![]() A common focus of fitness inspiration content is on exercising for appearance reasons, which has been associated with more negative body image. Content analyses also demonstrate that fitspiration content depicts themes related to restrictive eating and exercise practices. In order to achieve this athletic-ideal body, individuals may be required to practice greater dietary restriction and engage in high intensity exercise regimes. Researchers have posited that while the shift from a focus on thinness to fitness may outwardly seem positive, the healthy looking ideal is still underpinned by aesthetic perfection. For example, fitspiration content contains objectifying images that depict an idealised thin-athletic female body type and hypermuscular male body type. ĭespite an ostensible focus on healthy lifestyle behaviours, content analyses have revealed that fitspiration content commonly portrays several harmful themes. To illustrate its popularity, a search (October 9, 2017) of ‘#fitspo’ on Instagram returned over 48 million posts. ‘Hashtags (#)’ accompanying content enable it to be followed by other social media users. Fitspiration content is generated and shared on major social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr with ‘friends’, ‘followers’, or the general public. Some social media users who follow the fitspiration trend also engage in discussions that shape an online ‘fitness culture’ including expressing views around a ‘healthy’ appearance and ‘correct’ dieting and exercise behaviours. ‘Fitness inspiration’, often abbreviated to ‘fitspiration’ or ‘fitspo’, is a popular health trend on social media where individuals post or view images, quotes and advice about fitness and nutrition. Increasingly, people look to social media to connect with each other, create expressions of self-identity, and seek information about health. ![]() ![]() Future research is needed to determine the individual and content-related factors associated with negative and positive fitspiration experiences. Content posted by relatable individuals or qualified experts was perceived as most trustworthy. However, participants also reported that fitspiration content could negatively influence their wellbeing and perception of healthy goals. Many participants reported benefits of fitspiration content including increased social support and access to health information. The influence on their health beliefs and behaviours was explained through four key themes: 1) Setting the ‘healthy ideal’, 2) Failure to achieve the ‘ideal’, 3) Being part of a community, and 4) Access to reliable health information. Participants described both positive and negative influences of engaging with fitspiration content. Overall, 17.7% of participants were classified as high risk for an eating disorder, 17.4% reported very high levels of psychological distress, and 10.3% were at risk of addictive exercise behaviours. Participants ( N = 180, 151 female, median age 23.0 years (IQR 19.0, 28.5)) most commonly accessed content posted by personal trainers and athletes (59.4%), posts tagged with the ‘fitspiration’ hashtag (53.9%) and posted by ‘everyday’ people (53.3%). Responses to open-ended questions were analysed for key themes using an iterative process of open, axial and thematic coding. A descriptive statistical analysis was conducted for quantitative data. Participants also answered a series of open-ended questions about their experiences with fitspiration. Participants’ psychological distress was measured using the Kessler 10 Psychological Distress Scale (K10) disordered eating behaviours using the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and compulsive exercise behaviours using the Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI). ![]() Participants who access fitspiration content were recruited via social media to complete a cross-sectional online survey. This study aimed to 1) describe the types of fitspiration content that users access and how they engage with content, 2) investigate the disordered eating and exercise behaviours and psychological distress of individuals who access fitspiration, and 3) understand the perceived influence of fitspiration on health and wellbeing. Fitspiration is a popular social media trend containing images, quotes and advice related to exercise and healthy eating.
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![]() That's the part that's missing in those smaller games that would otherwise help them them reach higher audience and media praise.When the original Metroid was released on the NES in 1987, it was a revelation. ![]() Where those games are lacking tho is the voice acting and mo-cap, since there's no budget and resources for that, the moment a dialogue/cut-scene starts you can immediately tell it's an indie game because there's just plain text, often without any lip-sync even. But luckily for people like me who are not into them, the AA/indie market has indeed skyrocket in the past year or two, Unreal Engine and Unity have reached a level where a tiny studio or even a single individual can deliver a stunning looking games, that match even the biggest studios. We're still far from any game having a proper simulation for itself so that the world's actually alive rather than just a small bunch of obvious scripted routines.ĭefine "we" - the current AAA model exists because there's a huge audience for that kind of games, many people here (including myself) might not like the yearly GaaS releases of the same old formulas, but there's a huuuge crowd for those games, that why the companies are pumping so much money into them (hence the "AAA" tag, duh). So from what I'm seeing we need AAA more than ever. Hell, even the "Chosen One" aka Star Citizen recently announced they had to get bent and experience dry friction because they can't make their networking systems work as they had envisioned so now it's gonna be just another MMO. So while I enjoyed it a lot I also enjoy AAA open-world games a lot too, and wish they'd work on them even more, hell even the poster child for worksploitation & insane staff #s + work hrs, RDR 2, in the end is a very limited experience wrt how much you can interact with the world, the consequences of actions in the world (or lack thereof), etc. Plus overall demands & expectations for games are always only increasing. It was a very well done game but what people misunderstand is that as soon as you add more complexity then work requirements skyrocket in a non-linear manner, and each new element/system makes the job of creating the game many times more difficult. A Plague Tale, The Medium, Psychonauts 2, Kena Bridge of Spirits and The Ascent - there aren't many better looking or more enjoyable games out there. It's like the barrier to making incredible-looking games is coming down, and it's giving us a lot of stuff to enjoy while AAA studios are increasingly focused on live service dreck and open-world sludge. It's pretty awesome that in the last year or so, most of the best-looking games I've played have been from smaller or indie studios. I've never been a huge fan of top-down shooters, but I'll make an exception in this case. And it has cool effects, explosions and destructible environments as well. If this were a turn-based rpg or something it would be close to one of my ideal games, but as a shooter its pretty fun too once you start to upgrade stuff, and you can start sending enemies splattering. ![]() I also love how dense and intricate and unashamedly cyberpunky the game's story is as well, just full of wild ideas and crazy concepts. And the raytracing on PC just takes it over the top. It's like they took inspiration from all of the best French, Japanese, British and American cyberpunk art of the last 40 years and put it all in one game. The art design and level of detail is godlike. Why is there a 'renew' option in my Library Account if books renew automatically? You will need to allow the automatic renewal process to control the due date, and hope that no other student requests an item you have.Unfortunately the Library cannot manually change the date on your items.I need my books for a guaranteed length of time, can the Library extend the due date by weeks or months? If your books have stopped renewing and you don't know why, please contact the Library as soon as possible. Please see the FAQ 'Why hasn't my Library book renewed?' to read more about why the automatic renewal process can fail. If your course has ended then this will not be possible, so please contact the Library if you still have books on loan.If you are a current student, you can view the items you have on loan and their due dates in your My Account within the Library Catalogue.Please note the Library uses your University outlook email address (which is not the same as the inbox in Canvas).The Library will email you to let you know. ![]() How will I know if my book(s) have stopped renewing? In this way, you will always have one week in which to return a book to the Library if we tell you we need it back.This will happen every night for up to a year from when you first borrowed it, unless something stops the process.If not recalled on the 6th February - due date changes to the 14th February.If not recalled on the 5th February - due date changes to the 13th February.Item loaned 4th February 2022 - initial due date is 12th February. ![]()
![]() ![]() I’m also planning on using this functionality to add daily runs! Each day you’ll be able to start a run with a pre-determined seed that’s the same for everyone! This makes it easy to play the same game as everyone else, without having to directly share seeds with each other. With seeded runs being added, now seemed like an excellent time to improve the game’s scoring system too! The current system is very simple, with just 3 components: Note that daily functionality will be pretty basic to start, there won’t be any online leaderboards. Progression, which determines most of the score it maxes at 78k.Treasure, which is just equal to total gold collected. Challenges will provide an additional multiplier that stacks with itself.Winning will still double score, but you’ll get a slightly bigger multiplier for a surface win.Quests will give a fixed bonus for completion, but may be performance-based in the future.Bosses will grant a bonus based on how often you were hit by avoidable attacks or hazards.Exploration will grant a bonus for each floor that’s reasonably fully explored.Treasure will include held items and will have a cap to prevent score farming.Progression will be scaled back to make room for more score categories.I’m planning to implement a new scoring system that should measure overall run performance much more effectively: In total a winning run will be worth about 85-100k points before the win multiplier, but an infinite score is technically possible with gold farming. There are a few other significant adjustments that I already have in place for v1.3: This, combined with seeds and dailies, should make it much more possible to compare your skills against other players! Other Changes Overall I’m expecting a perfect score to be about 100-120k before multipliers, though winning with a bunch of challenges enabled will be able to easily push this past 1 million. While we will getting a bunch of heart pieces, skulltulas, and additional items, none of these are required to beating the game. Walk forward and youll find a Soft Soil location. Fortunately, immediately after getting the Suns Song, it has changed to night time and it falls perfectly in the time slot where you can acquire this heart piece. The Composer Brothers, Flat and Sharp, are also buried here. From 18:00 to 21:00 Hyrule Time -Damp the Gravekeeper". He presides over the graveyard, sleeping during the day and pacing it at night. ![]() After collecting the token, head for the center of the corral, where you will find Malon. It isnt of great use just yet, but will be handy once we get some additional items. The Graveyard Boy spends the entire day here as well during the child timeline, pretending to be Damp. Four Pieces of Heart can be obtained in the Graveyard: one from the crate reached with either the Longshot or a Magic Bean plant, one from playing the Sun's Song in the grotto with a single ReDead, one from Damp's Heart-Pounding Gravedigging Tour, and one from beating Damp's race in under sixty seconds. Optional: Gold Skulltula #8 At the back of the graveyard lies the Royal Family's Tomb, where members of the Royal Family are likely buried as well. If you do either of the latter, chase it down and grab it. Youll encounter a new enemy called a Business Scrub. Defeat the ReDead and play the Suns Song while standing on the steps of the platform to get a treasure chest to appear. Some appear beneath Damp's grave, one in the grotto with a Piece of Heart, and there are many in the Royal Family's Tomb. There are also ReDeads in various locations in the Graveyard. ![]() If Link pays, he will dig right in front of him. In Ocarina of Time, players can acquire rupees and a heart piece by exploring Dampe's graveyard and taking place in the grave-digging tour mini-game, but this Far Cry 5 Arcade level is. Target it and reflect its Deku Nut back at it to defeat it. Once youve caught all three Super Cuccos, Talon will insinuate the possibility of you wedding his daughter. These often contain a chest with a few Rupees, and one contains a chest with a Hylian Shield. 3.5 Lake HyliaProgress at this pointTotal LifeHeart Pieces 5/36Tokens 14/100New in this section Wind your way around and kill it, then use a Jump Attack while targeting it to grab the token. ![]() Taking place five years after the conclusion of Heavenly Host Elementary School saga, it serves as the latest installment of the series. On May 29, 2013, about a year before Corpse Party: BLOOD DRIVE was released, the first chapter of a new project titled Corpse Party 2: DEAD PATIENT was released. The History of Corpse Party On April 22nd, 1996, an adventure game called CORPSE-PARTY was published in the Spring 1996 edition of LOGIN Sofcom No.6. On July 24, 2014, three years after the release of Corpse Party: Book of Shadows, the final part to the Heavenly Host Elementary School saga was released, called Corpse Party: BLOOD DRIVE for PlayStation Vita. On August 2, 2012, Corpse Party received a romantic comedy spin-off game titled Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash (or affectionately called Corpse Party 2U by fans) for PlayStation Portable. Since then, Corpse Party had many spin-offs, manga and light novel adaptations, OVAs, drama CDs, and live-action movies. On SeptemCorpse Party saw a sequel, titled Corpse Party: Book of Shadows for PlayStation Portable, which further tells the story about the Kisaragi students. Three years later, an enhanced port of the PlayStation Portable game titled Corpse Party Blood covered. Repeated Fear, which was later ported into iOS. The game then received a remake for PlayStation Portable as Corpse party BloodCovered. This new version would later be ported to the PC as Corpse Party: BloodCovered. ![]() On October 3rd, 2006, a retelling of the Corpse Party story was released for the mobile phone under the title Corpse Party: NewChapter. It'd be nine years before the world saw Corpse Party again. On February 26th, 1997, Kedwin won the grand prize in the Second Annual ASCII ENTERTAINMENT competition, netting him 5 million yen. It was made by a 22-year-old college student by the name of Makoto Kedouin, who typically stylizes his surname as Kedwin. On April 22nd, 1996, an adventure game called CORPSE-PARTY was published in the Spring 1996 edition of LOGIN Sofcom No.6. ![]() A Classic Tee can pair with a pair of light denim jeans one day and linen pants the next day for an entirely fresh look. Opt for pieces that can mix and match - top and bottom separates will go far. You will need all the essentials: t-shirts, shorts, swimsuit coverups for fun layering opportunities, tennis shoes, sandals, flip flops, and any other versatile garments you might need. These are clothes that you will wear around the resort, out to lunch, out for a casual stroll, or for any other more chill activities.Įnsure that you have plenty of day-to-day fashion variety by packing a good amount of resort casual attire since these will be the clothes you wear most frequently on your vacation. Resort Casual AttireĬasual resort attire accounts for the daily clothes that you will wear. We don’t want to feel out of place or underdressed here’s our breakdown of the resort wear levels. There’s a big difference between what you’ll need for active beach vacations like windsurfing in Costa Rica versus what you’ll need sipping Champagne by the French Riviera.įrom resort casual attire to more elegant nighttime affairs, there are several circumstances to plan for. Consider all the different activities and expectations of your vacation when you plan out your perfect resort wear. There are layers to resort wear to keep in mind when you start folding clothes and filling your suitcase. ![]() These pieces will keep you confident and comfy while looking like a tropical fashionista. Especially if you are heading to a warm, tropical climate, your resort-wear suitcase will hold loosely fitting, flowy garments. Your cruise collection, resort wear, or vacation wardrobe is going to consist of clothes that are more laid back, comfy, and breathable while still being chic. But if you add a new piece or two, well, we can’t blame you! All you need to do is pack smartly and dress on-theme for your next trip. Resort wear does not require you to go out and secure a new wardrobe. Resort wear refers to the garments that you should bring along with you for your next vacation. Keep reading to learn about what resort wear is and how you can pack more efficiently for your next getaway! What Is Resort Wear? Vacation dress codes can be tricky to navigate, but we’ve got you covered with the resort wear 411. The only “stressful” aspect of planning your next getaway is figuring out what to pack. Is there anything quite as exciting as anticipating your next vacation? Days spent by the pool or beach, cozy nights spent in your suite, and elegant dinners are waiting for you. ![]() ![]() Since it’s Serious Sam, it can get away with that level of storytelling. You’re Serious Sam, and you’re looking for the Holy Grail to prevent an alien invasion. Story-wise, there’s not much for you to really care about. This is one of the best things about its sound design as it gives gamers an adrenaline rush. Other than this, the game’s guns sound awesome and incredibly punchy. However, it would seem that Croteam is working on it so there’s not much of a gripe. However, there are a few moments when the music will abruptly stop and leave you hanging in the middle of a fight. The game’s music can be pretty catchy when you’re in the middle of a fight. It’s better when compared to the third game, which is a good thing as Serious Sam 3 looks pretty drab. Other than that, the game looks pretty generic in terms of graphics. From the pretty divisive Serious Sam 3 to the first Serious Sam games having a bit more color in them. Serious Sam 4’s graphics are a mixture of the old and new. ![]() It’s time to put out a review to check out if you would want to play the game. Serious Sam 4 was released on September 24, 2020, for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia.Īs of right now, Serious Sam 4 has gone through several patches to be a better game. If you want to know the benefits of playing video games such as Serious Sam, why not check out our article regarding the topic? Sam’s quest is to prevent them from getting the artifact through the use of superior human firepower. The game sets Sam to find the Holy Grail, one of the artifacts that the aliens want to get to start conquering the world. Serious Sam 4 is a prequel to the first two Serious Sam games.
![]() If you have a problem with your order we will do everything we can to sort it out for you. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of core rulebook for roleplaying game excitement. Requires two Conan tile sets - Perilous Ruins & Forgotten Cities and Forbidden Places & Pits of Horror - to play the Conan boardgame King’s Pledge for tabletop action and the Robert E. Get the most out of Monolith’s Conan boardgame with this essential sourcebook! ![]() Characters, monsters, equipment, and artifacts, from Amboola the Spearman to Xuthal’s Crown.Guidelines for using Conan tiles and roleplaying resources to create new scenarios for the boardgame.Rules for solo and cooperative play for the boardgame.Shadows from Gulsaggah, a complete roleplaying adventure campaign set in the legendary Black Coast.A solo/cooperative campaign made up of nine new scenarios for the boardgame.A Red Tide to Kush, a complete boardgame campaign with ten new scenarios.Here, for the first time ever, is the crossover between these two games: miniatures and roleplaying adventure meet in the Hyborian Age!ĭeveloped closely with Monolith Entertainment, The Monolith Sourcebook provides players and gamemasters with a host of exciting material: new campaigns for both games, standalone adventures, and advice for creating original boardgame adventures using the roleplaying resources. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of roleplaying game and Monolith’s hit Conan boardgame. Howard’s Conan has loomed large across popular culture, recently inspiring the award-winning Robert E. Since the introduction of fantasy into wargaming, Robert E. BUT LET THIS BE IMPRESSED UPON YOU: THAT IF I DECIDE TO USE YOU IN MY GAME, IT WILL BE BETTER TO SUBMIT WITHOUT RESISTANCE THAN TO SUFFER MY WRATH.” ![]() I HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHAT I SHALL DO WITH YOU. Fans of the current Conan RPG who do not own the Conan boardgame will also be enticed isn't it time you invested in the boardgame already?" - RPG Net Review Based on the hit boardgame and the award-winning roleplaying game!ĬONSIDER WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU, BARBARIAN,” SAID XALTOTUN. A new campaign, solo rules that open a new range of options, and interaction with the current Conan RPG, are some of the elements that make it interesting. "The Monolith Sourcebook is a must for the fans of the Conan boardgame. |
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