Johnson Professor Harrison Composition II 2 October 2012 Effect of Video Games on Kids Growing up‚ playing outside was what I did for fun. Whether it was riding my bike‚ playing with friends‚ or swimming‚ I was outside for hours at a time every day. Today‚ kids have access to things like Xboxes‚ Playstations‚ and Nintendo DS. In a study conducted by Gentile‚ Lynch‚ Linder & Walsh (2004) "adolescent girls played video games for an average of 5 hours a week‚ whereas boys averaged 13 hours a week
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effects on learning and academic skills * Negative correlation on time spent on games and academic performance Conclusion Bibliography THESIS STATEMENT Excessive playing of video games can cause decreased social interaction‚ psychological disturbances and increased aggressive behavior‚ deterioration in health and poor academic performance in children. ABSTRACT The playing of video games was investigated to observe and analyse the consequences on children. The effects
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Nintendo 64 Awesomeness Apart from being so old that it’s primarily just a source of nostalgia these days‚ the Nintendo 64 is still amazing. It was really revolutionary in its time‚ and still influences games to this day. The Nintendo 64 was actually originally intended to be called the Ultra 64. Due to the fact that Nintendo wanted to keep the line of game systems titles continuous from the Nintendo Entertainment System‚ and then the ‘Super’ Nintendo Entertainment System‚ Ultra would have been
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used in beer pong By: David Adeyemi Introduction This investigation aims to explore the different paths of shots used in Beer Pong which is a drinking game that involves a ping pong ball and usually 20 cups. This topic is of significance to many teenagers and early adults as it addresses the techniques used in a game played at almost every party. I am very interested in projectile motion as it is part of the topics we cover in HL physics and this also links to a very fun game. It is also
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Hiroshi Yamauchi & Nintendo By Hiroshi Yamauchi was born on November 7‚ 1927 in Japan‚ by age 6 his father had abandoned the family and Hiroshi went to live with his grandparents. by age twelve Hiroshi had planned to study law or engineering once he had finished school but before that could happen he found his country in the middle of World War II. Being to young to fight he was put to work in a military factory‚ here it was said by some follow workers
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to have an enlightened gaming experience and thoroughly enjoy the games they play. Through this idealism‚ they may mildly suggest to console gamers that they should consider obtaining a gaming computer instead of a console that is restricted to its base components. In the online article‚ What’s the Glorious PC Gaming Race?‚ it is declared that “A PC can always be updated with the latest and greatest hardware‚ but that is not the case with a console‚ where you’re lucky if you can just get reasonable
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daily basis‚ video games came to be one of the most‚ if not the most‚ favorable pastime. Just like music and art‚ video games also have different types and genres. They can also be a combination of multiple genres. Some of the notable genres are casual games‚ horror games‚ role-playing games‚ and online strategy games. Different genres appeal to different types of people‚ which in turn gives rise to the diversity in the gaming community. Apart from being a medium of enjoyment‚ video games can also give
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Video Games and Violent Children Brittany Hern 02/02/2011 Critical Thinking and Composition Home video games‚ an industry worth $11 billion domestically that is now 30 years old‚ continues to be thrown into legal and moral debates regarding what age is deemed appropriate to participate. Video games‚ especially those deemed to be violent or rated “mature‚” are at the center of the controversy. There are two sides to this debate. Video game companies and their supporters
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EFFECTS OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR‚ AGGRESSIVE COGNITION‚ AGGRESSIVE AFFECT‚ PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL‚ AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Scientific Literature By Craig A. Anderson and Brad J. Bushman Iowa State University Research on exposure to television and movie violence suggests that playing violent video games will increase aggressive behavior. A metaanalytic review of the video-game research literature reveals that violent video games increase aggressive
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(2025) Video Game Violence: The Indoctrination of Aggressive Behavior and Gun Violence in American Youth This communications study will analyze the affect of violent video games in the indoctrination of aggressive behavior in youth populations. The social context of video game usage defines the underlying affect of “first person shooter” (FPS) games as a gateway to violent behavior. These video games define a violent culture of militarism‚ mayhem‚ and death that is perpetuated in this type of popular
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