John Video Games Do Have Positive Purposes Video games are frowned upon by parents (such as mine) 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 commit extreme anti-social behavior. But in my research I found that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games do have positive
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Abstract Video games are electronic games‚ used for entertainment‚ that involve human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. There are variety forms of video games: arcade‚ computer‚ console‚ handheld‚ mobile‚ online and flash games. Video games were created for varied purposes‚ to inform‚ entertain‚ persuade or stimulate. These video games can have varied types of gameplay‚ from puzzle to action to adventure. Action games have been the most popular type
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killers were fanatical players of violent video games. Unfortunately‚ the destructive impact violent media has on today’s youth doesn’t end there. Violent video games have been known to cause aggression in players‚ increased reports of bullying‚ violence and ruins the virtuous morals instilled in today’s generation. Studies support that there is a strong link between violent video games and aggressive conduct. Many children that take part in playing violent games often report feelings of aggression
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Most of people like to play video game‚ but have you heard that our state senators and governor try to pass a law that stop selling violent video game? Actually‚ government takes this action because violent video game can effect on children. Therefore‚ my topic is violent video game should not be banned. First of all‚ many video games have their rating system which provided by ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board). It offers the fair information about the content of video games. At the website
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In his essay ‘‘violent video games promote anti-social behaviour’’‚ Jack Flanagan‚ a science and technology journalist‚ discussed that video games are causing violence to whom who are addicted to it. He claims that people who tend to play video games are more likely to be aggressive compared to those who play ‘‘nice games’’. Gamers who are really involved in these aggressive games lose their empathy and feelings. These games promote somehow a kind of antisocial behaviour‚ for example drug use and
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Violent video games Many people believe that violent video games should be banned‚ claiming that they have a negative effect on people. Some even say violent games make people commit violent acts. These games do influence human behavior‚ which is not always positive‚ but this does not mean that they should be banned. If a child began playing violent video games at a young age‚ then he might think that violence in real life is the same as the game violence and that it does not have a real impact
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Do Video Games Make People More Violent? Do violent video games cause violent behavior? I believe that violent video games do not cause violent behavior. While I agree that violent video games may desensitize youth to violence‚ I don’t believe the games make the youth more violent than they already are. Its not fair to single handedly blame violent video games‚ when there are tons of other violent media sources out there. Karen Sternheimer is a sociologist from the University of Southern California
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What are the effects of violent video games on young children or teenagers? A child should be given what he needs‚ not what he wants. I am starting this essay with this quote because this one describes our reality in the best way possible‚ where our children are becoming more and more everyday a part of the virtual world. Nowadays‚ children are obsessed with video games‚ especially with these violent video games that are spreading around and children play them every day. One day I was at my aunt’s
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The video game industry has become one of the largest forms in entertainment today. DFC Intelligence (2006) states that the video game industry will grow from $29 billion in 2005 to $44 billion in 2011. On its opening day of November 9‚ 2004 the very popular first person shooter (FPS) Halo 2 logged a first day sales record of $125 million outdoing the reigning opening weekend ruler at the box office‚ 2002’s Spider Man‚ which sold $115 million in a three day period (McEachern‚ 2005). Despite this
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Violence in Video Games Make Kids More Violent? Don’t believe the lie that video game violence makes kids violent killers. There is plenty of evidence that shows no correlation between violent games and aggression in youth. There is even evidence that video games can be beneficial. They improve hand eye coordination and reaction times. They also allow kids to be creative. Video Games are great for children in moderation‚ and different games offer different benefits. Violent video games do not make
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