BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT FROM THEN TILL NOW Gary Buckman GSP110 † Introduction to Game and Simulation Development Professor Getz 03/06/2009 WOW! No I’m not surprised. If you or your friends have ever said you were playing WoW then you know the game I’m talking about.. World of Warcraft . If you have heard of this game then you have probably heard of Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard Entertainment was founded in 1991 by 3 men Michael Morhaime‚ Allen Adham‚ and Frank Pierce. The company
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Blizzard Entertainment is a division of Activision Blizzard and develops and publishes their own software. They are headquartered in Irvine‚ CA and were originally founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse and were a third party developer prior to becoming its own label in 1994. They created software for MS-DOS‚ Mac‚ Sega Genesis‚ and the Super Nintendo. Some of Blizzard’s most well-known games from that time were “Rock ‘n Roll Racing‚” “The Lost Vikings” and “Blackthorne.” Nowadays‚ they are most recognized
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“The Murderous Blizzard” In the article‚ Death on the Prairies: The Murderous Blizzard of 1888 by David Laskin‚ which analyze the severe and tragic event that happened over the Northeast continent of American. In January 12‚ 1888‚ began as inconvenient warm morning across Nebraska‚ Kansas‚ Iowa‚ territory of Dakotas‚ and Minnesota. Prairie snowstorm of blizzard killed hundreds of recently immigrant that comes to west in search prosperous new life. The account of the blizzard of 1888 are amazed
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October 29‚ 2012 Hurricane Sandy a category 2 made landfall in New Jersey. Sandy had + 96 mph winds and a 6ft-8ft storm surge. Force winds extend 175 miles out from Sandy’s eye‚ making it much larger than most storms. Before the storm hit many of residence were without power due to sever winds and rain. Many people did not know how to prepare for such a storm in the North East states. Hurricane Sandy weakened to a post-tropical cyclone in the evening before it hit the southern coast of New Jersey
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ELA MCAS Practice The blizzards of 1888 were portrayed as brutal‚ heavy‚ and a surprise to the people living in the midwest in both the poem “A woman’s voice” and the article ¨Blizzard!¨. They both show different viewpoints‚ with the article taking an informative stance while the poem was more of a story. However‚ they both give similar descriptions of the storm. Using both sources can give a more accurate portrayal of the blizzards. One example of this is found both in the article and the poem
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The Schoolhouse Blizzard‚ also known as the Children’s Blizzard blasted the American Plains on January 12‚ 1888. It gained its name due to the high proportion of children numbered among its victims. This is considered one of the worst blizzards of all time. The U.S. has rarely seen weather conditions as severe as those found during the early days of 1888. In the regions of western Canada east of the mountain ranges of British Columbia and north of the 60th parallel‚ January weather is usually
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Hurricanes Hurricanes can cause damage that can last a life time. For example‚ Hurricane Katrina has affected hundreds of families till death with the loss of their loved ones. On the other hand when someone hears the word hurricane in Florida he or she immediately turns on the television or radio to see where the hurricane is going to go. This means to Floridians‚ here comes two weeks without power‚ gas‚ and most importantly air conditioning. In 2004 Florida was a magnet for hurricanes; this has
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What is a Hurricane? A hurricane is an intense‚ rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 119 km/hr (74 mph). It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms in mid-latitudes‚ typically about 500 km (311 miles) in diameter. At the ocean’s surface‚ the air spirals inward in a counterclockwise direction. This cyclonic circulation becomes weaker with height‚ eventually turning into clockwise (anticyclonic)
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A hero is defined as someone who overcomes adversity. The Movie “The Hurricane”‚ directed by Norman Jewison is based on a true story about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was wrongly imprisoned for murder but eventually becomes a hero. Hurricane’s heroism in the film is revealed through techniques such as camera direction‚ lighting and particularly the script. Rubin Carter was an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However
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Hurricanes A hurricane is a type of cyclone. A hurricane is an organized collection of thunderstorms that pumps in the air near the earth’s surface and exhaust it out to the top. Hurricanes are tropical storms that are formed in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes gather heat and energy through the contact with the warm ocean waters. The power of the hurricane can increase by the evaporation from the seawater. Hurricanes rotate
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