Microeconomics of the Video Game Industry Video games have been around for years with many different types of consoles and games. The video game industry has grown into a $20 billion dollar industry over the past ten years‚ and it only shows signs of growing larger in the years to come. In the United States alone‚ the market has grown considerably where 60% of all Americans play video games‚ 40% are women‚ and 60% of all gamers are between the ages of 25 through 44 years old (games-advertising.com)
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Don’t Blame the Video Games The video games have been a source of entertainment for many over the past few years and over the years its consumers are growing in number. It is a source of digital entertainment and does not trigger violent behavior or the violent crimes. It is not a new trend anymore as the games have been around for as early as the 1990s. Parents and guardians strongly believe that most games have violent content thus prohibit their children from playing as they believe it might
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EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR‚ AGGRESSIVE COGNITION‚ AGGRESSIVE AFFECT‚ PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL‚ AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature By Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Iowa State University Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will increase aggressive behavior. A metaanalytic review of the video-game research literature reveals that violent video games increase aggressive
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Ethical Debates in Video Game Design Like any industry‚ the video game industry certainly has its fair share of ongoing ethical debates regarding the sort of content that designers should be allowed to place in their games. The issues themselves are indeed ethically questionable issues‚ with potentially consequential results. I have chosen four that highlight the importance and nature of some of these debates. One of these debates is about excessive violence in video games‚ and whether it ’s
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Video Games How They Positively Influence Us Moosa Baquie Mr.Cronin Thursday‚ April 26‚ 2012 ENG 2DR Analysis Ever since‚ the birth ‚ video games have received a negative reputation in the media and by our society. However they do not deserve the common stereotypical reputation it has in the present day. President Obama has stated in his response to video games in our society with " Put them away...". Video games are a medium of communication and education they can be used in both a positive
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Video games can vary in type and objective‚ from first-person shooters‚ to sports games or fantasy games. There are games with deep background stories and there are games that have no true plot such as Madden football games. However‚ one thing that isn’t a big theme but can be included in video games is sexuality and relationships. Sexuality has only recently been included in games for various reasons. The first being that dealing with more deep emotional subjects and romantic situations wouldn’t
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Video games have been rising in popularity and today has become a very profitable industry‚ beginning with the 1980s‚ from arcade classics like Asteroids‚ pinball‚ and Pac-Man to the postmodern console and computer gaming. (Sherman 243) With the rise of video games came the perpetuation of a gender disparity as a result of the emerged gaming culture and from the video games themselves. (Sherman 245) This gender disparity is evident from looking at the female gamers‚ who often experience sexism from
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Artificial Intelligence and Its Use in Games Robert Beaird 10/10/08 As long as computer games have been made‚ there has been a desire and demand for smarter‚ faster‚ and better artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence‚ which is often referred to as “AI‚” is “[…] the mimicking of human thought and cognitive processes to solve complex problems.” [1] In the case of games‚ this would mean various tasks involving problem solving and reacting
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football clubs‚ movies‚ television programs‚ and video games. But there are many activities that are not good for children‚ who have ill effects on your subconscious and in the way they operate. We know that violence on television has bad effects on children. Psychologists say that there is a correlation between the aggressiveness and violence on television "is as strong as the effects of smoking on your lungs. Are the effects of violence in video games as strong as the attack on television? Psychologists
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Persuasive Writing Role Playing Video games can be Educational Have you ever thought a videogame can be educational? Video games are widely known as an excellent source of entertainment‚ and according to some‚ they can be of great help as an educational tool because of their interactivity. What a lot of people don´t know is that they can be good for those who play them for fun as well for learning. There are several genres of video games‚ for example RPGs‚ or role-playing games. They often include the
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