Video Games and Violent Children Brittany Hern 02/02/2011 Critical Thinking and Composition Home video games‚ an industry worth $11 billion domestically that is now 30 years old‚ continues to be thrown into legal and moral debates regarding what age is deemed appropriate to participate. Video games‚ especially those deemed to be violent or rated “mature‚” are at the center of the controversy. There are two sides to this debate. Video game companies and their supporters
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VIDEO GAMES ; TIME WASTING VIDEO GAMESt; TIME WASTING There is a fine line between using your time to your advantage and one of which you’re on a couch watching the latest Hannah Montana episode. I plan on explain how you use video games to achieve that maximum goal. Many adults over the age of 40 don’t take the classic controller or the player seriously and from that you get the hate and criticism you see today. From here on out I will take you on an in-depth tour of the latest video games and
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away from Kids Violent video games and their effects on children is a growing debate in today’s society. The controversial problem is: are violent video games a negative effect on children or not? It is my personal opinion that violent video games are a bad influence on children. These young children learn from what they see. It is not a good thing when what they see is violence. It is also not a good thing when they are in control of the character that is doing the violence. Some children may be
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Harmful effects of video games Video game addiction In his moving biography‚ Unplugged: My Journey into the Dark World of Video Game Addiction‚ Ryan Van Cleave describes the way that a violent online game‚ World of Warcraft‚ dominated his life to such an extent that he was unable to function normally and was driven to the verge of suicide. Video game addiction is now taken so seriously by psychologists and psychiatrists that it was recently considered for inclusion in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic
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Blanchard English 1102 20 September 2011 Video Games Impact on Youth Today Video games are the most popular form of entertainment and they are enjoyed by people from all age groups. Playing video games can have tremendous impacts on the different age groups‚ most importantly on the youth. The impact of video games on the youth has many different sides and it is a highly debated topic. One side feels that it has no impact on the youth and is only a game in which the content is meant to be enjoyed
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The Bad Side of Video Games Whether its hours a day or a few hours a week‚ a lot of people take time out of their day and dedicate themselves to video games. However‚ many popular games encourage violence and violent behavior. The bad side of video games is that the violence in many popular games can have an impact both physically and mentally on the kids who play them. The fact that the games kids and teens might be playing a lot encourage violent behavior can be a serious problem‚ and the nonstop
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A video game is an interactive computer that displays a video signal‚ allowing you to play thousands of games on your television or handheld video game device. (Wikipedia‚ Video Game) We have came a very long way since the very first type of video game console was invented by Ralph Baer in 1967. From the very first console‚ the "Brown Box" to the more interactive video game consoles such as the Wii‚ Playstation‚ XBOX or the handheld Nintendo DS. Regardless of which video game is being used‚ it has
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world. As we enter the 21st Century‚ video games are becoming more popular each and every day. People of all ages can and do enjoy video games as a way to spend their free-time. The issue with video games in the market is that they are becoming too violent in some people’s minds. The thing that makes these video games violent is the graphical scenes‚ gameplay‚ and strong language. There are many types of games that affect the brain in different ways. 3D games are generally more popular‚ more addicting
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Video game behavioral effects The scientific study of media effects has led researchers down the road of video game effects. From both a social and psychological standpoint‚ video games have the ability to influence their players both on implicit and explicit levels. The popularity of video and computer games has grown exponentially in recent years‚ yet empirical research is still relatively limited when compared to the study of other media. In 1982‚ the U.S. Surgeon General lamented the lack
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Mecca 1 The American educational system has been hindered by video games. If you look around you‚ you will realize that video games are everywhere. From Ipods‚ to smart phones‚ televisions‚ to even some of our printers now have games. Our generation is called the “Joystick Generation”‚ and for good reason too. Everyone is plugged in and no one more so than America’s youth. To put the impact of the “Joystick Generation” into perspective‚ take into account that software sales spiked twenty-eight
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