Reading Report II “Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” This is the great philosophy of the Assassin’s Order in Ubisoft’s critically acclaimed video game series, Assassin’s Creed. It quickly amassed a large following due to its stunning visuals, advanced game engine, and controversial Da Vinci Code-esk narrative. Like many works of historical fiction, this narrative revolves around the revelation of a grand truth. In the game, an organization called Abstergo Industries discovers that any one human’s DNA carries the cognitive information of every person in that human’s ancestry. With this principle in mind, they develop a machine that they call, the Animus. With it, a person can relive the memories of an ancestor. The player experiences…
My review will be about the popular video game franchise called Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s Creed takes you back to the French Revolution, Revolutionary War, Piracy, Slavery, and attacks on Jerusalem and Italy. Many characters in this game were actually included in the time period you come to. I highly recommend you buying this game. Be warned though, it is not appropriate for kids ten and under. This game contains massive violence and harsh language. Make sure to have parent permission…
controlling the assassin to maintain the synchronization between Desmond and his ancestor's memories. Performing actions that go against the Assassin's way or dying breaks the synchronization, effectively requiring the player to restart at a previous checkpoint. Furthermore, the player cannot explore outside areas that the assassin has not experienced yet. There are…
The numerous captures of Stede Bonnet. As well the relationship between the Spanish and British. The common trend with the Animal crossing, spore, Bully and the McDonald game plus the virtual villager and assassin creeds games is that they utilize their rhetoric for the entertainment of the game. In a way m saying their subtle in their pedagogy, Sum are more direct for example “Where’s Carmen San Diego” demands players to learn geography for progression and Nintendo’s Brain Training series,…
We all wanted to be a Captain of our own ship sailing the Seven Seas, well now you can Me-Hearties!!! My brother was the one who told me about Assassin 's Creed Black Flag, I wasn 't sure about it because when I played the first Assassin 's Creed it wasn 't really my type of game and quite repetitive, also I prefer open world, 3rd person games. After seeing a few YouTube videos I decided to buy and give it a go. I have only just completed the game 100 percent after many years of owning the…
This essay will address the question, what is a Creed and why did the Church feel the need to produce them? To begin with the essay will define a Creed, later providing context as to why they were. Furthermore, the essay will explain and explore numerous avenues for the Church initiating the creation of Creeds, issues, Church identity, theology, evangelism, ecclesiology, and politics. A Creed has been described as an expression that elaborates on essential Biblical truths, with an attempt to…
The west resurrected Tertullian’s view in the debate in that Christ was two natures in one person. This reasoning balanced and helped a compromise to be reached between the East and its notions but the controversy was still not over. The Nicene Creed which took place prior in the Trinitarian Controversy was still an issue. Apollinaris of Laodicea who was a strong supporter of the the Nicene Creed believed he could help the situation. He formulated a doctrine which stated that Christ had no…
The Nicene Creed and truth about the Trinity Christ’s apostles lived in the era when the teaching of the Gospel was very accuracy, however as the last apostles passed on, the teaching became much distorted from the truth. This misrepresentation of the Gospel or the Biblical truth spread though out and became indeed popular. The Pagans step in to increase membership in the churches with ritual and custom that used the study of the Bible as the foundation for the numerous creeds and sects.…
around the trinity and religious devotion surrounding the monastics. One of the most reoccurring issues in Christianity was distinguishing whether Jesus was truly God and whether he had both a human or divine nature. The recurring issue would, later be identified as the Trinity. The controversy concerning the Trinity was first referenced in 325A.D., at the first ecumenical council of Nicaea. The council of Nicaea set out to assemble a universal Christian doctrine, which resulted in the Nicene…
The Council of Nicea was a group of bishops convened to Bithynia by the Roman emperor Constantine I in Ad 325. This was the first effort to attain a consensus in the church through an assembly representing through all of the Christian kingdom. Its main accomplishments was the settlement of the Christian issue and their nature of the Son of God and his connection to the God the Father and the construction of the Creed of Nicaea. The Construction of the first council resulted in the first…