Flight Simulators

“Be a Gamer, Save the World,” written by Jane McGonigal, is an article found in the Norton Reader 14th Edition. Video game critics are often quick to dismiss playing video games as brain numbing and a waste of time. McGonigal challenges critics of video games by discussing the benefits of playing video games. She makes a valid point by stating that video games make players more optimistic and help create better social bonds. These emotions can encourage people to desire working for the betterment of the world. McGonigal believes we can solve some of the world’s most difficult issues with the use of video games. The author makes a valid point, especially considering the advancements in technology and the

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.

As technology evolved and based on the number of epidemics or even disasters being reported in recent years, most hospitals including the Veterans Hospital where I currently work have already opened a simulation lab. The simulation labs unlike before do not only focus on everyday concerns, but they have been having simulating drills for natural, epidemics, and man-made disasters. Based on my experience, the exercises are very intense and portrayed to be as real as it could be.

Sounds like a very interesting topic and research study. I find it interesting how the drivers stated that their driving was often, or is certainly better when they are not hungover. A driving simulator was definitely the way to go in this case, due to the numerous ethical conundrums that would arise. Their is one thing that I would have altered in the studies procedure though. I would have allowed the drivers that use caffeine regularly, or at least the ones that use it post drinking. Other drug use should not have been curbed if the driver was a regular drug user. As I think that this would have created more realistic results, at least in my opinion. I wonder how much the loss of 2 hours asleep affected them versus the actual effects of

The use of simulation as a tool for developing and assessing surgical competencies in different fields of medicine has extensively been studied. By incorporating the use of virtual reality simulation (VRS), cataract surgery training has moved from the traditional Halstedian method1 to a more holistic method that facilitates the process of learning.2 The significant effects of using a VRS method in the improvement of different microsurgical skills, especially in ophthalmology, have been widely reported in the literature.3-7

Everyday both adults and children play video games. Some people argue that video games have many negative effects including poor eyesight and inattention. The TED talk by Daphne Bavelier (2012) discusses some of the current research regarding the effect video games have on your brain. Bavelier (2012) talks more specifically about the effects of action video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops and similarly formatted games on a person’s vision and attention span. This paper will explore both the TED talk by Bavelier (2012) and other relevant research on the subject.

Thesis Statement: Though video games have a controversial and sometimes negative reputation, when used correctly they can benefit a person’s emotional wellbeing, motor skills, and potentially aid their health through video game exercising.

There are billions of gamers, many of which play daily. There are not a billion school shooters, there are not a million school shooters, there is not even hundreds of school shooters. There are many health benefits associated with games many people don’t receive. Many people have improved reactions from videogames. Skills not used everyday are used playing some video games. These skills can prove very useful in later life. Stimulating games and activities, with simulated violence are diverting and positive activities for teens, because the benefits outway the

Although that I hear from my doctor and others that too much video games playing is not good for me, I am not sure that I would totality agree to it. So, can playing one or more video games quite a bit teach me life skills? From my reading of Gerald Graff’s Essay, I feel that I can use academic skills that I have learned to skillfully play in all sorts of games. My innate knowledge of how to play video games can be considered hidden intellectualism because it allows me to use intellectual skills such as perspective, thinking critically, and creativity. My focus on this paper will be about developing several types of life skills such as strategizing, multitasking, teamwork, and patience that comes from playing video games from different genres.

Regardless of the positive or negative effects on the brain, People from all walks of life have benefited from the use of video game simulation. Video games have been very instrumental in providing both Physicians, Airplane Pilots, and Air Controllers simulated training scenarios in their perspective fields.

The first major reason that demonstrates that video games can help people in their lives is that video games help us medically. The game “surgery simulator” is a noticeable example that some people took the inspiration of to turn it into a project to help in a medical environment. A study that the Paris Descartes University worked on and used a video game concept. The work is done by Dr. Thomas Gregory , and he took similar concept to “surgery simulator” and tried something called “Oculus Rift” and it is virtual reality device at the concept of it is that the doctor will put a camera on his forehead and it will record at 360 degree while the doctor do the surgery. In the end they will put the video in the Oculus Rift and student or the doctor

Today's video games are different than the past, we now have a bigger variety. Today games everything is involved. You have past, future, religion, race, gender. You can now learn about each cultural topic. You can simulate being a caveman or simulate being a prisoner. We are in a era of development and gaming help with the process. “Think of it this way: most technologies can be seen as an enhancement of some part of our bodies”(Wright 212). I believe Video games

The military sometimes uses video games as a way to train soldiers to be able to accomplish tasks faster and make critical decisions faster and more effectively in combat situations. Video games seem to provoke a positive effect on memory, motor skills and other behaviors. "The brain is constantly reconfiguring itself. Everything new that we learn means that some connections in the brain have been added or altered, even if temporarily,"(Mark Burgess). What Burgess is saying is that the brain continently changing and it could be seen and helps understand the effects of video games on the brain, especially on games with high intensive action when you are constantly having to watch and pay attention to different aspects of the game all at the same

The flight simulator has gone through many phases in it evolution. It all began around the beginning of World War 1. Flight instructors were eager to get as many piolets trained and in the air as possible. However, they would be of no use as they had no prior training - as began the flight simulator. It initially started with the glider. Piolets sat in a glider exposed to strong winds and would have to keep the wings in a horizontal position. This exercise would give them the exposure to lateral controls before actually going in the air. Piolets would continue through a sequence of exercises to gain experience being applied on real aircraft. They progressed through passenger flights to taxiing, for practicing rudder control, to machines of

Simulation, adventure, and role playing games are another type of video game that produces positive results in skill levels (Morgan 2003). Simulations games are widely used in training various areas: