An audio game is an electronic game played on a device such as a personal computer. It is similar to a video game save that the only feedback device is audible rather than visual.
Audio games originally started out as 'blind accessible'-games and were developed mostly by amateurs and blind programmers[citation needed]. But more and more people are showing interest in audio games, ranging from sound artists, game accessibility researchers, mobile game developers and mainstream video gamers. Most audio games run on a personal computer platform, although there are a few audio games for handhelds and video game consoles. Audio games feature the same variety of genres as video games, such as adventure games, racing games, etc.
The term "electronic game" is commonly understood as a synonym for the narrower concept of the "video game." This is understandable as both electronic games and video games have developed in parallel and the game market has always had a strong bias toward the visual. The first electronic game, in fact, is often cited to be Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device (1947) a decidedly visual game. Despite the difficulties in creating a visual component to early electronic games imposed by crude graphics, small view-screens, and power consumption, video games remained the primary focus of the early electronic game market.
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years. He is also known as an advocate for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he has been a lifelong practicing member, and as a political commentator on many issues, including opposition to homosexual behavior and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
A film adaptation of Ender's Game is currently in development, and is set for release on March 15, 2013. Card is co-producing the film.[citation needed]
Card is the son of Willard and Peggy Card, third of six children and the older brother of composer and arranger Arlen Card. Card was born in Richland, Washington, and grew up in Santa Clara, California as well as Mesa, Arizona and Orem, Utah. He served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Brazil and graduated from Brigham Young University and the University of Utah; he also spent a year in a Ph.D. program at the University of Notre Dame. Card lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, an environment that has played a significant role in Ender's Game and many of his other works.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
sentinel of the masterwork
creation of all spirits that remain
through the eyes of innocent
poisoning their minds with ideologies
burn the heretics!
the authors determine
the flames to purify
everyone opposing
will lose something
bow the right ones
it is said the elders have written
from the ancient times to master
my manipulated realization of the future
and to empower their predatory acts
hunt down the weak!
to dominate the religious ones
like a blistering wind
the powers to master one's soul
allah, jahve, god
they are all the same
instruments of power
to dominate the weak human mind
promises for a better life
while remnants of a body
rotten in coffin
bow the right ones
it is said the elders have written
from the ancient times to master
my manipulated realization of the future
"mankind, an absurd function, breeding life
while sowing death
in the end human will destroy itself
by its own hand"
have you ever thought, or questioned
the meaning of our existence
or given a thought to its impossibility
life... a paradoxical chain reaction,
hell to the feeble-minded
driven by coincidence,
power struggle of the strong
all the religions, and how we interpret them
are created by human race
death... reality
no rationality, nor irrationality
faith... the shaper of reality,
the possessor of life and death
all the religions, and how we interpret them
it's just inability to explain the beyond,
and the earthly existence
in the end humankind will destroy itself
by its own hand
believe or deny
hypothesis of humankind
hypothesis
for you to decide
hypothesis of humankind
hypothesis
believe or deny
come to see me and take my hand
follow me and i will give you the absolute truth
your questions about your existence and life
will be revealed with the exact answers
your thoughts poisoned with wrong ideologies
a journey without map or book to believe
come to my world, not yours, yet
our covenant is made, you belong to me
free your mind and let me clarify
forget your religion and polluted mind
give me your world to dominate
i'll show my divine intervention
i'll tell you what is right or wrong
my inhumanity is your religion
find the path, without turning left or right
follow king of all kings, ancient of all gods,
creator of all existence, forget everything
welcome my friend, step through these gates
give me your world to dominate
i'll show my divine intervention
i'll tell you what is right or wrong
my inhumanity is your religion
give me your world to dominate
i'll show my divine intervention
i'll tell you what is right or wrong
my inhumanity is your religion
hear! the whisper in your head is my scream...
come to me, gold, jewels, treasures waiting
hear me, for me to lead you
see me, in my world, at my command
bow to me, i salute and hail
i am your god now and i will rule you!
give me your world to dominate
i'll show my divine intervention
i'll tell you what is right or wrong
my inhumanity is your religion
give me your world to dominate
i'll show my divine intervention
i'll tell you what is right or wrong
revolting against my mind
when seven days have passed
no one will come
until it's too late
hands crossed
prayers laid
souls still burning
thou shall not forgive
misery will turn
into inhumanity
since two thousand years have passed
the rise of the dawn
secular possessions will turn
from light to surrounding darkness
putrid soul of a redeemer
setting its state of decay
hands crossed
prayers laid
souls still burning
thou shall not forgive
misery will turn
into inhumanity
since two thousand years have passed
the rise of the dawn
see the masses moving
gathering regiments nearby
from the remote past
sickening, my flesh weakening
sheddering of blood
white coloured with red
my thoughts inverted
murderer behind the corner
bloodthirst in his eyes
sin is a weakness
no one can deny
hands crossed
prayers laid
souls still burning
thou shall not forgive
misery will turn
into inhumanity
(spoken word of a transparent humanoid)
"planet below my feet bleeds black gold,
to fuel up the corporate machines
and as i inhale the fumes of those devices,
the image of the planet sickens me
i exhale sickness, terror and paranoia
breath infects you if you weren't already infected"
(the initiation)
steel pillars in the form of a church
the new planet stands proud facing away
from man
male and female,
swallow: the thick oil pouring from me
and the c-4 bread on your numb tongue
(the cycle)
it goes even deeper than beneath
the core of this planet
it is in our "individual" thought patterns
how can we ever stop those machines from
penetrating our precious, corrupted soil,
refuelling the black blood?
(the image)
as you take your place within the congregation
hide your face behind your both hands
from the mirror of your own hands
stares an alien to life itself,
both, you and me
you and me
you and me
you and me
(the dogma)
suffocated breath of a transparent ghost
sickens you and me. making us invisible
it's your own choice of "freedom to choose"
we can penetrate everything and anyone,
but we can't make it happen, 'cause our image,
the truth in flesh can not be seen
(the initiation)
steel pillars in the form of a church
the new planet stands proud facing away
from man
male and female,
swallow: the thick oil pouring from me
and the c-4 bread on your numb tongue
(the cycle)
it goes even deeper than beneath
the core of this planet
it is in our "individual" thought patterns
how can we ever stop those machines from
penetrating our precious, corrupted soil,
(Instrumental)
"reason is the certainty of being all reality. this its inherent nature, this reality, is still, however, through and through a universal, the pure abstraction of reality. it is the first positive character which self-consciousness per se is aware of being, and ego is, therefore, merely the pure, inner essence of existence, in other words, is the category bare and simple. the category, which heretofore had the significance of being the inmost essence of existence - of existence indifferent to whether it is existence at all, or existence over against consciousness - is now the essential nature or simple unity of existence merely in the sense of a reality that thinks. to put it otherwise, the category means this, that existence and self-consciousness are the same being, the same not as a matter of comparison, but really and truly in and for themselves. it is only a onesided, unsound idealism which lets this unity again appear on one side as consciousness, with a reality per se over against it on the other."
dark times are here!
stab! smash! crush the weak!
no shelter for believers,
no shadows to cover
the legions from beneath
walk over the weak ones!
breathe the fresh air
for the last time
who is your god?
what is god anyway?
so you still believe?
this tour is for you!
the legions from beneath
smash the weak ones!
breathe the rotten air
your lungs burn in hell!
minds revealed
no secrets left
everyone punished
is this your end
(this is a day for blasphemy)
the legions from beneath
walk over the weak ones!
no shelter for believers,
no shadows to cover
play the lead role
your beliefs crushed!
beaten away! fed to the worms!
minds revealed
no secrets left
everyone punished
is this your end