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Buff is the term generically used to describe a positive status effect that affects mainly player or enemy statistics (usually cast as a spell). Debuffs are effects that may negatively impact a player character or a non-player character in some way other than reducing their hit points. Some examples of buffs and debuffs are:
There have been many debates on the social effects of video games on players and broader society, as well as debates within the video game industry.Since the early 2000s, advocates of video games have emphasized their use as an expressive medium, arguing for their protection under the laws governing freedom of speech and also as an educational tool.
Negative (positive) contrast effect (psychology) Negativity effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories) Neglected firm effect (business analysis) Nernst effect (electrodynamics) (thermodynamics) Network effect (business models) (economics effects) (information technology) (monopoly [economics]) (networks) (transport economics)
In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later their second, and several more their third. Mojang hired several new staff members for the Minecraft team, while Persson passed the lead developer role to Jens Bergensten. He stopped working on Minecraft after a deal with Microsoft to sell Mojang for $2.5 ...
Next time oil prices spike higher, think about the following positive effects of higher oil prices. 1. New discoveries are possible because funding allows for increased exploration in previously ...
Cocoa was the top-performing commodity of 2024. The price of the bean surged as headwinds battered key producers. Prices are likely to stay high into 2025, analysts at ING said.
Remember, positive changes, such as having a baby, getting married, or moving to a new home, can sometimes produce as much emotional stress as negative ones. The size of the change may be the most ...
The end credits of the video game Minecraft include a written work by Julian Gough, conventionally called the End Poem, which is the only narrative text in the mostly unstructured sandbox game. Minecraft's creator Markus "Notch" Persson did not have an ending to the game up until a month before launch, and following recommendation by Twitter followers, he invited Gough to create a narrative ...