popularity of video games has spread like a roaring wildfire. As the popularity of video games began to rise‚ the games began to evolve and branch out into the wide variety of different genres and categories that are seen today. However‚ just like any form of popular media or culture‚ controversy has sparked around video games and has become shrouded around the world of video games. Many people believe that video games have no positive aspects whatsoever‚ and some have even claimed that video games actually
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October 22‚ 2007 Video Games and Obesity In just two decades‚ the prevalence of obesity doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11‚ and tripled for American teenagers (Childhood Obesity). Obesity is an excessive accumulation of fat causing a person to become overweight. It is a serious and growing health problem‚ especially for kids. One major factor to the problem of children becoming obese is‚ video games. Video games have advanced dramatically over the years. From hitting a ball back
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have cell phones‚ as well as 89% of children have their own laptops‚ and 97% of children and young adults play video games and/or own a gaming system. With the prevalence of video games obvious many adults have started asking themselves how these games affect their children. Should I be worried that my child is playing violent video games? How long should I allow my child to play video games? These questions are ones parents who are raising children in the era of technology should be asking‚ these are
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Robert de la Rosa COSC 1301.W01 September 24‚ 2008 Video Game Technology Humanity has a driving need for entertainment. Writers are constantly coming up with new movies‚ designers and engineers are always on the hunt for the next big idea for roller coasters and theme parks‚ and programmers are always designing and improving the most widely available entertainment software‚ video games. The video game industry generates 6 billion dollars a year‚ and in a field as large as this‚ there is a
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Public Speaking 205 03/23/2012 Video game addiction Specific Purpose: As a result of my speech my audience will understand that video games aren’t as bad a hobby as they may think. Central Idea: Playing a video game an excessive amount of time can ruin your social life. Cause you to lose friends and potentially a job. Introduction: I. You and your friends decide to go biking it’s a beautiful day‚ nice and sunny. Everyone arrives and you are ready to go biking but then you look and notice
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Mehnaaz Momen Political Class and Gender Roles 27 March 2011 Gender Roles in the Video Game Industry We often reflect on our lives and realize that not everything in our worlds outlines life as fair game. I see many facets of life that benefit one gender role better than the other. I also see parts of our lives where one gender role isn’t treated as equally as others. Me being part of the video game community for so long never opened my eyes to these realizations. I never wanted to believe
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diverse technologies that exist. Even with such a dependency on technology select individuals deem technologies such as video games mindless and unproductive. The common words used to describe gamers are obese‚ lazy‚ aggressive‚ and socially awkward. However‚ video games reap many benefits that include stronger social ties‚ improved hand-eye coordination‚ and certain video games can be used as an educational tool. For the individuals with Schizotypal personality disorders or even just introverts
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Video game use has been studied in the development in young adults for many years. It is implied that young people tend to use the games as a distraction from pain in their lives‚ thus making it an inequity to many “gamers” to put a limit on video game use. Using video games to relieve pain is often seen in children with infirmities and receiving medical treatments. The games allow the children to focus on something other than pain for long periods of time. But other than a distraction‚ how are these
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Soloway UNV-104 Expository Essay Final Draft 8/17/13 Nikki Squire Video Games and Violence Playing video games is an ubiquitous pastime among youth today. Popular genres of video games are about conflict and resolution‚ much like real life. When people hear the words violent or violence‚ they automatically associate these words with negativity. However‚ studies have shown (Ferguson & Rueda‚ 2010) that in the world of video games‚ those that are considered violent can actually be of benefit to
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Violent video games can cause major concerns in children s that grow into adults. Children that grow up being allowed to play video games that intertwined an abundance of violence and profanity can cause aggressiveness‚ anger‚ and violence within their personality and daily actions. Younger children that play violent video games other are influenced by the negativity and aggressiveness which they can begin to express in their everyday lives. Parents that allow this don’t often know these facts
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