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Launching of Everquest II , an ethical dilemma Introduction Scott Mc Daniel, the Vice President for Marketing for Sony online Entertainment was facing an ethical dilemma. Everquest II, an online role-playing game (RPG) was supposed to be launched recently as a sequel to the hugely popular Everquest I launched back in 2004. The game had a dynamic storyline which would change on a monthly basis depending on the actions of the players and the guests. The game is supposed to become a huge success…

Did you know that there's another high profile video game releasing today that isn't called Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Mad Max, an open world adventure set in the same universe as the iconic film franchise of the name, also hits store shelves. The game's demos and trailers did a good job of showing of the gorgeous post-apocalyptic setting and extensive car combat and customization features, but what about the overall package? The first reviews for Mad Max have begun to trickle in and…

Introduction Abortion is a highly controversial topic; people say that abortion should be illegal under all circumstances, some say only under certain circumstances, and others say it should be legal no matter what. Abortion should be legal under certain circumstances, yet banned under others. People should have the right to decide what they want to do with their body. However, with abortion, it is not your body. It is the life of someone else that is inside the female body. An argument is that…

When parents are divorced, most of the times, the child can choose whom he/she can live with. Jasira, the character of the book Towelhead, has divorced parents. At first, she lived with her mother in Syracuse, and then later, she is sent to live with her father in Houston, after her mother get jealous of her own daughter. Her life with her mother though is very different for Jasira than life with her father, but both of them have a different way to punish her, they didn’t help her when she got…

When looking for entertainment and food, what is the first place that comes to mind? On Pensacola Beach, it is Hooters. Hooters has been around since April 1st, 1986 and has seen many different kinds of people. Whether it may be customers, Hooters girls, cooks, or managers, these restaurants always seem to bring out the best in people. In June 2005, a man by the name of Markus Eddins was persuaded by a friend to apply to Hooters as a cook. They immediately hired him and he was then a cook for…

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a German Film Director who has worked on several short films before this movie. The Lives of Others is the first film that Donnersmarck had written, directed and won an oscar in 2006 for being the best foreign-language film. This film works in Germany, around 1984, while Germany was still split into 2 parts; East Germany and West Germany. The film depicts how the environment was like in Germany at this point of time and how one side is better than the other…

Biff had always loved and cared for him even when Willy felt otherwise; Linda learned that she was never able to live a happy life until Willy died; and Biff, who underwent the greatest epiphany, finally accepted the fact that he should have lived his life for…

knowledge applied to everyday life. As I gain more knowledge, my desire is to apply it to my life and the life of others. I have already gained wisdom from my experiences, and my future is bright as I seek to gain more knowledge to apply it to the lives of…

When an individual’s assumptions are challenged by significant discoveries, their lives are often transformed. This perspective is represented throughout Ernesto Che Guevara’s eclectic memoir, The Motorcycle Diaries, which details his arguably metamorphic journey through Latin America in the early 1950s and the diverse discoveries he makes, which are personal and political in their nature. Guevara’s varied and confronting encounters throughout his travels challenge his preconceived views of…

female artists of Rock and Roll, working to stomp this myth out: in the words of a fellow nasty women, Joan Jett, “Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up.” Jett, along with the other female artists in Rock and Roll, have dedicated their lives to pushing this genre, and our society forward; through their songs, performances, and voices, these women remind me that I am strong and powerful, despite what our society may try to convince…