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  Flyting and Charisma in Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  Steve Spence Clayton State University

  August 30, 2021

  described as a Viking rap battle. In the gameplay recorded in the accompanying video, Eivor wins a flyting ... challenge from the NPC Jungulf, earning both gold and a charisma bump. With the gold—as in dozens of similar ...
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  The Winning Side?: Agent Harris and the FBI on HBO’s The Sopranos

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  Douglas Howard Suffolk County Community College

  June 27, 2007

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  The Winning Side?: Agent Harris and the FBI on HBO’s The Sopranos narrative ambiguity The ... Harris, like so many viewers, essentially been seduced into believing that Tony is on the winning side? ...
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  Myopia and Focus in Event Reconstruction

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  Helmuth Rosales SITU Research

  February 09, 2022

  completeness. How extensive and resolved should a picture of the past be to earn a share in the representation ...
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  Guarantee Me You’ll Bring This Corporation Down: Narrative Closure and Resident Evil’s Anti-Corporate Politics

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  Sean Cashbaugh Department of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin

  May 22, 2013

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  once more the corporation wins in the end. In the most recent film, though Umbrella seems to be ...
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  Purifying strategies and the confederate diaspora

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  R. Brandon Anderson Gustavus Adolphus College

  October 09, 2017

  of confederate imagery reflects the endgame of post-Civil War southern authors; they intended to win ...
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  No such thing as a slam dunk: Sport as unpredictable, undeniable reality television

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  Doug Battema Western New England University

  April 06, 2007

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  No such thing as a slam dunk: Sport as unpredictable, undeniable reality television basketball CBS conventions drama narrative reality TV sports unscripted Curator's Note Sport is the linchpin of the contemporary mediascape. It's the ultimate re ...
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  Making Sense of South Park, or Is a Snuke in a Sniz more than a Snuke in a Sniz?

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  Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

  July 26, 2007

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  Making Sense of South Park, or Is a Snuke in a Sniz more than a Snuke in a Sniz? narrative satire politics South Park Comedy Central cartoon carnivalesque taste election Hillary Clinton CNN Curator's Note South Park has parlayed crude animation and c ...