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Snowden Run 3D

Snowden Run 3D is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Snowden Run 3D rather than just read about it. In short: Snowden Run 3D is an endless runner video game created by Belgian computer programmer Michele Rocco Smeets. The program was released in July 2013 for Android operating systems, PC, and Mac computers.

Key takeaways

Snowden Run 3D belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Snowden Run 3D to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Snowden Run 3D from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Snowden Run 3D is an endless runner video game created by Belgian computer programmer Michele Rocco Smeets. The program was released in July 2013 for Android operating systems, PC, and Mac computers. The game is very loosely based on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Gameplay Snowden Run 3D plays as a free-to-play endless runner. Played in a behind the back, third person viewpoint, "Snowden" automatically runs forward, and the player must direct Snowden through the levels with swiping motions using a touch screen, to avoid obstacles and collect certain items. Specifically, the player is to direct Snowden into USB sticks and laptops in order to collect "sensitive information", while trying to avoid "Agent Jake", who chases after Snowden with the intent of imprisoning him. The player at times also has the option to call "Uncle Putin" on a cell phone, who will drop a hydrogen bomb on the location, which helps clear a path and further the distance between Snowden and Agent Jake. The game contains three different randomly generated levels; NSA Headquarters, Hong Kong and Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. The levels play out infinitely, with no way to win or finish. Upon inevitably being captured, Snowden is captured and sent to Guantanamo Bay, where the game ends. The game's soundtrack features music from Peruvian born American rapper and social activist Immortal Technique.

Development The game was developed by programmer Michele Rocco Smeets, who states that the game took only 30 hours of development time. Smeets had noted how many spinoffs of Temple Run existed on the Google Play and iOS App Store, and was inspired to attempt to create one of his own. In early planning stages, at one point, he imagined the game as being more in the vein of a traditional platform game, such as Super Mario Bros., but eventually felt that the constant running of an endless runner was more appropriate and symbolic of the nature of Edward Snowden and the NSA. The game was originally intended as a Ludum Dare entry, an accelerated video game development contest. Smeets states that the game is meant to be a neutral and unbiased parody of Edward Snowden's involvement in the Global surveillance disclosures of 2013, and was not made out of any political motivation or affiliation. A version of the game for iOS has been announced, but has not been released or given a release date.

Reception Reception for the game was generally mixed. GameZone criticized the game for being difficult and buggy, but overall advocated at least giving the game a try as "amusing way to pass time", and compared it favorably to Hudson Soft's Adventure Island video game from the 1980s. Kotaku was less enthusiastic, referring to the game as "pretty awful".

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Snowden Run 3D

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Snowden Run 3D claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Snowden Run 3D before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Snowden Run 3D ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Snowden Run 3D

In research: Snowden Run 3D appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Snowden Run 3D in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Snowden Run 3D is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2013 video games, Android (operating system) games, Cultural depictions of Edward Snowden, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Snowden Run 3D outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Snowden Run 3D in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Snowden Run 3D means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Snowden Run 3D out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Snowden Run 3D in simple terms?

Snowden Run 3D is an endless runner video game created by Belgian computer programmer Michele Rocco Smeets. The program was released in July 2013 for Android operating systems, PC, and Mac computers.

Why does Snowden Run 3D matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Snowden Run 3D?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Snowden Run 3D.