Video games have been rising in popularity and today has become a very profitable industry‚ beginning with the 1980s‚ from arcade classics like Asteroids‚ pinball‚ and Pac-Man to the postmodern console and computer gaming. (Sherman 243) With the rise of video games came the perpetuation of a gender disparity as a result of the emerged gaming culture and from the video games themselves. (Sherman 245) This gender disparity is evident from looking at the female gamers‚ who often experience sexism from
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Video games in pop-culture. Video games and computer games (from here on both categories will be simply referred to as video games for simplicity) have entered the domain of pop culture fairly recently. Although the first video game was developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham‚ their popularity didn’t occur until the seventies with the appearance of Pac-man and Frogger in the arcades (Computer and Video Games). If the younger generation of video game consumers would take a look at what was out
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football clubs‚ movies‚ television programs‚ and video games. But there are many activities that are not good for children‚ who have ill effects on your subconscious and in the way they operate. We know that violence on television has bad effects on children. Psychologists say that there is a correlation between the aggressiveness and violence on television "is as strong as the effects of smoking on your lungs. Are the effects of violence in video games as strong as the attack on television? Psychologists
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Persuasive Speech Title: Minority Organ Donation. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade minorities and my audience to become organ donors Central Idea: The need for organ donors among minorities are constantly on the rise and the process as a donor is relatively simple. Introduction I. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? What if that something was a liver‚ or even a heart? Every
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P. Stephen Calcutt 9 October 2012 E-Portfolio Video Game-Playing is Unhealthy for Teenagers Effects of Violent Video games The amount of time invested in various media by adolescents rises every year due to the increasing technology advancements. In fact‚ between 2004 and 2009 the amount of time an 8- to 18 year old spent with media increased by 1 hour and 17 minutes a day‚ resulting in 7 hours and 38 minutes per day in 2009 (Reinburg‚ 2010). This amount of time is mind-blowing when added
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VIDEO GAMES ; TIME WASTING VIDEO GAMESt; TIME WASTING There is a fine line between using your time to your advantage and one of which you’re on a couch watching the latest Hannah Montana episode. I plan on explain how you use video games to achieve that maximum goal. Many adults over the age of 40 don’t take the classic controller or the player seriously and from that you get the hate and criticism you see today. From here on out I will take you on an in-depth tour of the latest video games and
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Mecca 1 The American educational system has been hindered by video games. If you look around you‚ you will realize that video games are everywhere. From Ipods‚ to smart phones‚ televisions‚ to even some of our printers now have games. Our generation is called the “Joystick Generation”‚ and for good reason too. Everyone is plugged in and no one more so than America’s youth. To put the impact of the “Joystick Generation” into perspective‚ take into account that software sales spiked twenty-eight
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Video games! Good or bad - video games are games you can play on electronic screens such as computers‚ TVs and even portable devices like iPods and cell phones. Many of you are already aware that games were made for bored people to pass the time. You might have noticed that a lot of games include shooting‚ fighting‚ racist or themes and plots. Video games have become extremely popular in recent years. They are played all over the world not only in homes‚ workplaces‚ and clubs‚ but even schools
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Persuasive Speech #2 I. Introduction “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche speaks volumes toward the importance of individuality and self-expression. It shows how conformity can lead to complacency and “corrupt” our most valuable resource‚ our youth. School uniforms do just that. The requirement of school uniforms can cause more problems than they solve ranging
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Cons of Playing Video Games Video game is a series of 2D or 3D world created by author or editor to allow public experience by representing as a person or animal inside. In my humble opinion‚ playing video games have more cons than pros. My essay will tell you that playing video games have more cons because it wasting time‚ cause indulgence‚ side effect on body health and cause volatility. In the 21 century‚ video games not only available for boys‚ it is also already become part of the
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