Advanced Criminal Justice, Monday, Period 3

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"As you surely realized last week if you tried different levels of opponents, the proper weapon wielded with skill can make a large difference in a fight," Batman said. Yes, that was why there were large tables with cloths over them on the rooftop today. And yes, the cloths were there so there could be a dramatic reveal of what exactly there was.

( Weapons! Lots and lots of weapons! )

Classic Video Games ; Monday ; Period 1

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Class was going old school today. To make that happen, Riley had sent an email to all students that told them to come to the Danger Shop for class. When they all arrived, they were going to find themselves in what looked like an arcade. The only difference between regular arcades and this one was that all the arcade games here were the same.

"Today, we're going to be playing Pong. Pong is one of the very first arcade games and it's widely thought as one of the very first to reach mainstream popularity. It was a big deal in the gaming business. Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful video game which led to the start of the video game industry. It earned around thirty five to forty dollars a day which was big stuff back then. So, without Pong, who knows where we might be today?"

The video game industry would have still gotten started but things could have taken different trajectories. "Pong is very simple. It's a tennis based game where you control one block and someone else or the computer controls the other block and you bounce a ball between the two of you. The objective, of course, is to get the ball past the other person. Easier said than done in some circumstances. So, step up to an arcade and start playing the game that pretty much started it all!"

The arcade music came on and the games came to life. Time to play Pong!

It's All Fun & Games, Monday, Period 2

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The Danger Shop had been set up as a archery range, and Jack went from student to student to pass out bows and arrows.

"So whatever was up last weekend, I got kick-ass aim out of it," she said. "Almost made it worth not having powers. Almost. Anyhow, so I was trying to see what I could do, and turned out the bow and arrow stuff's kind of fun. So that's what we're doing today."

She explained some of the basics of archery and then stepped to the side. "Go for it. And if you shoot anybody, even if it's an accident, that is definitely a detention."