Rhetorical Analysis Essay According to the article “Shooting in the Dark” author‚ Benedict Carey‚ states that studies today on violent video games show no concrete evidence on actually long term negative effects on gamers. Mr. Carey is not a researcher or scientist but is a veteran writer of neuroscience‚ neurology‚ and psychology. Throughout this article he gives factual evidence and quotes from scholarly sources such as doctors and researchers in the fields of behavior and psychology. The author
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many grossly popular video games today‚ and they have one main thing in common: violence. Whether one is shooting down Nazi soldiers on the beaches of Normandy or sawing apart Locust drones on the planet Sera with his or her lancer‚ one is engaging in extremely violent video-game action‚ and probably having a lot of fun doing so. With the rapid growth of intensely violent games‚ parents and politicians across the nation have begun to protest against violence in video games and have even gone as
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Video Games Discussion: Visuals/Narrator’s position The narrator provided a variety of different visuals on the specific topic of “Do video games make you smarter? With a few visuals that were along the lines of mental and visual‚ one showing the increase in cognitive functioning of the brain; associated with memory‚ strategic planning‚ and fine motor skills‚ video games have shown to have a positive effect on education. Along the lines of effectiveness‚ they’re designed as teaching tools
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English 102 29 October 2014 Do video games cause violence? For many years‚ children would go out and play in the yard‚ ride bikes‚ or play soccer for fun. All of that has changed since the evolution of technology. In today’s society‚ kids of all ages are no longer playing outside or with their friends. Instead‚ they are locked up in the house all day playing video games. Why is this bad? Video games are neither built to help heighten the learning skills of kids‚ nor are they designed to impact
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about video games Many wonder if there are any good things about video games. The question becomes even more prominent when you think about children and teens‚ who might spend more time playing video games than going outside. And then there are adults who develop video game addictions. Sometimes these addictions could lead to problems with employment‚ relationships and other aspects of life. However‚ despite all these things‚ I still say there are many good things about video games‚ regardless
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Video Games: Beneficial or Cause Violence Do modern video games contribute to the increasing level of Violence that is all around us? Can we really attribute the shootings and bombings we see on the news to the increased violence and realism in video games ? These are the questions reporters should be asking. Instead the first question out of their mouths if the suspect is an adolescent will most certainly be ’ Was he addicted to playing violent video games ?’ If
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world of video games. Ever since then technology has grown incredibly now making a fun hobby out of it that people can really enjoy. I myself have made it a hobby and try to keep up with all the latest devolvement’s in the gaming world. Some of my fondest memories are from when I was about 4 years old and I would wake up and go play Mario with my grandpa on my old Nintendo 64. Today I’m going to explain the past of video gaming‚ where we are today and what is to come of the video games in the future
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Do violent video games cause Behavior problems? By: Kira Morales It has been a long debated discussion of whether or not violent video games cause behavior problems such as violence and aggression in children and young adults. Obviously this is a chicken or the egg problem‚ in other words meaning which came first the aggressive kids or the violent video games. Do violent video games cause kids to be aggressive or are aggressive kids attracted to violent video games. Through some research‚ I agree
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creators make violent video games (McGrath 3). If the violence is justified in some way then it could be considered as morally acceptable (McGrath 4). Most violent video games are made so that the player for no particular reason murders and tortures innocent people (McGrath 4). This could be enhanced by making it morally correct like self defense (McGrath 4). There also should be a lesson learned at the same time showing how killing another human being is wrong (McGrath 4). The video game “Dishonored” is
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Qi Mu English 112 Oct 23‚ 2012 Violent Video Games Increase Aggression Since the advent of Violent Video Games (VVGs)‚ they have become more and more popular. Now‚ VVGs enjoy unprecedented popularity. According to a 2008 Pew Research Center report‚ 95% of children play video games‚ and among them‚ more than half play VVGs (Violent Video Games) (“Violent Video Games and Young People”). A question may be raised: Does VVGs harm people? Many say they don’t. Perhaps they didn’t know many researches
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