Thursday, April 24, 2014

Technology and the Environment

Technology and the Environment is used in every aspect of the game. To start, Technology is the running drive for the video game. By upgrading technologies in the tree, you can advance your civilization further. The further your civilization, the more advantages the player will have. I have seen games where I've achieved two eras before the person advanced one era. This is all based around technology. Click here to see the image in full detail. Technologies...

Saturday, April 19, 2014

YouTube Problems and Future Episodes

As some of you guys (for those that are out there?) know, I'm uploading my video gameplay to YouTube and posting it to this blog. Well, YouTube has recently become more of a problem as the end of 2013. YouTube is sending out more copyright notices to YouTube content creators (even beginners like me). These copyright notices are flagged when their automated system determines that the file uploaded may contain music or footage claimed under a...

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Artistic Endeavors

Zhong Zeduan (1085-1145) Spring Festival Along the River What do you think about when you read the word 'Art'? Do you think paintings, statues, or expression? Here is the definition of art: art /ärt/ the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. For me, it is not easy to define...

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Society and Its Categories

Society and Its Categories is not easily defined into Eras, compared to the other themes. Rather, I think it is more important to list the types of categories people can be associated with. These categories include the following: Kinship Familial Gender Age Class Political Religion Race Throughout history, people categorize other humans for the sake of organization. I think it is human nature, across the globe, to put people into categories. Most...