English 1120 10 March 2006 Video Games vs. Children The promotion of violence by today’s media‚ especially video games‚ has caused violence and aggression in reality to become a major concern. As gaming graphics and special effects are becoming more realistic‚ this portrayal of violence is one of the many important concerns in society. These days‚ a person can pick up a controller‚ move a joystick around‚ press a few buttons‚ and totally devastate an entire city. The recent uproar about this
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that we can learn from playing video games. Video games have always been infamous for their anti-social aspect and the violence that is shown in them. They have been seen as negatively affecting the players in terms of lack of social skills‚ inefficiency‚ obesity and laziness. We lack the unbiased view thus miss on the positive effects of video games. The negativities brought in by video games are due to the unrestricted duration for which they are played. Video games are popular among the children
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GBA 687 Hong-Chin Chen Competition in Video Game Consoles: The State of the Battle for Supremacy in 2008 1. What are the strategy-shaping business and economic characteristics of the console segment of the video game industry? What is the industry like? 1-1 Segmentation: The industry was segmented into console hardware‚ console software (both sales and rentals)‚ handheld hardware‚ handheld software (both sales and rentals)‚ PC software (both sales and rentals)‚ broadband‚ interactive
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Professor James English Comp II 8 March 2014 Video Games Changes Lives There are upsides and downsides to letting video games shape your life as a child‚ and even up to your adulthood. Even in my own life‚ I have experienced games shaping me‚ and giving me the skills I would not have gotten if I did not grow up playing video games. As an “adult” now‚ I have noticed different aspects of my life that have been altered dramatically by gaming. Playing video games throughout your life may have positive and
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Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours a week
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Video game behavioral effects The scientific study of media effects has led researchers down the road of video game effects. From both a social and psychological standpoint‚ video games have the ability to influence their players both on implicit and explicit levels. The popularity of video and computer games has grown exponentially in recent years‚ yet empirical research is still relatively limited when compared to the study of other media. In 1982‚ the U.S. Surgeon General lamented the lack
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In today’s society video games can cause many behavior problems. The violence in video games can affect children in many ways. Violent video games affect a person’s brain and health. At last‚ violent video games also affect the player’s personality in various ways. Acting violently and having nightmares are two ways of how violent video games affect children. Some games contain some graphic content‚ and may give children ideas that they do not understand. These games also make children believe
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of Americans play video games. With one of the most popular video games of 2012 being Call of Duty‚ it can be argued that it is more than a coincidence that the level of violence in society today has risen at a similar rate to the popularity of these types of video games. Statistics like this may not be proven but cannot be ignored in any studies conducted in behaviour traits‚ however‚ the connection between aggression in modern society and the increasing popularity of video games must be deemed more
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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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The Political Implications of Video Games Video Games are one of the largest franchises on earth today‚ while technology progresses‚ so do these games‚ but when did these games become so violent? It all started with the first video game‚ and the foundation of the franchise we know today. Pong‚ the very first commercial video game released in 1972‚ a virtual game in which a player would hit a ball back and forth with either a friend or an AI (artificial intelligence) until the ball was dropped. But
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