Hello‚ this is Cheyenne Doig and today I want to share with you a video game that I think truly made an impact on my day to day life. To evaluate‚ It affected me positively in my life outside just playing it. This game is called “Flower” and it was developed by Annapurna Interactive. This first-person‚ single-player game starts off with a plant on the window sill. As you progress through each of the six levels‚ more potted plants show up. The story has no dialogue‚ just soothing music and nature
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Violent Video Games Violate Vibes? Video games have recently become a controversial topic‚ in regards to understanding if violent video games can cause aggression and violent behavior. Hundreds of studies‚ as to violent video games‚ have been tested on children‚ bullies and even criminals to find out if there is a connection between violent video games and bad behavior. Although most people believe that violent video games do cause aggression in behavior‚ because of such events like murders‚ criminal
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Case Study – The Wii: Nintendo’s Video Game Revolution Problem Statement: Mr. George Harrison‚ senior vice president of marketing for Nintendo of America has to create a plan to manage product shortages as part of marketing campaign for the 2007 holiday season. Situation Analysis: Objective and Goals * To deliver sufficient product supply to the market (distributors‚ then retailers and down to consumers) before the 2007 holiday rush Background Nintendo came into existence in 1889
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“BLAME VIOLENT GAMES!” Recently video games have been blamed as the main cause of violence in today’s society. Video games have been a main source of entertainment since 1957 when professors used them for simulations to prove their research. Many famous video game characters have come out since then like Mario‚ Luigi‚ Sonic‚ and many‚ many more. I have been playing games since I was 4 years old and I have never once been violent or thought of being violent since then. I believe games can improve certain
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ISSUE QUESTION: Are Video Games Considered a Sport? CONTROVERSY SECTION: Although Sports have their origins all the way back to the ancient Greeks‚ it is only through the recent times that people have called into question whether there needs to be an expansion on what can be considered a sport. Traditionally‚ sports are defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.”. Yet within the recent decade
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Video Games: A Source of Benefits or Addiction? Super Mario Brothers‚ Sonic the Hedgehog‚ and Street Fighter are familiar names to nearly all of us. They are all best selling games of major video game consoles. Over 9.8 billion dollars were spent on video games in the United States during 2001 alone‚ and video game consoles are present in 36 million homes in the United States (1). With the increasing amount of time that people are spending on video games‚ one is left to wonder what effects video
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It depends on how you define violent games! I have seen dozens of 5-year old kids playing Halo‚ yet THEY didn’t grow up to be violent psychopaths; however‚ I understand the concern of those who say that violent games should be banned. Has it EVER occurred to you that most M+ games are bought by teens in high school/people who don’t have children yet? Now‚ violent game playing should be up to the parents/guardian‚ but FPS‚ RPGs and others CAN help with certain issues- for example‚ for HEALTHY (no
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Military and Video Game Working Together Run! Shoot him! Shoot at him! Don’t just stand there! Get down! Yes! I killed him! O no wait! He shot me! GAME OVER. These phrases may sound familiar from playing some type of war video game or at least witness someone play. War video games have been produced for years for the enjoyment of teenagers and as well as adults and these types of games are still popular today and have actually been top sellers. For instance‚ games such as Battlefield and Call
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Cause and Effect Essay Video Game Dilemma “. . . a new study has found almost half of all "heavy gamers" are six- to seventeen-years-old” (Bennett). The current generation is one being born into the most technologically advanced civilization ever. While this is excellent from a scientific standpoint‚ it can have some serious negative effects on children growing up with this equipment. Video games are gradually becoming more popular with today’s youth. The rise in video game popularity has caused
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Nowadays‚ many children are addicted to video games that they play these games daily. According the research made by NPD GROUP‚ there was an increase by 9% of children aging between 2 and 17 that play video games compared to 2009. There was also an increase by 17% in the number of children aging between 2 and 5 that play video games compared to 2009. These percentage shows that video games are attracting many kids every day. Video game is an electronic game where the player controls a character‚ and
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