aisle in Wal-mart‚ or a collection in a student’s friend’s room‚ the ongoing increase of the use of video games among today’s teenagers is stealthily accumulating. Even though there may be some ratings on games for teenagers today‚ I believe that the ratings should become more emphasized‚ and parents should have stricter guidance on the buying of games. Increasing the rating system for video games and having stricter parental guidance would be influential towards putting a stop to increasing obesity
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Joseph Waits Professor Longoria WRC 1023.059 4 Feb. 2013 Influence of Video Games on American Youth: Corruption or Improvement? Parents across the nation are dumbfounded with the amount of violence and sexual content that lies in modern video games. Companies such as Microsoft and Sony are selling millions of copies of video games every year; with the quality and graphics getting better‚ children are continuously exposed to gore-filled violence. Enraged parents believe that Xbox and Playstation
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Video Games: Are they a Cause of Violence and Aggression? 1. Statistic – “In spite of the violence‚ the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market” (Paragraph 2) Anecdote – “On April 20‚ 1999‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did‚ we do know that Harris and Klebold both
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Negative effect of video games on children VIOLENCE Many of today’s video games‚ especially suitable for young boys‚ focus their attention on violent acts‚ whether it be through weapons‚ verbal abuse‚ or fighting. Young minds are easily molded through the violence in these games‚ leading them to believe that weapons and fighting are standard in today’s society. In order to instill the most positive values in these young boys‚ parental guidance is necessary in controlling the video games to which children
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Colten Cornell Professor Tutty AP Lang 11/16/14 Video Games There are different games for different people‚ and for each person different genres will appeal to them. From Action to strategy no two games are alike and are all special in their own way. There are thousands of different combinations and sub divisions that go along with the main genre‚ for example Action is never just action‚ is can be action strategy‚ or an action RPG and so on. Action‚ this is probably the most desired gaming
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Video Games Do Not Cause Violence Video games have come a long way since they were first introduced in 1967. In addition to the impressive improvement in graphics‚ the increase of the violent content has become quite the hot topic amongst parents and politicians alike. The most popular aspect is whether or not violent video games inhibit aggressive behavior. Early research that suggested there was a link between the two has been deemed problematic. However‚ in recent studies “research has not found
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The Effects of Video Games in our Society The effects video games have on young people. Good or bad? Effects of computerized gaming have a wide range on young people today and like anything else the effects you get out is in the way they are used. If we look at how computer games are made and what they are intended for we can get a better understand for the effects that come out of them. Video games today are created on a bases of entertainment but what are computer games? They are most
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ever arcade video game. Since then‚ video games have come a long way from just consisting of a pixelated ball and paddle. There are different themes and genres that appeal to all ages. From educational games to virtual reality the possibilities are endless. Recently‚ video games that contain violence and adult content have been under multitudes of scrutiny for being claimed to cause aggression in people and even change parts of the brain for the worse. Although it seems that playing games on electronic
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Video Games: The New Literary Genre The relationship between video games and literature has always been a difficult argument to settle. Video games‚ in general‚ offer depth and development into the story‚ characters‚ and complex themes or ideas of the particular game. However‚ can a video game offer the same depth into these subjects as a novel or even possess greater depth and understanding between the player and the game? The answer depends entirely on the video game itself. Like
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& Distribution has made the decision to provide a monthly video game rental programme as a result of extensive market research. The new programme will be web-based and will provide customers with the ability to rent video games using an online service. Customers will pay a monthly subscription for the service which will allow them to order and pay for video games online then receives them via express post. They can keep the games for as long as they wish then simply return them using the paid
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