Should Video Games be Banned? An ongoing argument where people think that video games should be banned. Should video games be banned? All of the arguments are repetitive and based on false belief‚ with very little real evidence. Some people think‚ ‘Violent video games should be banned because they influence the young minds of our generation and that they will bring cruelty and death among thee by doing indescribable acts of scandalous crime‚ thieving from innocent people and slaughtering their
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Turning Everyday Fun into Learning I grew up in a household where video games were a privilege that I had to earn. When I had done all my homework and chores‚ I was allowed to play video games for an hour a day. As I grew older my parents thought I could make my own choices and did not limit the amount of time I spent playing video games. Many people today think that video games cause children to become couch potatoes‚ act dumb‚ and be rude. As a young child‚ my parents taught me that responsibilities
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Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Violent video games are a form of popular culture that is very controversial in the world today. Various professionals and the society members have argued over the issue of violent video games especially on how the games should be restricted or prohibited to limit their use among the youths. These controversial arguments about violent video games make this kind of popular
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Franca Mr. Michael Copeland IEP Writing Skills 12 March 2013 Video Game Addiction: Life Related Video Game addiction is the action of playing video games or computer games excessively and compulsively to the extreme that can make one forget the real world and live in the virtual world. Addictive behavior is defined by six main aspects: salience‚ mood modification‚ tolerance‚ withdrawal‚ symptoms‚ conflict‚ and relapse. Video game addiction satisfies the definition of addiction. On the other
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reporters and stations alike are able to manipulate their audiences through a variety of techniques‚ to make them believe a representation of reality as opposed to the true fact. This is evident in the current affairs story "Video Game Violence" and the standard news story "Music Video Ban". These similar stories both originated from Channel Nine and represent violence in society’s youth today‚ stating children are at risk if exposed to such material. Through a selection of techniques‚ the audience is
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Video Games: The New Literary Genre The relationship between video games and literature has always been a difficult argument to settle. Video games‚ in general‚ offer depth and development into the story‚ characters‚ and complex themes or ideas of the particular game. However‚ can a video game offer the same depth into these subjects as a novel or even possess greater depth and understanding between the player and the game? The answer depends entirely on the video game itself. Like
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Video Game Violence Violence is happening all around us and it is said that one of the biggest reason for teen violence‚ is because of playing video games. It is true that there are many games that due show or portray violence; however the intention was not to promote teens to doing more violence as they are rated for mature adults. Personally I believe that if parents were more active or aware of what games they are purchasing‚ and became responsible for what games their children are playing
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The Effects of Video Games in our Society The effects video games have on young people. Good or bad? Effects of computerized gaming have a wide range on young people today and like anything else the effects you get out is in the way they are used. If we look at how computer games are made and what they are intended for we can get a better understand for the effects that come out of them. Video games today are created on a bases of entertainment but what are computer games? They are most
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Childhood Obesity: Video Games Not To Blame According to a 2006 American Obesity Association Study‚ approximately 30.3% of children (6-11 years) are overweight and 15.3% are obese. For teens (12-19 years) 33.4% are overweight and 15.5% obese. Who is planning on having children in the future? Who is planning on raising overweight or obese children? I bet if someone asked that question 20 years ago the response would be about the same; but in the last two decades the rate of overweight and obese
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Has it ever occurred to anyone to look at how much time and money is being wasted in an industry that prides itself on the entertainment it provides‚ the video gaming industry? The problem is not the industry itself‚ but the types of games it is creating. Too many games have become graphic‚ sexual in content‚ and quiet aggressive. These games are not only infesting the minds of the adolescent communities‚ but people of all ages. The addictive nature‚ real life plots and incentives rewarded throughout
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