DOCSLIB.ORG

The Tusker Tribune the Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Tusker Tribune the Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School The Tusker Tribune The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Issue Number 12 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Fall 2018 Inclusive Schools Week: The Jingle Ball What’s It All About? By Alexander Susca Tusker Tribune Staff By Kaeleigh Picco I’ve been waiting for this for Tusker Tribune Staff three years! Every year, I ask to This past week, December 3rd through get tickets, but I can’t because December 7th, was Inclusive Schools week, pro- they’re sold out. moted by the No Place for Hate Club and Stu- This year, they were sold out too, dent Council. but somehow, we got tickets after they sold You may have seen the signs around the halls, out. The Jingle Ball is at Madison Square advertising this event, but did you understand why the Garden (and other places in different school was doing it? states) During Inclusive Schools Week, we are remind- Hosted by ed as a school district to accept all students and peers Z100 radio sta- as a part of the Somers community, no matter one’s re- tion, Jingle Ball ligion, nationality, or learning ability. features artists On Monday, December 3rd, the school was en- like Shawn Men- couraged to wear red for school spirit. Also on Monday, dez, Camila Ca- Student Council representatives appeared at all three bello, The lunch periods. They walked around, asking kids what Chainsmok- they think makes them “YOU-Nique”. Students re- ers, Cardi B, sponded with a variety of answers, from favorite color Calvin Harris to what sport they played. and more. Today, December 7th, we are asked to wear out- If you fits to show what makes us “YOU-Nique”. Personally, I can’t be there, love musicals and shows, and I think that makes me you can watch it on December 7th, on the unique. CW at 7PM. I’m really excited and I can’t Recognizing uniqueness helps us understand wait to go there. It’s going to be really fun what makes our peers special, and no matter how dif- and I think anyone could enjoy it. It hap- ferent you may feel, you will always be a part of the pens every year, so if you can’t make it this SMS community. year, it happens every year. Eid al-Adha Observed by Muslims By Allison O’Connor The day starts with Tusker Tribune Staff prayers, and then you visit Eid is a Muslim family and friends and ex- festival. Mainly Eid al- change gifts and food. After Fitr or Eid al-Adha. that you wait until 8 p.m. to This religious holiday, eat, then you go to bed and called Eid, is the first and only start all over again. day in the month of Shawwal, The holiday is also during Muslims are not permit- known as the Feast of Sacri- ted to fast. This year, it was cele- fice or the Month of Fasting. brated from Tuesday, August 21 Eid al-Adha commemorates to Wednesday, August 22. when God appeared to Abra- The holiday celebrates ham. (Which is known as Ib- the conclusion of 29 or 30 days of dawn to sunset rahim to Muslims). The festival depends on the fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. sighting of the new moon. The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Why Surviv.io should stay BANNED from SMS By Michael Aiello eo games (but that is getting off topic). Tusker Tribune Staff Video games can affect the brain’s functions Surviv.io is a game that goes into and the behavior by “the regions of the brain that the category of Battle Royale (meaning play a role in attention are more efficient in gam- multiple people fight each other or in ers compared with non-gamers, and they require teams to get 1st place). less activation to stay focused on demanding As you probably tasks.” -Medical News To- know, Fortnite and day. Sure, it does make it PUBG also go into the efficient, but it can also Battle Royale category. make the brain become Did you know that addictive to the video there is a pacifist type games! Battle Royale and a Going onto that, violent Battle Royale? some people are so addic- Surviv.io goes into the tive to Surviv.io that peo- violent category only ple are playing it in class because of the guns and whenever they can! I and the gore (very lit- have spotted people play- tle gore but there is ing it at the library when blood). they are supposed to do The game could also affect the brain and work. let’s not forget kids play Surviv.io during class! The peers have their own rules to this Surviv.io should stay banned for eternity at scheme, so they do not get caught. 1. Have work SMS. Some classic games that have gore are Tomb out so it makes it seem that I am doing work. 2. I Raider, Halo, Call of Duty, etc. Gore is blood that need an excuse, so I do not look bad. 3. When a has been shed, especially as a result of violence. teacher comes by, I need to switch to my work tab. Surviv.io has violence including guns, punching, This step-by-step process is common around the throwing axes at each other, knives, and grenades. school at SMS. When a player is at 20 HP (Rough estimate) the Surviv.io is an addictive, gun based game player begins to bleed and crawl to safety. If the that has gore, that peers and people play to have guns are not enough to add into a game, let’s add fun. It might look friendly because of the cartoon some blood for a 12-year-old to play! style but next time you see it come up, try it and Sure, Surviv.io has blood and guns, but af- you might see how bad it is. It is not that I'm salty ter all, it is just a game. What if people’s brains get about losing most of the time, it just that Surviv.io affected? That is true! There are many positive is a game that is just rated for teens and instead and negative effects such as: boosting memory, be- we have 12-year-olds playing a battle royale game! havior change, function changes, etc. Video games Did you know that the first Battle Royale game do boost memory so people who are old can use vid- was Musical Chairs? The Tusker Tribune Commentary: Cellphones and Vaping in School By Seth Cheung room and you see at Tusker Tribune Staff least one or two kids Once upon a time... oh wait this is- on their phones talk- n't a fantasy story; it’s real life. ing to each other. In Every day, I walk around the school my opinion I think wondering, why it is so important for there should be more someone to be carrying a phone around in their security around the pocket. They think that teachers won't know about bathrooms to not just it but it's hard when after catch students using their phone but also vaping. class, they brag to everyone And yes, vaping, a harmful substance that kids that they have their phone. have gotten their hands on, does occur. It's been clear that we aren't It's become a problem in our local middle supposed to have our phones and high school. So think about it—do you really on us, but everyone disobeys want this to be happening or should someone stop that rule. Walk into a bath- it? The Tusker Tribune Page 3 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Bizarre World Records By Joseph Melillo diary. Every day, he Tusker Tribune Staff spends 4 hours holed up in Can you believe his office, blasting music this? A man named Da- and types. How many vid Alexander set the words? I don’t know, World Record for the most T- around 35 MILLION. He shirts worn at once. He weighs did this from 1972 to 1996. 210 pounds shirtless, and he Then, he was sadly disa- tipped the scale at 285 pounds, bled by a stroke. with 121 T-shirts! Sweet Tooth? Pas- Too much time on his try Chef Alain Roby got his hands? A man named Les World Record fame by cre- Stewart from ating the World’s Tallest Australia set Chocolate Skyscraper. 20 feet and 8 inches of the World pure dark and white choco- Record for typing all numbers, late. It is located in a toy from 1-1,000,000 in word form. shop in Manhattan. It is Yes, you read that right, in made up of 1,000 kg of choc- words. He was a typing in- olate. That’s a lot of choco- structor on a police force, but late! This “sweet” Sky- then he got sick and had to be scraper took Alain Roby removed from the force. After over 30 hours to complete, seven manual typewriters, and it was modeled after 1000 ink ribbons, 19,890 pages, 16 years and 7 none other than the Empire months later, he had himself a World Record. He State Building. said his secret was to type 20 minutes on the This concludes Most hour, every single hour. Bizarre World Records. Bi- Again, too much time on his hands? Rob- zarre, right? These people seem to have a lot of ert Shields of Dayton, Washington, for 20 years of time on their hands.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Unconscious Constellations Scores Superior Chhs
    THE LIGHTNING BOLT CHHS EARNS BLUE RIBBON DESIGNATION UNCONSCIOUS CONSTELLATIONS SCORES SUPERIOR SPORTS ATHLETES SHARE THOUGHTS ON SEASON, FUTURE VOLUME 33 iSSUE 2 CHANCELLOR HIGH SCHOOL 6300 HARRISON ROAD, FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22407 1 November 2020 FIGHTING FOG DURING FIRE DRILL Did you know? George Washington on August 27th, 1776, used heavy fog to safely retreat from the Brit- ish during the Battle of Long Island. This pre- vented heavy casualties during a crucial point of the American War for Independence. There has been a lot of fog this fall, and October 23rd was no exception as our Chargers performed their fire drill at 8:00am. INSPIRING THOUGHTS FROM OUR FUR BABIES MASKS ARE Life Can get a NOT... DO: little Ruff... Cover Eye Masks your Hats nose and mouth fully! take some time to put Snout Holders your paws up and relax Ear Warmers STAY SAFE! Front and back cover pictures by TLB Staff Reporter Hailey Patten. Above pictures created by Kaitlyn Bestick. November 2020 2 ON GRATITUDE IN CURRENT TIMES By Cara Hadden are apathetic to the plights of at the very least, the opportu- Therefore, it might behoove Features Editor Many countries have a Word others unless a similar event nity to see each new sunrise is the downtrodden naysayers in of the Year, or a word that has happened to them. And a blessing worthy of immense this holiday season to change supposedly defines the so- yet, this kind of attitude is far gratitude. the Phrase of the Year from ciopolitical climate within from what most reasonable In summation, everyone who “Why me?” to “Thank you.” that country during that year.
    [Show full text]
  • The Evolving Heroine in Nintendo Adventure Games
    The Princess and the Platformer: The Evolving Heroine in Nintendo Adventure Games Katharine Phelps Humanities 497W December 15, 2007 Just remember that my being a woman doesn't make me any less important! --Faris Final Fantasy V 1 The Princess and the Platformer: The Evolving Heroine in Nintendo Adventure Games Female characters, even as a token love interest, have been a mainstay in adventure games ever since Nintendo became a household name. One of the oldest and most famous is the princess of the Super Mario games, whose only role is to be kidnapped and rescued again and again, ad infinitum. Such a character is hardly emblematic of feminism and female empowerment. Yet much has changed in video games since the early 1980s, when Mario was born. Have female characters, too, changed fundamentally? How much has feminism and changing ideas of women in Japan and the US impacted their portrayal in console games? To address these questions, I will discuss three popular female characters in Nintendo adventure game series. By examining the changes in portrayal of these characters through time and new incarnations, I hope to find a kind of evolution of treatment of women and their gender roles. With such a small sample of games, this study cannot be considered definitive of adventure gaming as a whole. But by selecting several long-lasting, iconic female figures, it becomes possible to show a pertinent and specific example of how some of the ideas of women in this medium have changed over time. A premise of this paper is the idea that focusing on characters that are all created within one company can show a clearer line of evolution in the portrayal of the characters, as each heroine had her starting point in the same basic place—within Nintendo.
    [Show full text]
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee) X25 - Battlefield Ver
    BATTLEFIELD X04 - Battlefield T02 - Menu (Super Smash Bros. Melee) X25 - Battlefield Ver. 2 W21 - Battlefield (Melee) W23 - Multi-Man Melee 1 (Melee) FINAL DESTINATION X05 - Final Destination T01 - Credits (Super Smash Bros.) T03 - Multi Man Melee 2 (Melee) W25 - Final Destination (Melee) W31 - Giga Bowser (Melee) DELFINO'S SECRET A13 - Delfino's Secret A07 - Title / Ending (Super Mario World) A08 - Main Theme (New Super Mario Bros.) A14 - Ricco Harbor A15 - Main Theme (Super Mario 64) Luigi's Mansion A09 - Luigi's Mansion Theme A06 - Castle / Boss Fortress (Super Mario World / SMB3) A05 - Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) Q10 - Tetris: Type A Q11 - Tetris: Type B Metal Cavern 1-1 A01 - Metal Mario (Super Smash Bros.) A16 - Ground Theme 2 (Super Mario Bros.) A10 - Metal Cavern by MG3 1-2 A02 - Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) A03 - Underwater Theme (Super Mario Bros.) A04 - Underground Theme (Super Mario Land) Bowser's Castle A20 - Bowser's Castle Ver. M A21 - Luigi Circuit A22 - Waluigi Pinball A23 - Rainbow Road R05 - Mario Tennis/Mario Golf R14 - Excite Truck Q09 - Title (3D Hot Rally) RUMBLE FALLS B01 - Jungle Level Ver.2 B08 - Jungle Level B05 - King K. Rool / Ship Deck 2 B06 - Bramble Blast B07 - Battle for Storm Hill B10 - DK Jungle 1 Theme (Barrel Blast) B02 - The Map Page / Bonus Level Hyrule Castle (N64) C02 - Main Theme (The Legend of Zelda) C09 - Ocarina of Time Medley C01 - Title (The Legend of Zelda) C04 - The Dark World C05 - Hidden Mountain & Forest C08 - Hyrule Field Theme C17 - Main Theme (Twilight Princess) C18 - Hyrule Castle (Super Smash Bros.) C19 - Midna's Lament PIRATE SHIP C15 - Dragon Roost Island C16 - The Great Sea C07 - Tal Tal Heights C10 - Song of Storms C13 - Gerudo Valley C11 - Molgera Battle C12 - Village of the Blue Maiden C14 - Termina Field NORFAIR D01 - Main Theme (Metroid) D03 - Ending (Metroid) D02 - Norfair D05 - Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior R12 - Battle Scene / Final Boss (Golden Sun) R07 - Marionation Gear FRIGATE ORPHEON D04 - Vs.
    [Show full text]
  • Best Wishes to All of Dewey's Fifth Graders!
    tiger times The Voice of Dewey Elementary School • Evanston, IL • Spring 2020 Best Wishes to all of Dewey’s Fifth Graders! Guess Who!? Who are these 5th Grade Tiger Times Contributors? Answers at the bottom of this page! A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R Tiger Times is published by the Third, Fourth and Fifth grade students at Dewey Elementary School in Evanston, IL. Tiger Times is funded by participation fees and the Reading and Writing Partnership of the Dewey PTA. Emily Rauh Emily R. / Levine Ryan Q. Judah Timms Timms Judah P. / Schlack Nathan O. / Wright Jonah N. / Edwards Charlie M. / Zhu Albert L. / Green Gregory K. / Simpson Tommy J. / Duarte Chaya I. / Solar Phinny H. Murillo Chiara G. / Johnson Talula F. / Mitchell Brendan E. / Levine Jojo D. / Colledge Max C. / Hunt Henry B. / Coates Eve A. KEY: ANSWER KEY: ANSWER In the News Our World............................................page 2 Creative Corner ..................................page 8 Sports .................................................page 4 Fun Pages ...........................................page 9 Science & Technology .........................page 6 our world Dewey’s first black history month celebration was held in February. Our former principal, Dr. Khelgatti joined our current Principal, Ms. Sokolowski, our students and other artists in poetry slams, drumming, dancing and enjoying delicious soul food. Spring 2020 • page 2 our world Why Potatoes are the Most Awesome Thing on the Planet By Sadie Skeaff So you know what the most awesome thing on the planet is, right????? Good, so you know that it is a potato. And I will tell you why the most awesome thing in the world is a potato, and you will listen.
    [Show full text]
  • Gaming Insurrection Reflects on the Series That Introduced Samus Aran to the World ALL ABOUT METROID
    Gaming Insurrection reflects on the series that introduced Samus Aran to the world ALL ABOUT METROID Who is Samus Aran? …......... 3 Series symbolism …............... 5 Editor’s take …......................... 6 Did you know? …..................... 6 Metroid resources …............ 6 BY LYNDSEY HICKS hen Metroid hit the exploration. With Metroid, I learned to ap- start and complete. Its present and future scene in 1986, there preciate the advances made in technology. rely on that fact, as well. With a long- W weren’t many like Metroid was the catalyst for exploring my hinted-at sequel to Metroid Fusion on hiatus, Samus Aran and the roots and learning where I came from as a now is the time to look at Samus, where eponymous jellyfish-like gamer. she’s been and where she can go and de- creatures. No game had Metroid as a series isn’t just some series. cide if she should go there. Now is the time a lead female protagonist Rather, it’s a look at space and what hap- to reflect on all that Samus has achieved as who could convey such pens when someone is forced to survive on a character and as a property and decide wonder and exploration as their own with virtually no help. Actually, her place in annals of gaming history. Now Samus did in the series’ opening it’s a lot like the move Alien. That being is the time to give Samus the credit she is game. With Samus’ introduction, the gam- said, the starkness of Metroid’s landscape due as a forerunner to the modern gaming ing world finally realized that women were provides an interesting case study in char- woman.
    [Show full text]
  • The Making of Star Fox Welcome to My First Newshounds Article of 2019
    The Making Of Star Fox Welcome to my first Newshounds article of 2019-2020! It’s that time once again of a new school year, which means a whole new batch of articles to publish! There’s a bunch of great articles that I’ve planned for this year, so before we dive into this article, let’s recap which articles I published last year! We started off the previous year with a Q&A about myself, where students could give me questions to answer! Let’s say there were some interesting ones in there! Christmas was approaching at a rapid pace and before the big day arrived, we delved into the history of Apple’s iPhone and we realised how far technology has come since the late 2000’s. After that, we entered the construction site to delve into the deepest blueprints of Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s latest rollercoaster ICON! Finally, we all came as one to choose which article to be published next. We ended up taking look at the history of Sonic The Hedgehog at Alton Towers, which covered over a quarter of a century to produce! Anyways enough rambling on, let’s get the ball rolling! Nowadays, gaming has come an extremely long way since its inception, but back in the ‘90’s we were restricted in technology compared to what we have today. However, today we are going to look at singlehandedly THE game that brought the world of 3D to home consoles. Welcome to the making of… WARNING: There may some terms that may be hard to understand.
    [Show full text]
  • Fortnite I Wake up Every Day Wondering If “There’S Going to Be a Surprise Addition That Day, Something People Don’T Know About Yet
    Fortnite I wake up every day wondering if “there’s going to be a surprise addition that day, something people don’t know about yet. I’ve never felt that in a game before, never truly believed that “anything” could happen on an ongoing basis. Fortnite feels alive in a way that few other games do. —Patricia Hernandez for Kotaku If You Build It, They Will Come . There’s a lot to keep up with as a parent these days. As soon as you’ve become aware of the most recent internet trend, another one is sweeping youth culture and commanding their attention. One of the most recent of these fads is the online video game Fortnite: Battle Royale. Fortnite has a minimum of 45 million players and more than 3 million concurrent players. Popular among both kids and adults, the game earned $223 million in March and $296 million in April. If it continues to pull in that kind of money, it will surpass Call of Duty in annual revenue. The game’s creators have successfully targeted women as part of their audience: Almost half of Fortnite players are female. During the month of April, people streamed 128 million hours of Fortnite on Twitch, the primary online platform for watching people play video games (see our “Parent’s Guide to Twitch. tv” for more info). With around 7.7 million subscribers, the most popular Fortnite streamer on Twitch by far is Tyler Blevins, aka “Ninja,” who set a record in March for the most-viewed Twitch stream (over 600,000 viewers) when rapper Drake played the game with him, then broke that record in April with 667,000 views while playing Fortnite at an esports event.
    [Show full text]
  • The Nintendo 64: Nintendo’S Adult Platform? the Dichotomy of Nintendo And
    THE NINTENDO 64: NINTENDO’S ADULT PLATFORM? THE DICHOTOMY OF NINTENDO AND CHILDREN’S VIDEO GAMES by Nicholas AshmorE, BA, TrEnt UnivErsity, 2016 A Major ResEarch ProjEct prEsEnted to RyErson UnivErsity in partial fulfillmEnt of thE rEquirEmEnts for thE dEgrEE of Master of Arts in thE English MA Program in LiteraturEs of ModErnity Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2017 ©Nicholas AshmorE 2017 1 Contents Author’s DEclaration 2 Introduction 3 Toys, Or ElEctronics?: A BriEf History of Nintendo and ChildrEn’s EntertainmEnt 6 LEssons From Childhood StudiEs and Youth: ThE Adult Hand, Child PlayEr, and NostalgiA 11 Nintendo’s GamEs: ThE PowEr of ExclusivE SoftwarE 15 PhasE OnE: Launch, Super Mario 64, and ChildrEn’s VidEo GamEs 17 PhasE Two: 1998 and thE First Turning Point 22 PhasE ThrEE: ThE Dichotomy of MaturE GamEs: 2000 Onward 26 Conclusion 30 Works Cited 31 Video GAmEs Cited 33 Appendix 34 2 AUTHOR'S DECLARATION FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF A MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this MRP. This is a true copy of the MRP, including any required final revisions. I authorize Ryerson University to lend this MRP to other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I further authorize Ryerson University to reproduce this MRP by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. I understand that my MRP may be made electronically available to the public. 3 Introduction WhEn thE Nintendo 64 was rElEasEd in 1996, TIME Magazine gavE it thE distinction of “MachinE of thE YEar,” arguing that Nintendo had rEvitalized thE somEwhat stagnant vidEo gamE consolE markEt of thE 1990s, which had offErEd littlE morE than incrEmEntal hardwarE upgradEs and mostly unsuccEssful add-on dEvicEs.
    [Show full text]
  • How to Draw and Color Ness from Earthbound
    Stephanie Lam ENGL 2116-021 Set of Instructions 3 Aug 2017 Ness is the silent protagonist from an RPG-game called Earthbound, How to Draw and Color Ness released by Nintendo in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment from Earthbound System. He lives in Onett alongside his mother and sister. One day, a futuristic warrior arrives in a meteorite that crashed in Ness’ hometown. The warrior, named Buzz-Buzz, tells Ness about a doomed future and that Ness is one of the Chosen Four who could save the world. Ness sets out on a journey across Eagleland to find the rest of the Chosen Four and put a stop to the evil encroaching his homeland. Throughout the game, the player mostly controls Ness, though in some parts he or she controls one of the other Chosen Four. Ness uses bats or yoyos to fight, and wields pychokinetic powers called PSI. He and his friends fight wacky enemies they encounter in the overworld, such as the New Age Retro Hippie or the Ramblin’ Evil Mushroom, in a turn-based party battle system. The game is mostly known for its offbeat humor and heartwarming moments. Although Earthbound sold well in Japan, it did poorly in the United States because of a horrible ad campaign. Its commercial failure in the states caused the game to fall into obscurity. Physical copies of the game sell for over a hundred US dollars and complete sets can even go in the thousands range. The game has developed a cult following which hopes for Nintendo to someday turn its attention to the series.
    [Show full text]
  • Dreamcast Fighting
    MKII TOURNAMENT ANIMAL CROSSING We continue our Mortal Kombat II CHRONICLES throwdown with the second round of analysis, video and more. Join us as we walk through the days with Samus as she lives her life in the town of Tokyo. PAGE 20 PAGE 37 YEAR 04, NO. 14 Second Quarter 2011 WWW.GAMINGINSURRECTION.COM DREAMCAST FIGHTING GAMES GI SPOTLIGHTS SEGA’S FALLEN VERSUS COMBAT MACHINE contents Columns Features Usual Suspects The Cry of War…....….......….3 Dreamcast fighting games …….4-15 Ready, set, begin ……... 16-19 From the Dungeon…...........3 Mortal Kombat II tournament ..20-24 Retrograde ….………….. 25-28 Beat.Trip.Game. .. .. .. .3 The Strip …....…….…..….29-31 Strip Talk ……………...........29 Online this quarter ….……..32 Otaku ………..…….............30 Retro Game Corner …...34-36 Torture of the Quarter …...36 Animal Crossing Chronicles …………………….….....…37-39 staff this issue Lyndsey Mosley Lyndsey Mosley, an avid video gamer and editor–in-chief journalist, is editor-in-chief of Gaming Insurrection. Mosley wears quite a few hats in the production process of GI: Copy editor, writer, designer, Web designer and photographer. In her spare time, she can be found blogging and watch- ing a few TV shows such as Mad Men, The Guild and Sim- ply Ming. Lyndsey is a copy editor and page designer in the newspaper industry and resides in North Carolina. Editor’s note: As we went to press this quarter, tragedy struck in Japan. Please con- sider donating to the Red Cross to help earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Thank you from all of the Gaming Insurrection staff. CONTACTCONTACTCONTACT:CONTACT: [email protected] Jamie Mosley is GI’s associate Jamie Mosley GAMING editor.
    [Show full text]
  • Super Mario 64 Was Proclaimed by Many As "The Greatest Video Game
    The People Behind Mario: When Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL), hired a young art student as an apprentice in 1980, he had no idea that he was changing video games forever. That young apprentice was none other than the highly revered Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario. Miyamoto provided the inspiration for each Mario game Nintendo produces, as he still does today, with the trite exception of the unrelated “Mario-based” games produced by other companies. Just between the years 1985 and 1991, Miyamoto produced eight Mario games that went on to collectively sell 70 million copies. By record industry standards, Miyamoto had gone 70 times platinum in a brief six years. When the Nintendo chairman Gunpei Yokoi was assigned to oversee Miyamoto when he was first hired, Yokoi complained that “he knows nothing about video games” (Game Over 106). It turned out that the young apprentice knew more about video games than Yokoi, or anyone else in the world, ever could. Miyamoto’s Nintendo group, “R&D4,” had the assignment to come up with “the most imaginative video games ever” (Game Over 49), and they did just that. No one disagrees when they hear that "Shigeru is to video gaming what John Lennon is to Music!" (www.nintendoland.com) As soon as Miyamoto and Mario entered the scene, America, Japan, and the rest of the world had become totally engrossed in “Mario Mania.” Before delving deeply into the character that made Nintendo a success, we must first take a look at Nintendo, and its leader, Hiroshi Yamauchi.
    [Show full text]
  • Emergent Behavior in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds by Christopher Aguilar, B.A. a Thesis in Mass Communications Submitted to T
    Emergent Behavior in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds by Christopher Aguilar, B.A. A Thesis In Mass Communications Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS Approved Bobby Schweizer, Ph.D. Chair of Committee Glenn Cummins, Ph.D. Megan Condis, Ph.D. Mark Sheridan Dean of the Graduate School August, 2019 Copyright 2019, Christopher Aguilar Texas Tech University, Christopher Aguilar, August 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I just want to thank everyone that has been an inspiration for me on this journey to get me to this point of my academic success. To Dr. John Velez, who taught the gaming classes during my undergraduate that got me interested in video game research. For helping me choose which game I wanted to write about and giving me ideas of what kinds of research is possible to write. To Dr. Bobby Schweizer, for taking up the reigns for helping me in my thesis and guiding me through this year to reach this pedestal of where I am today with my work. For giving me inspirational reads such as T.L Taylor, ethnography, helping me with my critical thinking and asking questions about research questions I had not even considered. Without your encouragement and setting expectations for me to reach and to exceed, I would not have pushed myself to make each revision even better than the last. I am grateful to Texas Tech’s teachers for caring for their student’s success. My journey in my master’s program has been full of challenges but I am grateful for the opportunity I had.
    [Show full text]