Over the past few years‚ video games have become increasingly popular in our culture. During this time video games have experienced leaps in technology‚ such as improved graphics and the ability to play with others either in person or worldwide via internet . As video game popularity has grown and the technology has become more advanced‚ concern has also grown regarding the effects of violent video game play on children. Video games are unique‚ as compared to other games children and adolescents
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12/15/13 Video Games and Violence Video Games and violence a topic that has caused many a spirited debate both in the classroom‚ and amongst parents and children. There are plenty of arguments both for‚ and against the issue. However‚ there is research out there that shows that large amounts of time spent playing violent video games can contribute to aggressive behaviors‚ poor academic performance‚ and desensitization to violence in adolescents. The debates all begin with violent video games contributing
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INDS-1033-40 November 23rd‚ 2012 The Benefits of Video Games It is without a doubt that video games have exponentially grown in popularity throughout the last decade. They have truly become one of the most popular forms of entertainment (when compared to Television‚ movies‚ music‚ etc). Consumers spent $24.75 billion on video games‚ hardware and accessories in 2011. Although the majority of game players are adults‚ video games have become exceptionally popular among kids. According to
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Globalization: Video Games The global software market for video games was approximately $52 billion in 2012. In just the last 8 years‚ the emerging markets have gone from 12% to 47% of the market size and are growing at a compounded annual rate of nearly 30%. All of this growth in the international video game market offers a unique experience and cultural impact on many countries that previously would not have had exposure to these types of games. This exposure demonstrates the globalizing power
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Video Games and Art Video Games can never be art “No video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an artform...” “No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets‚ filmmakers‚ novelists and poets‚ composers‚ painters and so on...” “They will not evolve..” These are the arguments emphasized in Rogert Ebert’s article about video games which for me‚ are striking and disturbing. Appreciation of the video games
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Are video games bad for you? Sure‚ parents and adults will tell you they are bad‚ but how are they bad for you? Many will tell you that video games hurt your eyes and damage your nerves. They may even tell you video games make you more violent‚ but they cannot provide any evidence to back up their opinions. Nor do they realize the real problem—which is not video games themselves—but the addiction that drives many gamers to play video games to the exclusion of all else. In this essay‚ I will show
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Violent Video Games Converge With Real Life? Recently in America‚ there has been an explosion of anti-gun sentiment due to recent shootings‚ however no one has looked at the cause. What conditions a human being to preform these horrendous acts? Well‚ according to a myriad of parents‚ it’s video games. The claim is video games are actually psychological conditioners that cause a child‚ or player of any age‚ to lash out and perform violent acts. The scope of this paper will be violent video games’
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The effects of video games Kathy Michelle Watson University Composition and Communication II February 10‚ 2013 Jacqueline Smith Lance The effects of video games It is time for adults to come out of the closet. When talking about video games most people will picture in their minds an adolescent glued to a screen; while it is true that 92% of American children play video games (Gentile‚ 2011‚75)‚ the average gamer is 35 years old (ESA‚ 2008). Playing games is an investment of time. The majority
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Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior Western Governors University Student ID #000283042 Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior The controversy surrounding violence in video games stretches back to 1976 and involved violence against stick figures. Over the years‚ violent imagery has increased in the frequency it appears in games and in the graphic depictions of violence against people and animals. Concerned parents‚ activists and researchers have long suggested that viewing such material
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Tanya Sanchez ENG 1201 Professor Aldridge Annotated Bibliography Effects of violent video game playing on youth Ward‚ Michael R. "Video Games and Adolescent Fighting." Journal of Law and Economics 53 (2012): 611-28. JSTOR. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605509>. There is a link between violence in the context of video games and violence affected by gamers outside of the context of gaming. Psychologists have studied the possible connections between violence
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