Review of Greitemeyer, Tobias. “Intense acts of violence during video game play make daily life aggression appear innocuous: A new mechanism why violent video games increase aggression.” Journal Of Experimental Social Psychology 50, (January 2014): 52-56. PsycINFO, EBSCOhost (accessed May 22, 2014). By James Blough The article written by Tobias Greitemeyer is on the effects of …
Review of: Graham, Lindsay T., and Samuel D. Gosling. “Personality Profiles Associated with Different Motivations for Playing World of Warcraft.” Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking 16, no. 3 (March 2013): 189-193. Business Source Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed May 21, 2014). LEEROY JENKINS! My father recently came to visit me at my college apartment. After we explained basic …
Puerto Rico is one of the top board games, and continues to amaze people with its brilliant mechanics. Puerto Rico is a well-run game that can be played in about an hour and handles up to five players. Players take on the Role of a Colonial Governor that Run their own island of San Juan. …
When I first attempted to play this game I was so confused about what I was playing that I didn’t even know that I won or even how I won. Even after multiple times playing it, I still feel like an absolute noob and wish I was better. I highly suggest that you go to …
Turn 1: Draw seven cards to start the duel. Decided I would go second. Drew one card to start my turn, placed two trap cards face down and played a monster card face up in attack position and ended my turn. Turn 2: Drew a card to start my turn; in between turns my monster …
I’m Spaded Spades: A Card Game Grant A. Bissell Overview Spades is an old card game that was introduced around the 1930′s as a trick based card game. There are different ways to play this game. The game is meant to be played as a team of 2 people against 2 others but you can …
Turn 1: Went to the village and bought a dwarf guardian with the amount of gold value the cards in my hand possessed. Turn 2: Went to the village again and bought a blacksmith card which gives me the option to get 2 extra gold or draw an extra card after purchasing a weapon from …
If you’ve played this game you understand the frustration that comes with it but also the joy you get from beating your opponents and creating decks. In this session I will be going over how to play the game, the duration of the typical game, the components of the game and the overall feel of …
In Forbidden Island the players are adventurers looking to find the 4 treasures on the lost Forbidden Island. Each player has a different profession, and so different special ability. The players start on different tiles. They must go around the board, and collect the 4 treasures on the island while trying to prevent the island …
Overview This game is best played with four players. Strategy is key to this game because you have to be able to collect all five resources in order to win. The game is played to 10 points with each settlement being worth 1 and each city worth 2. I enjoy playing this game and it …