Wonky Physics, Nasty Levels Ruin Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is an epic fail. They have brought back 2D and it has terrible graphics. The bad part about the game is that you can only see 3 inches infront of you. The game is pretty much made so that people can just run straight through the levels with the occasional jump to reach the finish. In order to run you have to have a lot of room to catch speed because Sonic runs like he is stuck in mud, which makes it hard to beat Bosses because of their fast attacks.

Bowling for Columbine Argument

Argument:  Is it too easy to get a gun in the U.S.A, it is resulting in homicides and violence


Topic Sentence: The evening news is showing that guns and violence are scaring citizens

Example: In Michael Moore's movie, Americans lock their doors at night while Canadians don't because Americans watch more crimes on the news.



Topic Sentence: The second amendment allows Americans to legally carry a loaded weapon

Example: If everyone has a loaded gun with them, who is actually safe?



Topic Sentence: The stores sells guns and ammunition to anyone who asks for it

Example: When Michael Moore walked into K-Mart to buy ammunition, they let him.

Help! My Smartphone Is Making Me Dumb — or Maybe Not

People are getting hooked on social media, researchers are still trying to figure out if multitasking is good or bad, it may be good because we can do more things at once but it also distracts us from doing a proper job. Although cell phones and the Internet are distracting it is said that infants are much worse because they need more attention. People who text and drive are putting a lot of people in danger and themselves, studies have shown that texting and driving is more dangerous than calling and driving but 98% of people admit that they still do it because they "have to".

Bowling For Columbine

Michael Moore's thesis is that guns are making people very violent and the U.S doesn't see a problem with it.

To support his argument he shows footage of a shoot-up in a school where innocent people were killed. He also interviews a Sargent who is standing in front of a bunch of missiles. He is trying to show people how anyone can get a gun in the U.S and it has no hunting purposes. He also interviews people who were involved in the bombing or shoot-up. The U.S citizens blamed everyone but themselves, famous singers, government, and more. 

Fact- In the U.S there is a law that gives citizens the right to own and carry a firearm but in Canada they don't let us.

Pac Man

Screengrab: Pushing Arcade Games to the Limit

Any player who reaches level 255 on the arcade classic game Pac Man, the game will glitch out. When it tries to load level 256 the game will go on over load and the fruits, ghosts, cheats and numbers will pop up on one half of the screen. It is still possible to beat with a perfect score but it is very hard.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/pl_killscreens/

Terminology

Conglomerate- A combination of two or more corporations that are involved in entirely different businesses  together in the same building. (Viacom owns MTV, Dreamworks, Shockwave, BET, CMT, Comedy Central and more)


Demographic- The characteristic of a human population used by government, marketing or opinion research.



Early Adopter- A person who is given company products to start a new trend, they are know as trendsetters.



Coolhunting- Is a daily update on the new fashions and trends.


The Paradox Of Coolhunting- It kills what is finds, when people start wearing the new fashion people come up with an even newer fashion to keep up.


Synergy- Two or more agents working together to produce a result that is not used by any other agents.


Horizontal Integration- Describes a type of ownership or control. It is used by big businesses to sell the same product in numerous markets.


Ancillary Markets- Companies who sell their products to a lot of markets to get more profit.


The Feedback Loop- When companies do research to figure out the next trend.

Relationship Between McDonalds and Disney

McDonalds and Disney
-Both very successful
-Both created fictional characters to attract kids
-Both greedy for money
-Both advertised things that the audience/customers would like
-Both Born in Illinois
-And they both have something to do with Sprite, MTV and Viacom