article “Do Video Games Kill?” author‚ Karen Sternheimer‚ brings up an interesting and controversial subject about video games. “If we want to understand why young people‚ particularly middle class or other stable environments‚ become homicidal‚ we need to look beyond the games they play.” Sternheimer starts her article by giving an example of the video game “Doom” that became a target for critics. Shooting at the schools in Kentucky‚ Oregon‚ and Colorado were most probably caused by video games. The author
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Persuasive Speech Outline Matt King CMST 220 Video Game Speech 6-12-13 * Attention grabber/introduction - Slaying dragons‚ defending your planet from alien invasion‚ or bouncing on the heads of koopas and saving the same princess who gets caught every time? Sound Familiar? If you’re anything like me you have tried all of these. Of course not literally but I’m sure you have all played a video game that has let you do something crazy and exciting you couldn’t normally do. * Can I get
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Sam Shepherd’s Chicago: The Drama of Absurd The term “absurd” is no stranger to the contemporary man. It seems as if for the last seventy years since the beginning of its popularization we haven’t moved away from the same existential philosophy it stems from. Therefore‚ it could be said that the notion of absurdity is a prevailing element of postmodern art and of postmodern way of thinking in general. Ever since the term “absurd” was used by Alber Camus in his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus”
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World Apocalypse In today’s world‚ almost 50 hours a week are spent on video games by children of all ages (Oskin‚ LiveScience). Video gaming is so popular today‚ that im almost completely sure that every kid in America knows what a video game is. Video gaming is a multibillion-dollar industry bringing in more money than movies and DVD’s (aacap.org‚2011). While some games have educational content‚ many of the popular games emphasize negative themes and promote the killing of people or animals‚ the
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In my life I had the chance to meet a lot of people in different places. The people I meet usually end up in another place. I had a good friend named Sam when I was at young age. Sam was the guy I always have trusted and have a kick back with. In elementary school we were always together at all times. A couple of years ago I went for vacation in L.A. on my way to LA I heard there would be a greet festival that is dedicated to my home land soldiers. I made up my mind to be there before I came back
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desire of entertainment and with video games this particular desire could be explored in whole new way. That is the main question‚ why video games are popular and continue to get more broadly used and highly enjoyed by millions. However‚ well grown popularity of video and computer games turned out to be harmful for original human development and damaging and poisoning psyche of human. In media‚ lots of episodes of violence cultivated by coercion in ‘war-blood’ games - Call of Duty‚ Counter Strike‚
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The Bad Side of Video Games Whether its hours a day or a few hours a week‚ a lot of people take time out of their day and dedicate themselves to video games. However‚ many popular games encourage violence and violent behavior. The bad side of video games is that the violence in many popular games can have an impact both physically and mentally on the kids who play them. The fact that the games kids and teens might be playing a lot encourage violent behavior can be a serious problem‚ and the nonstop
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did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee. Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee‚ where the cotton blooms and blows. Why he left his home in the South to roam ’round the Pole‚ God only knows. He was always cold‚ but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Though he’d often say in his homely way that "he’d sooner live in hell." On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail. Talk of your cold! through the parka’s fold it stabbed
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kid plops down in front of the television and powers up his video game console. As he reaches for his controller‚ his mother has one point of view in her mind‚ more time wasted‚ another day wasted‚ video games rot my children’s brain. Or do they? Video games have a horrible stigma of “rotting our brain’s” because many believe that they are pumping our children’s minds with senseless violence and explicit content. Although many video games do include a substantial amount of violence‚ it comes second
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Video Games: Good or Bad? Spending hours upon hours playing video games‚ one would think that they would start to influence the day to day life. This controversy is brought up in the article “Defending Video Games: Breeding Evil?” written by the editor of Ecomunist.com. The article argues that violent video games do not necessarily make viewers violent‚ but may in fact be beneficial to the user’s health. The main topic is proving games do not influence their audience to the extent of behavioral
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