…

Discursive Essay – Video games, Beneficial to education? Video games, played by millions around the world and often thought of as time consuming and holding only negative effects on young minds. This topic is widely argued and questioned by parents and younger people alike. During this essay, this topic will be discussed and argued from both sides, for and against. To begin, when young minds play video games, emotional and intellectual skills are actually developed. These skills are gained…

Warren discusses the similar homogeneity of indie gaming and briefly shows clips of racism in gaming – including the “Elder Scrolls” series, a fantasy role-playing game that depicts Sub-Saharan Africans as stronger but less intelligent than other groups, and the controversial homeless black woman from “Deus Ex: Human…

You are surrounded by a horde of pixelated demons ready to destroy you and make you lose all your hard earned gold, when suddenly your friend from the warrior’s guild comes into the screen plunging a sword into the abdomens of those demons. Many of you know this doesn’t happen in reality, but some of you may not know that scenes like this are being played out this very instant, between millions of kids and adults worldwide. In a world where technology is making ungodly leaps and bounds beyond…

previous Buddhist monks utilized calligraphy to spread Buddhist themes. The earliest printed material, printed between 704 and 751, is a Buddhist charm scroll. Charms, scriptures and literature of the Buddhist faith were produced by monasteries, which were spread throughout China’s many villages and ethnic tribes. This led to the first printed scroll reaching Korea. Beginning with scholars who admired the scripture and artwork, Buddhism had captured the interest of Chinese officials. Buddhist…

chances of discovering extraterrestrial life? These questions have been pondered by philosophers, scientists, scholars, and humanitarians alike throughout the existence of the human species. In the past, ideas thoughts and knowledge was stored in scrolls, books, hieroglyphics, stone carvings, and held in massive libraries of the wealthy. Since then we have significantly advanced and developed sophisticated ways of storing and accessing information. Nowadays archives of information are accessed…

Throughout the Old Testament, there are prophecies concerning the Identity of the coming messiah. The combination of all these conditions established how the people would recognize the King, but it also made it so only one could ever fit the role perfectly. One of the conditions the coming messiah had to fit was that he had to be from the tribe of Judah. Genesis 49 prophecies the coming messiah’s tribal relation by saying “The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from…

Xbox 360 VS Computer There are many advantages and disadvantages to choosing an Xbox 360 or a computer as your game system from the two gaming franchise giants. Both share many of the same goals as the other, yet they take different paths in providing entertainment for their targeted players, and for this reason, there is the constant debate over which is the better system to play games on. Each counsels attract vast crowds of people, and it is estimated that over half a billion people across…

Video games are a very popular form of entertainment in our society. Nearly everyone has been exposed, or has played a video game at least once in their life. Video games are everywhere today. Most if not all kids today play some form of video game. Why have video games become such a popular outlet, what makes a video game popular, and how has the popularity of video games affected our culture? Video games have become very popular in the last few decades. Their mainstream popularity began…