Video games in pop-culture. Video games and computer games (from here on both categories will be simply referred to as video games for simplicity) have entered the domain of pop culture fairly recently. Although the first video game was developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham‚ their popularity didn’t occur until the seventies with the appearance of Pac-man and Frogger in the arcades (Computer and Video Games). If the younger generation of video game consumers would take a look at what was out
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The effects of video games on children: what parents need to know Technology had evolved very fast from generation to generation. Young and adults are both into what we call video games and techie gadgets. Nowadays‚ we can normally see computers‚ gaming consoles and etc. at home and in schools. Video games are entertaining and effective motivation for children. They engage them to skillful play depending on the game design. There have even been studies with adults showing that experience
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The Impact of Video Games on Children Video games have been available to consumers for the last 30 years. They are a unique form of entertainment‚ because they encourage players to become a part of the game’s script. Today’s sophisticated video games require players to pay constant attention to the game‚ rather than passively watching a movie. This has both positive and negative impacts on players. Several studies have been published that explore these impacts on today’s children. Most people
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This graphic image taken from a video game is not uncommon. The low-cut clothing on the woman and the large overbearing man behind holding a knife to her depict a sad‚ but far too common representation of women within video game culture. As discussed in class‚ women are often presented as objects to which the players may do whatever they wish. This often results in violence and abusive sexual acts geared at what the game creators believe their consumers might enjoy. There are many negative representations
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what market it is? Video games! Hello fellow classmates today I’ll be talking about video games as voices of creation and destruction. Although I will be focusing on the destructive viewpoint of video games I will be shedding some light on the creation side as well. The destructive nature of video games is perhaps best illustrated by looking at gamers who play Call of Duty. This game causes the gamer’s brain to hyper-focus on all the information it has acquired about the game and disregard everything
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Video games have become one of the favorite past times with children of all ages‚ and even some adults. What is not normally thought about when buying a new game console or game is: Do video games influence a child’s psychological development and make them more aggressive and violent? Do video games affect a child’s grades? These will be some of the topics we will be discussing. Some parents have the concern that video games‚ among other outlets‚ affect their children and cause them to
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The Effect of Video Games on People Video games are frowned upon by parents and seen as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain. “ Violent video games are easily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become violent or display extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart‚” stated by Rase Smart Kid website
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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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BODY Games in the past were viewed in the light of fun and leisure‚ but now it is slowly being recognized as a tool for learning where students are being engaged and immersed on the subject being learned (Annetta‚ 2008‚ p 229). This explains the steady application of video games in aiding different teaching approaches and experimenting with its use. According to Garris et. al (2002‚ p 441) there are several reasons for the popularity of video games as an educational tool; first‚ is that its use
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Video games Propaganda is hidden in our literature‚ spews from our radios‚ and is even inside our televisions. Propaganda in things is for a cause or to damage an opponent cause in a way as to a negative aspect. Forms of propaganda are around us every day‚ sometime we don’t even notice. It’s unavoidable and it’s even starting to get in other technology like video games. Video games are a recent addition to the propagandist’s arsenal‚ the usually ones are like in posters‚ movies‚ cartoons‚ books
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