Rivalry in video games industry Introduction The video games industry faces an entirely new rivalry situation. After 11 years of leadership‚ Sony has nearly lost its strong positions on the market‚ which gives the other two players – Microsoft and Nintendo - the chance to compete for the leadership. While the goal of Nintendo is to stay in the industry‚ Sony and Microsoft aim to strengthen their positions on the home entertainment market‚ which is constantly growing. The key factors‚ the companies
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Music In Video Games Throughout the history of the video game industry‚ there has been many changes concerning music in video games. Music in video games progressed greatly within the life of the industry from 1972 to the present. These progressions can be seen as improvements in quality which includes an increase in the number of output channels‚ an increase in song length‚ a great improvement in the quality of timbres‚ and also a general shift from non- programmatic music to programmatic music
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Video Games in Psychotherapy After reading the article‚ Video Games in Psychotherapy by T. Atilla Ceranoglu‚ I agree that video games can help in psychotherapy because I believe that playing videos can take their minds off of the tragic things going on in their life‚ such as children who went through abuse‚ neglected‚ control problems etc… This will help them release some stress and to have a little fun. I think those kids who have problems controlling themselves this will help them relax a little
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Video Gamers have the Advantage Since the early 1970’s‚ the demand and popularity of video games has been growing rapidly. Nowadays‚ video games are an integral part of many people’s lives world-wide. In order to satisfy the public’s growing demand for these innovative games‚ software companies are producing large quantities of attractive and stimulating video games. With each new generation‚ these games become more visually dazzling and increase in realism. Because the vast majority of children
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Argumentative Essay “If video games do increase violent tendencies outside the laboratory‚ the explosion of gaming over the past decade from 3.2 billion in sales in 1995 to $7 billion in 2003‚ according to industry figures‚ would suggest a parallel trend in youth violence. Instead‚ youth violence has been decreasing.” (Hoerrner 49). A video game is a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or display. Violence is behavior involving
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1359-1789/99/$–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 that this may have a detrimental effect on individuals who play such games. Despite continuing controversy for over 15 years‚ there has been little
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Game development or game design/business of game development What is game development? Game development is the usually concerned and extended process of creating a video game. Ordinary games are usually fund by a publisher. It takes more than a few years to develop. Indie games can obtain less time. It can be produced cheaply by persons and small developers. Game development Game development is the software improvement method by which a video game is created. Game development is
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Hollywood and video games do not make a perfect couple Hollywood has made a quit amount of films that are based on video games‚ but none of them was a huge success as the games were. Top video games like Tomb Raider‚ Prince of Persia and Super Mario Bros all have been made into movies‚ but they were not executed well. Sometimes people wonder how can a movie with a $100 Million budget flunk easily? Nowadays video games include a perfect storyline‚ cinematic‚ visuals and it is more dynamic than
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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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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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