Analysis Of Dream Machines By Will Wright

In today’s society video games have a large influence on people. We also might be driven to the point of where we are dependent on them. In fact, being so engulfed in video games could help children become more focused.In fact, parents would probably disagree and say that video games wouldn’t be essential to learning because it would probably be considered a waste of time for children and time-consuming. Parents would also disagree with the content of what is in the game, but there is a great possibility that video games could actually make us smarter. Steven Johnson explains that the games we are used to playing can improve our visual intelligence and that it would be good to learn new strategies through gaming. Video games should be an

The video games of today take many forms, ranging from immersive fantasy worlds, to simple point and click programs with little, to no plot. Some games aim only to demonstrate an educational concept in a fun and interactive way, while others allow the player to step out of reality and enjoy a world of their own making. It is this wide variety of game types that makes it impossible to judge "video games" as a whole. For this purpose of this essay, I will acknowledge video games as belonging to one of two camps - violent, nonviolent, or educational.

In his essay “Dream Machines”, Will Wright emphasises the benefit of video games in modern society. He thinks that video games can teach players to solve problems, be more creative and interesting person overall. Will Wright is trying to tell people that we can all benefit from playing and exploring the worlds of gaming. “Watching someone play a game is a different experience than actually holding the controller and playing it yourself”. These words mean that people who never played video games themselves should not judge and critisize gamers, because you could not know the flavor of an apple only by looking at it, right? I am going to to agree with what Will Wright said about video gaming and gamers themselves, because I myself played

Tom Bissell presents an article in 2010, to college students of which is “Why Video Games Matter.” Bissell isn’t intending for the argument to be about video game criticism, the history of the gaming, or an assessment of anything. On the contrary, he wants to articulate his own opinions and thoughts on what playing games feels like, why he plays them, and the questions they make him think about. Being a gamer myself, I have also endured the struggles of what being obsessed with a video game feels like. It is understood that when first purchasing a video game, all one thinks about is getting home and popping it in the console, disregarding everything else that is happening in the vicinity.

The author says that, nowadays, a lot of people label video games as “violent, addictive, childish, and worthless.” On the one hand, these people are somewhat right that video games have a bad influence on the younger generation, but they miss “the big picture” in another way. As Wright says, “…watching someone play a game is a different experience than actually holding the controller and playing it yourself.”

Will Wright, the winner of relevant awards because of his brilliant work in the development of games argues in this article about that playing video games it is not a waste of time but it can contribute to the imagination and it stimulate the brain making people become more creative.

“Just One More Game” by Sam Anderson is an article about the history of gaming and how it relates to reality. Throughout the text, Anderson argues how destructive, yet self-improving gaming can be to us. He supports his analysis on games by going to show how heavy video game usage can lead to obesity and shorter attention spans in children because they get so distracted by the games. Anderson is trying to make us aware of what videogames can do to our brains. He also wants us to understand that while video games can be a great experience for the brain, we need to learn how to play video games at a reasonable time and not just to distract us from our everyday life.

In the first speech titled:"Video Games Enhance the Lives of Youths",it speaks about how video games can actually be helpful to young kids, because it enhances their attentive skills and protects them from the real world,and it also provides them stress relief, because they are only focused on the fantasy of the game and not the real world.

Many young children and teenagers have heard their mother’s incessant plead to get away from the screen and to go outside or pick up a book for once instead. The urge to play “just one more level” before starting that homework or doing those chores can be quite distracting. But are video games really as awful as Mom exclaims or as brutal as those TV ads depict? It turns out that video games can have a strong impact on participants’ lives in both positive as well as negative ways.

The essay’s audience will be parents that are trying to decide whether or not their children should be allowed to play video games or parents that have already decided to not let their children play them. These parents may be under the belief that video games have only negative effects on their child’s cognitive, physical, and social states, or that the negative effects of playing video games outweigh the positive effects. This audience only needs a simple understanding of what video games are; they do not have to be knowledgeable as to the different genres of games or their titles etc. The parents also may be misinformed by the stereotypes that surround playing video games, such as that video games turn their child’s brain to mush, or that video games could make their child exhibit violent tendencies. These parents are expected to have children in or around the fourth-grade level, which would put them at around nine to ten years of age. This age group was chosen because at this age the child is undergoing a lot of psychological growth, and this development greatly affects what kind of person the child will be in the future.

Since the Early 70’s video games have been giving a bad name. Parents state that video games rot the minds of children and are influencing them do be violent. These accusations are far from the truth. In my research I found that there are many positive effects of gaming. Some of these effects are increased skills, creativity, general knowledge, and also help those in need. Parents can also take proper precautions and look into a game before buying it to see if it meets the criteria discussed in this paper.

The concept of video games has always been entitled to be a harmful tool for the younger audience, generally speaking about children. The scenario created doesn’t only affect the players, but also the surroundings due to the consequences, like fighting outside of the home. This happens because of the violent content and also the addiction and that causes in children. However, not all games are the same. From another perspective, it’s been proven that there’s a group who’s researching for the positive effects that video games can have on children. Indeed, video games can work as an educational tool, from many aspects. Schools should implement the act of gaming as an extracurricular activity because they can enhance cognitive skills, have a

Games are an essential part of all cultures throughout the world and are one of the oldest form of human interaction. It has been around human being since 3000 BC by the discovery of the oldest board games in Turkey and since then, games has been developing rapidly (Attia 2014). Nowadays, most people love to do it as a nice way to spend their leisure time because it makes them feel relaxed, enjoyed, or even make money by doing it. There are many types of games such as board games, card games, roleplaying games, and electronic gaming; but all games have a common thing; they teach us various aspects of life. However, many, especially parents, regard games as a bad thing to do, but others think that they could benefit from doing it. Same

In recent times, video games have quietly risen as the premier form of entertainment worldwide. Global revenues for the video game industry totaled $83.6 billion in 2014, outpacing both the film and music industry which rang in $36.4 billion and 15.06 billion respectively in the same year. (Foote, 2016). In the U.S., video games have a wide influence on the American society with “more than 40% of Americans reported playing video games regularly, (Green and Seitz, 2015), and of the 40%, children are a major part. Issues arise on the topic of how beneficial video games are to its users and even more so the niche for children. As with all forms of media, their effects on its consumers are always called into question, especially when it

In the research of “Theguardian” at 2010, it shows there 55% boys and 20% girls play video games and there have a big increasing tendency. For the abc news, it has a survey named Nearly every American kid plays video game. What’s more the article of Emma McDonald in 2017 represents a growing of video games market is $7.8 billion, or 7.8% than the year before. More children’s times was consumed in video games. It is a bad thing for the generation who born in the 21th century, they have to do their homework, but the video games take over their time. And they can enjoy their beautiful life with the natural world or those impressive books. We all know that, from the human process history, all today's high quality