Global Toys & Games Industry The global toys and games industry is expected to hit the $100 billion mark by 2015‚ according to research from Global Industry Analysts. In recent years the market has been influenced by changing consumer tastes‚ with children opting for more sophisticated video games and electronic toys. Children are also becoming increasingly accustomed to changing toys more frequently. This means toy and game manufacturers are obliged to introduce new products on a regular
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Video Games: Who’s Really Responsible? Melissa Hinkley Rosemary Mekita Composition I - February 29‚ 2012 Video Games: Who’s Really Responsible? It’s in the news at least once a week it seems. A crazed gunman goes on a rampage‚ leaving horror in their wake. The thought in most people’s minds are the same‚ “What caused this?” The finger pointing inevitably begins and as it seems more and more prevalent‚ those fingers get pointed at violent video games. Christopher Ferguson believes this
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The Positive Effects of Playing Video Games Have you ever thought about the positive side of playing video games instead of always thinking of the negative side? Playing video games has educational benefits‚ improves multi-tasking‚ social benefits‚ builds confidence‚ promotes exercise‚ and encourages cooperation and teamwork. In addition to understanding the many real concerns that today’s parents have with video games‚ it’s also worth considering the benefits and positive aspects that contemporary
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The effect of video games on the brain is a research area gaining popularity as the percentage of children and adults who play video games is on the rise. Some people believe violence in video games and in other media promotes violent behavior among viewers. While there is not sufficient data to validate this claim‚ there are a number of studies showing that video games can increase aggressive behavior and emotional outbursts‚ and decrease inhibitions. From a few of these studies‚ and from my own
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effect of video games on children”. The amount of information researched on the psychological effect was a lot and thus the topic question for the research was then changed to “the psychological effect of video games on children”. The main reason for researching this topic was the fact that there are a lot of young children in the world who play immensely violent games. Many children and their parents ignore the game rating. Many parents do not understand the adverse effect that those video games would
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Introduction The video-gaming industry is a multi-billion dollar industry‚ top selling games producing millions of dollars in their first few days of release. But the industry’s biggest sellers are violent video games (LeClaire‚ 2006). These days‚ people are desensitized towards violence that they practically walk past violent events in the street or helpless‚ injured people without thinking twice or casting a second glance (cyh.com‚ 2010). Are video games the cause for increased violent behaviour
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The Effects of Video Games on Children Video games have always been under constant scrutiny by parents‚ doctors‚ and the media‚ just like anything in history that has had a profound impact on society‚ especially on children. Video games became an immediate attraction since the moment they were introduced into the world. The games can allow the player to become any character they could ever dream of‚ whether the character is from their favorite sport or from their favorite movie. It allows a child’s
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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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Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Popular Culture: Violent Video Games Violent video games are a form of popular culture that is very controversial in the world today. Various professionals and the society members have argued over the issue of violent video games especially on how the games should be restricted or prohibited to limit their use among the youths. These controversial arguments about violent video games make this kind of popular
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female character in gaming history‚ and the foundation of the female characters portrayed in video games such as Lara Croft from “The Rise of the Tomb Raider” series or more recently‚ Aloy from “Horizon Zero Dawn.” Isn’t this good for women’s representation in video games? For Anita Sarkeesian it most certainly is not. Sarkeesian makes claims out of context. It is clear that she does not even play video games‚ and she doesn’t talk about the intentions of the developer or the audience. She has been
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