“Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock and roll.” -Shigeru Miyamoto Blaming video games for real world violence has been an honored tradition for the past few years. It has gotten to the point where the people pointing fingers neglect to take any personal accountability. Parents simply want someone to blame for their own children’s violent behavior. Video games are an obvious scapegoat‚ but what they forget is that someone has to buy the video games. There is also the little
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Running head: Video Video games: Where is the Harm? English COM 121-136 March 12‚ 2005 Abstract Many people do not believe there are benefits to playing video games. However there are many benefits to exposing and letting children interact with video games. Some benefits include opportunity to immerse ourselves in character‚ development of hand-eye coordination‚ cognitive thinking skills‚ cooperative playing skills‚ fine motor skills‚ and real-time decision making abilities. Banning
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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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22 April 2014 The Benefits of Video Games Video games are becoming a common modern element in today ’s society‚ and while their popularity grows‚ so does the need to research their psychological effects on the player. Unfortunately‚ researchers generally focus on the negative effects such as increased aggression‚ and because of that it can be easy to forget that video games are actually quite beneficial‚ "First‚ the overwhelming majority of players describe game play as a positive emotional experience"
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I believe that video games are bad for the human brain and body. There are many problems that come from violent video games. “Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors‚ and decreased prosocial helping‚ according to a scientific study” (Anderson & Bushman‚ 2001). In this study‚ they compared children who play violent video games with children that play none with a cat scan and the violent video game child had more
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Violent Media is Good for Kids Analysis From infancy onward‚ parents and teachers have drilled into the young generation that violence should be avoided at all costs. They have preached cooperation‚ tolerance‚ and “using one’s words” as tactics to combat difficult situations. Although those lessons are valid‚ Gerald Jones claims there is an alternative way. In his essay‚ “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” Jones argues that “creative violence- bonking cartoons‚ bloody videogames‚ toy guns-gives
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Regulating Violent Video Games 1. Introduction 2. It is the responsibility of the parent to regulate their children’s exposure to violent video games. a. Parents are to ensure children understand that games aren’t real b. Violence is taught. 3. The government shouldn’t regulate violent video games a. The government should have no control over what games are released. 4. My personal experience as a single parent a. How much exposure my child gets
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Aggression and Violent Behavior‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 2‚ pp. 203–212‚ 1999 Copyright © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 1359-1789/99/$–see front matter PII S1359-1789(97)00055-4 VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Mark Griffiths Nottingham Trent University ABSTRACT. One of the main concerns that has constantly been raised against video games is that most of the games feature aggressive elements. This has led many people to assert
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Value in Video Games Linda Garcia Devry University Rough Draft 2 Value in Video Games “Your mom hates this game!” was the slogan for a third-person shooter game called Dead Space 2 released January 25‚ 2011. The big question is ‘why would your mom hate this game?’ Why do many people in general oppose playing video games? Although they are packed with a bunch of violence‚ many people neglect the positive qualities in video games. Are there any positive aspects about them? Video games are valuable
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Abstract Video games are electronic games‚ used for entertainment‚ that involve human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. There are variety forms of video games: arcade‚ computer‚ console‚ handheld‚ mobile‚ online and flash games. Video games were created for varied purposes‚ to inform‚ entertain‚ persuade or stimulate. These video games can have varied types of gameplay‚ from puzzle to action to adventure. Action games have been the most popular type
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