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Have you ever wondered how so many people can play video games for hours? Or how gamers can connect to people in the “virtual world” and learn life lessons? In the book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and the article “Becoming Part of Something Bigger Than ourselves” by Jane McGonigal says “the single best way to add meaning to our lives is to connect our daily actions to something bigger than ourselves and the bigger, the better” (446). In 2009, McGonigal’s best video game, SuperBetter, went viral. The popularity from the video game increased gamers to battle health challenges like depression and anxiety. Mcgonigal's video game also increased better communication skills between friends, family,

Video games are a fast growing form of technology. This issue has to be discussed because of the two confronting sides that embark it. Because of the issue video games have to either continue growing as they are or they have to be stopped completely or a settlement between the two parties has to be

Everyone enjoys the sweet taste of victory and the feeling of accomplishing a goal, especially in a video game. However, video games are not just about winning. Video games are a good method to enhance our educational experience and create a career pathway for us to take. By creating a video game course within schools around the world, we are able to create a whole new generation and future that incorporates the advanced technology that is constantly improving.

Now that technological companies all over the world have set most of the seven billion individuals in the world with a computer, smartphone or tablet, it is time for better software to use with them. This is where games come in. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello stated in a recent interview that PC gaming is the ‘fastest growing platform’. This shows the growing interest in gaming bearing in mind that gamers also have the means to play on. The term ‘gamer’ refers to an individual that plays a game or games, typically a participant in a computer or role playing game. The gaming community has grown so wide in the last few years because of the shift from single player games to multiplayer games on the internet

My organization is called Operation Salute. Operation Salute is an organization that helps homeless veterans and veterans with PTSD. I want to help the veterans because they do not get enough recognition for fighting for our country. In the US, 21 veterans commit suicide each day because of PTSD. 11% of homeless adults are veterans. 70% of veterans have substance abuse problems. I can help them by creating a care center for veterans who suffer from PTSD by giving them the care and rehabilitation they need. Veterans with PTSD can come to the care center and get the rehabilitation they need. If veterans do not want to come to the care center, trained nurses can come to their houses periodically and help them. The homeless veterans can come to this care center for shelter,

Online multiplayer games which run at real-time encapsulate the majority of gaming to-day. With most games on PC and console having competitive matchmaking, and co-operative gameplay. Both cases will involve players interacting with the world. These so

For my research paper, I decided to write about the gaming community. As a gamer, I know that the community strives on technology and the Internet. Over the years, technological improvements allowed the gaming community to communicate and share information through multiple platforms. Additionally, video games allow people of all ages to learn or develop skills.

I am a part of the generation that only knows games that are played on home consoles. I grew up on games such as Halo, Call of Duty, and other big titles. Throughout the years, I have developed an appreciation for the form of entertainment. Where as some would have you to believe that games promote antisocial behavior. One would counter this by arguing for games, they bring people together. I have expansive, fond memories of playing Halo with my friends online. We developed a bond by playing together forming a “single mind” we could work together and know what the other people in the group were thinking. You could find this same bond among sports teams that have been playing with each other for a long time. Its these bonds that have made me firmly believe in the power of games to bring people

Video games have been around for the past 45 years and have been enjoyed by millions of Americans and people across the world. It all began with a console named Atari that offered a very simple tennis game. The game had no characters and no story line, just a black screen with two lines and a dot that a player can move up and down and enjoy with their friends to kill a quick 30 minutes. Now, we have various types of consoles available on the market that offer a variety of complex games that include characters, story lines, missions and improved graphics.

Video Games are evolving every day and have shaped the way people interact with other individuals. Online gaming is the new way of communication between different kinds of people that are around the world, allowing anybody to play with anyone and to better know some of the people and for them to get to know you back. Video Games allows the person to express their real selves and who they really are.

     Gaming has become an important part of growing up for people who were born in the last 25 years. Approximately 3.9 - 4.7% of total world population (250 to 300 million people) is ¡§very active¡¨ or a ¡§frequent¡¨ player of video games or at least owns the necessary equipment. This target group spends five or more hours a week playing video games. The United States is the largest video game market in the world with about 50% of the US population (145 Million people) spending 6.5 hours a week on computers and video games.

According to DFC Intelligence, a marketing research firm, by the year 2015 the video game industry will be valued at $70.1 billion dollars (Takhashi). This statistic shows that gaming is rising and being introduced in more households every year. The industry alone is currently one of the fastest growing forms of media, to take note of how this industry impacts other people’s lives is important in today’s culture. To also understand how these games are marketed as well as how others incorporated this medium into their life is key to fully understand how this industry is growing. Video games have been significantly marketed through online websites and advertising. Many of these websites have provided to be a promotional outlet for game studios to promote their products to consumers. It has enables consumers to be more knowledgeable about games and consoles that are in the market, by providing reviews for these products as well as opinion columns on upcoming products based on their features and mechanics. These online platforms can also be used to provide to serve as a meeting place for other like-minded individuals who may be interested in gaming and would like to give commentary on aspects of the games and subculture that accompany it, as well as provide satirical or entertaining content to other users. Websites for reviews, news, forum and entertainment that center on video games provide to be a marketing base for them; as well as creating a user-based community centering on

Development in technology brings many things that people don't have many years back. One of these things is online gaming that is provided by the internet.

First of all, the guide of players investment or productivity in a online games, and create the social and community form is a undoubtedly important part of massive multiplayer online games (Humphreys, 2008, p. 41-42). For the public, the primary function of online games is entertainment, which is not a single way amusement, but is a two-way interactive entertainment. Online game is different from conventional media (such as television or movies), and contains a variety of media. The most fundamental difference of the participate players to the online game and the traditional audience that all the players of the game is interactive, and even their self-interaction constitute a part of the game environment and culture. Different people play a game in a same time, which constitute the different gaming environment. But the audiences of traditional television (or movie) cannot interact with each other in real time,

Gaming has been such a huge part of nearly everyone’s life growing up as a kid and it’s only getting bigger and bigger every day. Growing up as a kid, online gaming wasn’t as popular as it is today. I started off with a Gameboy and Dreamcast console that later shifted to better consoles like the PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, and Nintendo. Nowadays, almost everyone, including myself, have shifted to the more popular gaming platforms in mobile games and online PC games. More specifically, certain types of online gaming styles like FPS, MOBA, and MMO are distinctly more popular than many others. Not only has the popularity for online gaming platforms evolved but the importance and relevance of