literary adaptation is recasting literary books such as novels, short stories, or even poems in a new form such as films, stage plays, or even video games. persian literature abounds with dramatic events. there are many fascinating narratives such as shahnameh of ferdowsi, khmseh of nezami, mathnavi of rumi, and tarikh-e beyhaghi of beyhaghi, which have the dramatic capacity of literary adaptat...

We study a tug-of-war game between two players using the lottery contest success function (CSF) and quadratic cost (of effort) function. construct pure strategy symmetric Markov perfect equilibrium of this game, show that it is unique, provide closed-form solutions for strategies values. In stark contrast to model with an all-pay auction CSF, exert positive efforts until very last battle in equ...

This paper studies the way survival horror games are designed to frighten and scare the gamer. Comparing video games and movies, the experiential state of the gamer and that of the spectator, as well as the shock of surprise and tension suspense, it focuses on the effects of forewarning on the emotional responses to survival horror games.