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    Violent Video Games

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    Over the past few years‚ video games have become increasingly popular in our culture. During this time video games have experienced leaps in technology‚ such as improved graphics and the ability to play with others either in person or worldwide via internet . As video game popularity has grown and the technology has become more advanced‚ concern has also grown regarding the effects of violent video game play on children. Video games are unique‚ as compared to other games children and adolescents

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    Violence & Video Games

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    2013 Violence & Video Games It’s a tireless task parents have keeping their kids safe. Graphic TV programs‚ sexually explicit magazines and alcohol all must be kept out of reach. Unfortunately‚ parents must add another pop culture challenge to their list: video games. A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shows that more than 90 percent of parents don’t monitor ratings on the video games played by their kids. Many are unaware that a ratings system for video games even exists‚ and

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    Video Games as Art

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    Video Games as Art Dylan Armitage December 10th‚ 2012 100883983 Video Games Are Art Are video games art? Up until the early 21st century‚ the dominant ideology surrounding this topic is resounding “No”. Art critics‚ such as Roger Ebert that state “video games cannot be art.” (Roger Ebert’s Journal)‚ and philosophers continually dismiss the idea. This ideology is no longer an accepted truth. I will argue that video games are a form of art. Video Games have gone from simple games and concepts

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    It in Video Game Industry

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    IT in the Video Game Industry Emanuel Ultreras BUS 381 Instructor: P. Witman October 20 2011 Fall 2011 Video Games were once a simple simulation of pong using two lines and a dot for imaging. They were played and mastered by a minority group of individuals most commonly referred to as “nerds”. Since those days in 1975 the video game industry market has gone through an exponential growth. With the revolutionary changes in technology and the social changes in product demand the

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    Video Game Addiction

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    VIDEO GAME ADDICTION After playing video games for 50 hours‚ a man died in an Internet cafe in South Korea (Khazan). China has set up a system in order to control the online video gaming hours. This is the vital step the country has taken to prevent the online gamers from getting addicted by limiting the hours of online video gaming (Koo). Thailand‚ on the other hand‚ has banned a very popular game called Grand Theft Auto 4 after a crime was committed in a similar fashion as shown in the game

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    Stereotypes In Video Games

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    As a group we chose to investigate gendered aspects within video games and how those games embody military values‚ behaviours and discourse. I am going to argue that children can internalise gender stereotypes and military discourse through the medium of gaming and that this can have wider social implications. Analysing gender demarcation‚ which is the process by which gender boundaries are set I looked at how video games encourage the stereotyping of genders‚ with a focus on the male archetype

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    violence on video games

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    1359-1789/99/$–see front matter PII S1359-1789(97)00055-4 VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES AND AGGRESSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Mark Griffiths Nottingham Trent University ABSTRACT. One of the main concerns that has constantly been raised against video games is that most of the games feature aggressive elements. This has led many people to assert that this may have a detrimental effect on individuals who play such games. Despite continuing controversy for over 15 years‚ there has been little

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    22 April 2014 The Benefits of Video Games Video games are becoming a common modern element in today ’s society‚ and while their popularity grows‚ so does the need to research their psychological effects on the player. Unfortunately‚ researchers generally focus on the negative effects such as increased aggression‚ and because of that it can be easy to forget that video games are actually quite beneficial‚ "First‚ the overwhelming majority of players describe game play as a positive emotional experience"

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    Video Games and Aggression

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    Violent and Nonviolent Computer Games on Implicit Measures of Aggressiveness Matthias Bluemke1Â Monika Friedrich1‚ and Joerg Zumbach2 1 2 Psychological Institute‚ University of Heidelberg‚ Heidelberg‚ Germany Department of E-Learning and Media Research in Science Education‚ University of Salzburg‚ Salzburg‚ Austria : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : We examined the causal relationship between playing violent video games and increases in aggressiveness

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    Video Game Violence

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    Why video games really are linked to violence. By Amanda Schaffer|Posted Friday‚ April 27‚ 2007‚ at 4:10 PM Master Chief in the video game Halo On The Daily Show on Thursday‚ April 26‚ Jon Stewart made short work of the suggestion that the Virginia Tech shooter‚ Cho Seung-Hui‚ might have been influenced by violent video games. (Cho may or may not have played the popular first-person-shooter gameCounter-Strike in high school.) A potential video-game connection has also been dangled after past

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