Plasma

Plasma is a video game concept

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In video games Plasma is often used as a core ingredient in weapons due to its high temperature. Due to the amount of damage it can inflict it is effective against any type of target, whether organic or metallic

GENERAL INFORMATION

A blue tint represents the hottest plasma

Plasma is a unique state of matter in the sense that it is cannot be categorized under the three main states of matter; Solids, Liquids or Gas. Plasma is primarily derived from partially ionized gases; that is a certain portion of the negatively charged electrons are not bound to the nucleus; rather they are free to wander about. This makes it an excellent receptor to electric currents. Plasma is actually very commonly found in space; it can take many shapes but it mostly appears as a gaseous cloud like substance, much like a star. In a sense Plasma is just a form of super heated gas.

Interestingly enough, Plasma is by far the most commonly found state of matter in the universe, as it accounts for about 99% of the visible universe. Plasma can range in temperature from being relatively cool and stable, like auroras to being extremely hot and volatile like at the center of stars. Infact, Plasma can get extremely hot: that is somewhat hot at about 24 keV and fusion plasmas are in the range of 10-100 keV, so about 5,000,000,000F. The only effective and safe way to contain plasma of this nature is using magnetic confinement as these currents are able to shape and guide the plasma.

At present, the study of Plasma and its further uses is a hot topic. For instance, due to its high conductivity of electrical current, it is being viewed as a possible source for meeting the electrical demands.

IN VIDEO GAMES

Plasma plays a very important role in the world of video games, especially in the Halo series. Here, the Covenant, who serve as the main antagonist are armed with plasma based weapons. The

A plasma pistol from the Halo series

core principle there is that the Plasma is stored in the ammo chamber and when the trigger is squeezed a blob of plasma is ejected. This technology is further improved upon on the Covenant space war ships because they are able to carry on them magnetic field generators. Since Plasma is so receptive to external electromagnetic stimuli, a thin layer of magnetic "coating" is projected on the plasma, this way the Plasma can be directed upon an target and the Shape and the Size of the projectiles can be varied depending on the need. Also, the Magnetic fields full fill a secondary objective, in that they keep the super hot plasma from dissipating into space.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	PC	Relic Entertainment
Mass Effect 2	PC, X360	BioWare
Quake Arena Arcade	XBLM	Pi Studios, LLC.
Halo Wars released on March 3, 2009	X360	Ensemble Studios
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	PC, MAC	Blizzard Entertainment
Mass Effect released on Nov. 20, 2007	PC, X360	BioWare
Halo 3 released on Sept. 25, 2007	X360	Bungie Studios
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption released on Aug. 28, 2007	WII	Retro Studios
The Quake Collection released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC, X360	id Software, Xatrix Entertainment, Inc., Rogue Entertainment, Ritual Entertainment
DOOM Pack Complete released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC	id Software, Nerve Software, LLC
Quake III Arena + Team Arena released on Aug. 3, 2007	PC	id Software
Metroid Prime: Hunters released on March 20, 2006	DS	Nintendo Software Technology Corporation
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space	PC, MAC	Digital Eel
Quake 4 (Special DVD Edition) released on Oct. 18, 2005	PC, X360	id Software, Raven Software
Quake 4 released on Oct. 18, 2005	PC, MAC	id Software, Raven Software
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil released on April 3, 2005	PC, XBOX	id Software, Nerve Software, LLC, Threewave Software Inc.
Half-Life 2 released on Nov. 16, 2004	PC, XBOX	Valve Corporation
Halo 2 released on Nov. 9, 2004	PC, XBOX	Bungie Studios
Terminator 3: The Redemption released on Sept. 2, 2004	GC, PS2, XBOX	Paradigm Entertainment Inc.
Doom 3 released on Aug. 3, 2004	PC, XBOX, MAC	id Software, Vicarious Visions, Splash Damage, Ltd
Terminator 3: War of the Machines	PC	Clever's Games Ltd.
Metroid Prime released on Nov. 18, 2002	GC, WII	Retro Studios
Half-Life: Generation 3 released on March 22, 2002	PC	Valve Corporation, Gearbox Software LLC
Halo: Combat Evolved released on Nov. 15, 2001	PC, XBOX, XBLM	Bungie Studios, MacSoft, Gearbox Software LLC
Quake III: Gold released on Sept. 26, 2001	PC, MAC	id Software
Ultimate Quake	PC	id Software
Quake III: Revolution released on March 27, 2001	PS2	Bullfrog Productions, Ltd.
StarCraft 64	N64	Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft: Battle Chest	PC	Blizzard Entertainment
Half-Life: Adrenaline Pack released on Dec. 19, 1999	PC	Valve Corporation
Quake III: Arena released on Dec. 2, 1999	PC, DC, MAC, X360	id Software
Machines	PC	Charybdis Limited
Quake II: Quad Damage	PC	Xatrix Entertainment, Inc., Rogue Entertainment
StarCraft: Brood War released on Nov. 30, 1998	PC, MAC	Blizzard Entertainment, Saffire Corporation
Half-Life released on Nov. 19, 1998	PC, PS2	Valve Corporation
StarCraft released on March 31, 1998	PC, MAC	Blizzard Entertainment
Quake and The Ultimate DOOM Compilation	PC	id Software
Quake II released on Dec. 9, 1997	N64, AMI, PS1, PC, MAC, X360	id Software
Dark Reign: The Future of War	PC	Auran Games Pty Ltd.
Dark Rift released on June 30, 1997	N64, PC	Kronos Digital Entertainment
Quake released on June 22, 1996	N64, AMI, PC, SAT, MAC	id Software, Midway Games West, Inc., Pulse Interactive, Inc., Lobotomy Software, Inc.
Super Metroid released on April 18, 1994	SNES, WSHP	Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd., Nintendo R&D1
The Terminator: Rampage	PC	Bethesda Softworks
RoboCop Versus the Terminator	GG, NES, GB, SMS, SNES, GEN	Virgin Games, Inc., Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Metroid II: Return of Samus released on Aug. 26, 1991	GB	Nintendo R&D1
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	AMI, C64, PC, GG, CPC, AST, SPEC, NES, SNES, GEN	B.I.T.S., Ltd.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday	AMI, C64, PC, GEN	Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Metroid released on Aug. 15, 1987	GC, NES, FDS, GBA, WSHP	Nintendo R&D1