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One of the motivations we have when it comes to games is biochemistry. In Why We Play it talks about how during play our brains release chemicals to make us feel happy and activates our reward system. We like the chemicals that get released during games because of how good we feel so it makes us want to continue play and continue receiving the good feelings. Jane McGonigal also touches base on biochemistry when it comes to play. McGonigal explains that we don't have bad feelings during play. This is the same aspect that Why We Play touched base on that further explains the point we feel good not bad during play. Another motivation when it comes to play and games is social contact. Jane McGonigal says that we like people better after we've played a game with them. This means that once we can find something in common with someone that we can bond with we will be able to make a better connection with them. Why We Play explains that with games you can play with others in person o...

When sports were first introduced in the Greek and Roman times with the Olympics these athletes were idolized. In A Variety of Religious Experience it talks about how sports were a diversion from everyday life and offered moral benefits. The article also talks about how in terms of religion fans worship those in the Hall of Fame like Gods. Now a days there are actual schools that are based on religion. Shiloh Christian High School was talked about in Football High . The school is owned by the priest of the biggest church in the state and also pays to support the football team. Religion has evolved in the sports world from athletes being praised like Gods to schools being based on different types of religion. In terms of social class affecting the sports world, in A Variety of Religious Experience it explains that  the upper class would play a lot of solo and individual sports in order to be the center of attention. Now a days the private schools that are richer than public s...

Between the reading Boys Will Be Boys and the film Mansome there were several things they had in common. One connection I noticed between the two were in Boys Will Be Boys it said, "As women become more self confident, men are losing their nerve" and in Mansome it explained that society told men to "stop acting like men" resulting in an identity crisis. I think the two are trying to explain that the way man have acted and thought about their appearance before isn't what is now socially acceptable. Men used to be so confident and not have to worry about their appearance but now they have to work hard to look like they didn't try hard to look the way they do. Another connection between the two were in Mansome it explained that mens health magazines are making men more vain and in Boys Will Be Boys it says that mens goals may not have changed that much but the way to achieve them has. I think mens health magazines are one of the platforms that is influencing ...