the ability to effectively distribute attention over space and time‚ as well as the number of items that can be attended.” (Achtman‚ 2008) A press release from the American Psychological Association declares “Playing video games‚ including violent shooter games‚ may boost children’s learning‚ health‚ and social skills.” Playing simulated war games such as “Call of Duty: improves spatial navigation‚ reasoning‚ memory‚ and perception. These types of games also inhibit enhanced abilities to problem solve
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English 102: Essay #2 10 October 2012 Virtual World Violence In the high definition world of video games today‚ a relatively recent trend has taken hold of younger people. The rise in popularity of the First Person Shooter (FPS) game has become very evident among teens and college students. This genre of game involves the player controlling a character in the first person perspective. The character being controlled usually wields one or multiple firearms in order to defeat enemies. Most of the
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Avatar is now the greatest money earning film in history so it’s obviously popular with audiences. The key reason for this popularity is because the director has strategically chosen what to use in their target audience in terms of age‚ social class and gender. For age‚ Avatar attracts a wide range age probably between 18 – 34 males where they are more looking forward to the action when the Na’vi tried to defend their home tree against the humans. Technology might also play a role into hooking the
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Time Magazine reported on a study conducted by Dr. Vincent Mathews and his colleagues at Indiana University where they took a group of 28 students all young adult males and they randomly assigned the students to play either a violent‚ first person shooter game or a non-violent one every day for a week. None of the the participants had much previous gaming experience. At the beginning of the study‚ researchers used functional MRI to scan brain activity in the participants‚ while they completed lab-based
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you have played video games‚ or at least heard of video games. There are many different types of video games. Some examples are arcade‚ MMO RPG‚ FPS‚ strategy and many others. II. Today I would like to talk about two different FPS (First person Shooter) games‚ Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and Halo 4. These are two of the most common FPS series games out today. I. Black Ops 2 is a more current era military bases FPS. It is a sequel to Call of Duty Black Ops. A. Campaign mode is takes place on two
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see as a time consuming‚ a waste of time and money‚ can have a violent affect on the human mind. Now‚ video games can be fun and we all see that they can be shared with people of all ages. Any adventure game such as; "Mario"‚ to any first person shooter such as "Call of Duty" can all have a impact on anyone ’s lives if allowed. Video games can be used for family fun time or a party too. Many view gaming as a waste of time or at healthy doses can allow people such as you and I to gain a skill?
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Effects of Online Games on selected 2nd year student’s Academic Performance: A basis to know the study habits of students. A Term Paper Presented to Ms. Rona Vibar High School Department University of Perpetual Help System-DALTA In partial fulfillment of the requirement For the subject English IV By Lawrence Cedric T. Salvador Peter Felix V. Lombos IV – Hope March 7‚ 2011 Table of Contents List of Tables Page Chapter 1 The Problem – Its Background
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resulting in the inability to form an educated opinion‚ in turn causing a mass hysteria resulting in tougher security guidelines in schools‚ stricter juvenile laws and far less personal and parental responsibility. An incredibly popular first person shooter video game‚ Doom‚ is ripe with gratuitous violence. So much so that it has been blamed for several mass shootings‚ perpetrated by middle-class‚ white‚ young-adult males. The media‚ politicians‚ advocacy groups as well as the FBI are steadfast
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The plot delves deeper into John’s humanity than ever before‚ but Halo 4 is more about Cortana and the fight for her own – ironically enough – humanity. Amazingly‚ Halo 4 is not only a success‚ but a bar-raising triumph for the entire first-person shooter genre. And just how new developer 343 Industries has done it will surprise‚ Halo 4 NOVEMBER 6‚ 2012 Master Chief returns in Halo 4‚ part of a new trilogy in the colossal Halo universe. → MUCH MORE RYAN MCCAFFREY SAYS Underrated Halo delight
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GENRE The slasher genre started in the late 70’s as a sub-genre to horror. It began with a very specific target audience: teenage boys who were able to experience safe‚ vicarious thrills through the consumption of slashers as a media product. However‚ this relationship between the slasher genre and its demographic has since greatly evolved thanks to concepts such as post modernism‚ gender neutrality and audience sophistication. With the introduction of a female demographic‚ the relationship has
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