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Immersion and Worldbuilding in Videogames
Immersion and Worldbuilding in Videogames Omeragić, Edin Master's thesis / Diplomski rad 2019 Degree Grantor / Ustanova koja je dodijelila akademski / stručni stupanj: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences / Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Filozofski fakultet Permanent link / Trajna poveznica: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:664766 Rights / Prava: In copyright Download date / Datum preuzimanja: 2021-10-01 Repository / Repozitorij: FFOS-repository - Repository of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek Sveučilište J.J. Strossmayera u Osijeku Filozofski fakultet Osijek Studij: Dvopredmetni sveučilišni diplomski studij engleskog jezika i književnosti – prevoditeljski smjer i hrvatskog jezika i književnosti – nastavnički smjer Edin Omeragić Uranjanje u virtualne svjetove i stvaranje svjetova u video igrama Diplomski rad Mentor: doc. dr. sc. Ljubica Matek Osijek, 2019. Sveučilište J.J. Strossmayera u Osijeku Filozofski fakultet Osijek Odsjek za engleski jezik i književnost Studij: Dvopredmetni sveučilišni diplomski studij engleskog jezika i književnosti – prevoditeljski smjer i hrvatskog jezika i književnosti – nastavnički smjer Edin Omeragić Uranjanje u virtualne svjetove i stvaranje svjetova u video igrama Diplomski rad Znanstveno područje: humanističke znanosti Znanstveno polje: filologija Znanstvena grana: anglistika Mentor: doc. dr. sc. Ljubica Matek Osijek, 2019. University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Study Programme: -
Block Universes and Strange Loop Phenomena In
STRANGE TIME: BLOCK UNIVERSES AND STRANGE LOOP PHENOMENA IN TWO NOVELS BY KURT VONNEGUT by Francis C. Altomare IV A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida August 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes to express his most sincere thanks to those instrumental in the completion of this thesis, especially Dr. Thomas Martin, Dr. Steven Blakemore, and Dr. Don Adams, all of whose comments and guidance were invaluable in its preparation. In addition, he would like to thank Dr. Nicholas Reboli, Dr. Douglas R. Hofstadter, and Dr. Thomas Goodmann for providing crucial inspiration for this project. The support of Joanne Weiner and the author's colleagues at Private Tutoring Services, Inc. is also greatly appreciated. Lastly, the author would like to thank his family for their unyielding support during the completion of this manuscript. iii ABSTRACT Author: Francis C. Altomare IV Title: Strange Time: Block Universes and Strange Loop Phenomena in Two Novels by Kurt Vonnegut Institution: Florida Atlantic University Thesis Advisor: Dr. Thomas L. Martin Degree: Master of Arts Year: 2010 Einsteinian relativity forever altered our understanding of the metaphysics of time. This study considers how this scientific theory affects the formulation of time in postmodern narratives as a necessary step toward understanding the relationship between empirical science and literary art. Two novels by Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan and Slaughterhouse-Five, exemplify this synthesis. Close readings of these texts reveal an underlying temporal scheme deeply informed by relativity. -
JUMP WISH-LIST Rules/Notes: Settings
JUMP WISH-LIST Rules/Notes: ● This list is solely for settings that don’t have jumps made yet. ● No jumps you want to see redone, I’m not going to go down this path. If there is any such setting mentioned on list, then as soon as it is pointed out to me, I’ll remove it. ● Settings already claimed will be either removed from list or have claim noted. I’ll accept info about claims only from the jump-maker who claimed it. ● I hope to maintain this list in such way that /tg/, SB and QQ communities can all check it out. If you don’t like something on it, just ignore it. After all, if jump is being made doesn’t mean you have to use it. Furthermore, we all have different tastes, be mindful of that. ● Fanfics will be listed separately. Some people like the idea of such jumps, some don’t. I might end up removing this section altogether just because it is so difficult to decide if certain fanfic would be acceptable for being turned into jump or not. ● Settings will be listed alphabetically within a genre, by their official name. Any other names will be included after that one. Please include genre and medium with any suggestions (e.g. KultHorror - Tabletop RPG; The Culture - Science Fiction - Novel) ● Rule of thumb – recommend settings that you would want to visit in order to interact with characters and storylines, not in order to get specific perks/powers/items. Settings: 0-9 ● 100, The (SF - TV Series) ● 300 (movies) ● 3x3 Eyes (manga) ● 7th Heaven (TV series) ● 9 (movie) ● 100 Bullets (vertigo) ● 11eyes (VN/anime) ● 2 Broke Girls (TV Series) -
Paradoxes of Time Travel
Paradoxes of Time Travel Paradoxes of Time Travel Ryan Wasserman 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Ryan Wasserman 2018 The moral rights of the author have been asserted First Edition published in 2018 Impression: 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943946 ISBN 978–0–19–879333–5 Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. -
1 Introduction: Contexts and Concepts of Time in the Mass Media a Man
Introduction: Contexts and Concepts of Time in the Mass Media A man steps into an ornate machine and is spirited away to adventure in the far future. In another world, an alarm clock rings and yesterday begins again. In a library, a man meets his future wife for the first time, but she has been visited by older versions of him since childhood. Time travel has been a popular trope in the mass media since its early days and in recent years these stories have becoming increasingly prominent in films (About Time [2013], X-Men: Days of Future Past [2014], Edge of Tomorrow [2014]), television series (Doctor Who [1963-1989, 1996 and 2005-present], Lost [2004-2010]), comics and graphic novels (The Return of Bruce Wayne [2010], Watchmen [1986]) and video games (Mortal Kombat [2011], Pac-Man: Adventures in Time [2000], The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask [2000]). For, the fact is, we are obsessed with the idea of time travel and the possibilities it offers us to venture into the past, to meet iconic figures and amend mistakes, or to travel to the future to discover our place in history. However, definitions of time travel as it appears in media texts are difficult to pin down. It has been thought of as a genre, a subgenre, a motif and a narrative device (and indeed the authors represented in this volume take contrasting approaches). It shifts between fantasy 1 and science fiction, magic and technology. Iconography and tropes are disparate and even the presence of a time machine is not always necessary. -
Philosophy of Time Travel (PHIL10125) Course Guide 2020/21
Philosophy of Time Travel (PHIL10125) Course Guide 2020/21 Course Organiser: Dr. Alasdair Richmond, [email protected] Dugald Stewart Building, room 6.11, 0131 650 3656 I hope to be offering office hours as well but they will obviously be contingent on how the re-opening of University proceeds in the wake of Covid-19. So look out for further announcements but chats via (e.g.) Skye or Teams will be possible regardless. Course Secretary: Ms. Ann Marie Cowe, [email protected] Undergraduate Teaching Office, Dugald Stewart Building, room G.06, 0131 650 3961 Department of Philosophy School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh Course Aims and Objectives This course will offer detailed seminars on key philosophical issues in the philosophy of time travel, largely with an analytical slant. Students should end this course conversant with a range of significant metaphysical (and other) issues surrounding time travel. No detailed logical, scientific or metaphysical expertise will be assumed, and the course is intended to be accessible to students with a wide range of philosophical interests and aptitudes. Intended Learning Outcomes To develop further the philosophical skills, and to extend and deepen the philosophical knowledge, acquired in previous philosophy courses. Transferable skills that students will acquire or hone in taking this course should include the following: written skills (through summative essays) oral communication skills (through lecturer-led and/or student-led seminar discussions) presentation skills (through giving and criticising student presentations) analytical skills (through exploring a carefully-chosen series of philosophical texts) ability to recognise and critically assess an argument. -
The General Relevance of the Modified Cosmological Model
The General Relevance of the Modified Cosmological Model Jonathan W. Tooker December 25, 2017 Contents I Introduction ......................................... 1 I.1 An Abstract Psychological Dimension . 1 I.2 The Dual Tangent Space . 6 I.3 Feynman, Functions, and Functionals . 14 II General Relevance with Emphasis on Gravitation . 24 II.1 Relevant Aspects of Classical Physics . 25 II.2 General Relativity . 40 II.3 An Entropic Application . 52 II.4 Complex Coordinates . 53 II.5 What is' ^? .......................................... 57 II.6 Twistors and Spinors . 61 II.7 Dyads and Quaternions . 73 II.8 Unification . 80 III Maximal Symmetry .................................... 89 III.1 The MCM Hypothesis . 89 III.2 Historical Context . 93 III.3 A Few Miscellanea . 98 III.4 Problems One and Two . 102 III.5 What is a Multiplex? . 105 III.6 Problems Three and Four . 106 III.7 Maximally Symmetric Spacetime . 110 III.8 Toward Geodesics . 118 III.9 Dark Energy and Expanding Space . 125 III.10 Advanced and Retarded Potentials . 126 IV Computation and Analysis in Quantum Cosmology . 130 IV.1 The Modified Cosmological Model . 131 IV.2 Tipler Sinusoids . 167 IV.3 MCM Quantum Mechanics . 173 IV.4 Conformalism and Infinity . 198 IV.5 Covering Spaces . 218 IV.6 The Double Slit Experiment . 228 IV.7 Fundamentals of Hypercomplex Analysis . 238 IV.8 Two Stringy Universes in the Information Current . 262 V Death to Detractors ...................................268 Appendices 269 A Synopsis of Historical Development 270 Bibliography 277 1 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. { Psalm 118:22 I Introduction In lieu of an abstract each chapter in this book will have a description of its contents. -
Time Machine for Sale - Trademe.Co.Nz - New Zealand Page 1 of 39
Time machine for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand Page 1 of 39 Home > Electronics & photography > Other electronics Time machine Reserve met | Closed: 6:40 pm, Sat 1 Oct 2005 Unfinished project. Started making a machine to facillitate time travel, unfortunately I just dont have the time to complete it. Have had mixed results, so no guarantees. Would suit DIY handyman with quantum physics background or similar intersest. No time wasters please ! Would consider swap for anti-gravity machine Please read the questions and answers for this auction below. Closes 6:40 pm, Sat 1 Oct 2005. This auction used auto-extend. Auction Number: 36725938 About the seller Payment / shipping mickd (82 ) Location: Hamilton, Waikato 100% positive feedback Shipping: Not stated Member since April 2002 Payment: Bank deposit Address Verified Jul 2006 Read our Safe Buying Advice Seller's other listings Read Seller's feedback Bid history Sorry, but the bid history is only viewable for 45 days after the auction has closed. Questions and answers Do you have the flux capacitor to go with this? I can't see it in the photo.. posted by: studio1 (417 ) 5:06 pm, Tue 27 Sep This model does not use a flux capacitor to reduce the time dilation effect. Are you sure you know what you are doing ? Does this run on mains? What's the reserve? What will postage be to Palmerston North? posted by: izzy_dude (90 ) 8:24 pm, Tue 27 Sep The machine can be self powered if you can find a source of Uranium 235. Alternatively it can run of mains power supply. -
“We Are Already There!”
“We Are Already There!” By Gil Carlson Blue Planet Project Book #32 (C) Copyright 2020 Gil Carlson ISBN 9781513660271 Contact us at: [email protected] See the rest of the Blue Planet Project Books: www.blue-planet-project.com/ The material in this book has not been submitted to or approved by any U.S. intelligence agency. If anything is discovered that is considered classified. by your agency, notify the publisher. 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECRET SPACE PROGRAM . .5 SPACE FORCE . .7 SECRET SPACE PROGRAM . .8 Powerful Group Controlling What We Know. .9 Stargate. .35 NASA. .10 Jump Rooms. .36 A Clue from President Reagan. .11 Time Travel - Teleportation. .36 Navy Space Program – Solar Warden. .12 Time Travel Cover-Up. .37 Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification. .15 The Phantom Time Hypothesis. .38 Inside Skinwalker Ranch. .16 More on the Chronovisor. .40 Interplanetary Corporate Conglomerate. .18 Global Galactic League of Nations. .42 German Breakaway Civilization. .22 Earth Alliance. .43 The Dark Fleet and the Dracos. .29 Military Industrial Complex Space Program.45 Draconian Federation Alliance. .30 Secret Space Program Alliance. .46 Project Moon Shadow. .31 The Anshar. .47 Project Pegasus. .32 MILAB. .49 20 & Back. .34 Project Mannequin. .49 BASES THAT SUPPORT SECRET SPACE PROGRAM.50 The American Base in Antarctica. .50 Tidbinbilla Tracking Station. .50 Joint Defense Facility Pine Gap. .52 Mind Control and Surveillance…52 Using Mind Control on Humans at Pine Gap. .52 Supercomputers Controlling Us and Our Reality. .53 The Thought Police. .54 Satellite Mind Control. .54 Echelon Program. .55 PRISM. .56 TEMPORA. .57 The Fourth Density. .57 ALTERNATE 3 . -
John Titor - I Am from 2036
John Titor - I am from 2036 Post to Post (http://bbs.artbell.com/index.php) - Time Travel (http://bbs.artbell.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=25) -- I am from 2036 (http://bbs.artbell.com/showthread.php?threadid=1203) Posted by John Titor on 01-27-2001 12:45 PM Greetings. I am a time traveler from the year 2036. I am on my way home after getting an IBM 5100 computer system from the year 1975. My "time" machine is a stationary mass, temporal displacement unit manufactured by General Electric. The unit is powered by two, top-spin, dual-positive singularities that produce a standard, off-set Tipler sinusoid. I will be happy to post pictures of the unit. Posted by Mike Klinge on 01-27-2001 03:01 PM Hi, As you are well aware of, I am sure, people can post anything here, whether or not it is true. What proof do you have that you have traveled through time? Rest assured that I want to believe you, but why should I believe? Thank you for indulging me. Posted by John Titor on 01-27-2001 09:15 PM I have been commuinicating online with others who are interested in time travel. Also, for more information: http://www.p3n.org/pn120100.shtml [Edited by Mary Rowland on 01-28-2001 at 03:04 PM] Posted by Kevin Spooner on 01-28-2001 03:23 AM Question Just an obviously curious note: If you were returning from the 1970's to 2036 (um that's 66 years).... and you are using a time-travel machine... -
Philosophy of Knowledge & Reality
PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE & REALITY WEEK 5 – DAY 1: TIME TRAVEL & FREE WILL REVIEW: EPISTEMOLOGY What is Kant’s “Copernican Revolution”? Mind structures perception of reality within it’s pre-existing ideas: Time Space THE HISTORY OF TIME: PRE-MODERN TIME 1. Change & The Cycles of Nature (making the world more predictable and ordered) WHAT IS TIME? MODERN TIME 2. Galileo & Newton’s Time (Pre-Einstein) • We had objects that existed in 3-dimensional space. • That moved forward in linear time. • So, motion described by independent entity: time. • Space and time were separate. The passage of time (i.e. 60 seconds) was constant, and had nothing to do with motion. WHAT IS TIME? MODERN TIME 3. Einstein’s Time But Einstein changed all of that… • Said time was another dimension, just like width, length, height. • Time no longer constant, but dependent upon motion through space (like all other dimensions). WHAT IS TIME? MODERN TIME 3. Einstein’s Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opgMv6fcYRM EINSTEIN’S TIME What are some strange implications of this? 1. Time travel possible? 2. … PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL (PARADOXES GALORE) Is Time Travel Philosophically Possible? Arguments Against Time Travel 1. Self-Contained Loops: (All You Zombies) PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL (PARADOXES GALORE) All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein DISCUSSION Summarize the short story “All You Zombies” and explain how it could be used to argue that time travel may not be possible. PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies Is this possible? You are your own mom …and dad …and grandfather …and grandmother ..and…and…and… He/she is his/her own family tree!! ARGUMENT AGAINST SELF-CONTAINED LOOPS • P1) If time travel is possible, then there could theoretically exist self-contained time loops. -
What Is Time?
WHAT IS TIME? 1. Change & The Cycles of Nature • Time NOT an independently existing entity. • Time dependent on motion in environment. 2. Galileo & Newton’s Time • Time becomes a constant, independently existing entity. • Motion dependent on time. 3. Einstein’s Time • Time no longer constant. • Time tied to the fabric of space, changes with motion. • So time is all “out there” just as all dimensions of space are “out there”. EINSTEIN’S TIME What are some strange implications of this? 1. Time travel possible? 2. … PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL (PARADOXES GALORE) Is time travel philosophically possible? • All You Zombies • Changing the Past Paradox • Grandfather Paradox • No Tourist Argument PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL (PARADOXES GALORE) All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies http://learnodo-newtonic.com/all-you-zombies-paradox-robert-heinlein PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All you Zombies • September 20, 1945, the Bartender drops off baby Jane at an orphanage. • April 3, 1963, Bartender drops off "unmarried mother" (UM) where he meets and dates the 17-year-old Jane. • After UM seduces Jane, to her looks like he disappears; actually retrieved by the Bartender, and taken to 1985. • Jane becomes pregnant, gives birth, is found to be a "true hermaphrodite “, and on waking she learns that she has been subjected (without her consent) to a sex change. PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL All You Zombies • On March 10, 1964, the Bartender steals the baby and takes it back in time to the orphanage.