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Week 7 [04-10.05.2020] “Nonsense” art

If you do art in any shape or form then perhaps you’ve already experienced a situation where your body crafted something on it’s own without you putting any thought into it. It’s actually a form of meditation and it’s very good for your mind. And if you’ve never experienced anything like that then hopefully this video will explain it to you! Here’s “The Automatic Drawing Technique” shared by the amazing artist Tim Gula! Now, would you mind answering to some questions after watching this video? 1. Have you heard about this meditation technique before? If yes, did you try it? And if not, would you try it at all? 2. What other ways of meditating are known to you? Do you practice them? 3. Do you do any arts or crafts? Or perhaps you have another creative hobby? Source: YouTube

Week 7 [04-10.05.2020] How games scare us

I'm sure that many of you play video games and at least some of you have played a "horror game" at least once before. Perhaps it was a cult classic like "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" or maybe it was just a scary mod for a popular shooting game. Or maybe you weren't even playing a horror game and yet you were scared by something intentionally put there by the developers. Well, today we'll take a look at how video game developers tend to spook us with their creations. The most popular (and probably the most hated) way of scaring the player are the so called "jump scares". While playing the game, the player is focused on different aspects of gameplay and the game uses that fact in order to scare the unexpecting gamer with a sudden, loud noise or a flashing image. It immediately causes the player to panic or get disoriented. The most known game series which uses this scaring technique is called "Five Nights at Freddy's" and you can...