Jane Mcgonigal's Article 'Reality Is Broken'

Reading this essay has caused me to do more research on this specific topic and the things I have found are disturbing. Video games change your mind set, your way of thinking and can affect you for the rest of your life, so when it comes to the violent video games we are turning into a more violent society. It has been studied that playing video games can affect your dreams, and your dreams affect how you feel and treat people, it’s a never ending circle. Through playing video games we are spending less and less time with one another and I think it’s a crying shame. We as a society are naturally social people and the fact that with our recent technology we have become more and more independent.

Video games are enjoyable for people and have good benefits for children who use their multiple skills to play and interact with others. In many parts of the world, the common video game is often seen by parents as something that is wasting their child's time or “rotting their brain”. It is a popular misconception that video games are bad for children. What parents do not know is the positive things about video games. Video games have a positive impact on people and help them learn things for experiences to come. People often do not understand that violent video games are not harmful to people because video games allow people to release their anger, video games decrease crime in youth, and because they allow people to be creative and test their

Starting in college is a new step into adulthood. Throughout colleges, there are an endless supply of knowledge to gain and learn in classes. Even in the school library is countless materials to gain knowledge; however, students have taken a different path. When a college student approaches their new lives, there is an unlimited opportunity to be distracted. Without a parent or guardian reminding students to focus on their studies, college has distracted students from gaining knowledge. It can go from hanging out with friends to playing games all night. With an abundant ways to get distracted, college nowadays creates interference towards a student’s ability to learn. We can easily get distracted from the task at hand. One individual, however,

Video games help players to have a safe and healthy escape from reality. Players feel that playing video games give players a safe outlet for angry feelings. In fact, an increase in the consumption of violent video games has been associated with a decline in youth violence (Ferguson “Are Violent Video Games Really to Blame?”). This is due to the fact that video games help to fulfill the human desire for competition, especially games that center around their multiplayer modes (Marcovitz 15). Video games also give players a powerful sense of control over their situation,

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

Technology is an important aspect of change in our world. As time goes on, we are introduced to more and more technology every year, which includes media such as video games. The increase of technology has also increased and improved the world including ways of communicating and distribution of information. More often used outlets of media are those used for entertainment purposes, like television, internet and video games. The ones who are most likely to engage in these media outlets are millennials and the most recent generation Z, because they have been introduced to these outlets from a young age. In fact, a study found that children spend around 9 hours a week playing video games (Polman, de Castro, & van Aken, 2008). It is evident that video games are progressively becoming more violent in nature, and with children spending as much time as they do playing video games, there are questions that must be asked, is the violent nature of video games effecting today’s youth? And if so in what ways?

Video games; a pastime for many people across the world, a form of entertainment, and, of course, a way to destress yourself from the outside world. Video games have been around since October 18, 1958 and have been evolving rapidly through the years. “ More than fifty years ago, before either arcades or home video games, visitors waited in line at Brookhaven National Laboratory to play “Tennis for Two,” an electronic tennis game that is unquestionably a forerunner of the modern video game” (“The First Video Game” 1). Since then, you can play video games at a local arcade or buy a copy of a game you like at a store like Gamestop! There are several companies and millions of titles of games to play from and, definitely, a wide variety of platforms to play on. Video games have a plethora of genres and types of games to play. For example, one could embark on a new journey in a role-playing game like Fallout 3 to playing an american football game in the Madden series. The options do not just end right there! Since video games are advancing so if there content! Specifically, in their action and shooter genre. In a modern action/ shooting games, one can see the blood and even characters get their head blown off. Some video game titles have mass murder scenes and even sexual themes. “As the level of violence in video games has increased, so has concern for the effects on those who play - especially those who play a lot” (“Video Game

As anxieties within the public become more complex and evolved, the zombie culture infects the aspects that our world is so desperately dependent on, “The spread of the living dead reflects a variety of anxieties in the American body politic buffeted by asymmetric threats and economic uncertainty” (Drezner 825). Looking through a psychological lens, anxieties embody random and unpredicted emotions and fears that are almost uncontrollable. So, when the zombie culture embodies such feelings, one cannot help but associate the two and fear not only the task of dealing with said anxieties, but the overwhelming fear of zombies themselves. As depicted through many forms of media, especially through narratives, zombies are unconscious bodies that perform actions not related to any logic or reasoning. The critical threats that enthrall the public’s attention in today’s society are those that do not even originate from a conscious actor, but ones that are considered impersonal and remote, such as a virus. With these nontraditional threats now embodying the zombie persona, the appropriation of zombies solidifies the cultural significance to a greater extent. With zombies becoming an intricate reoccurrence within today’s media, it is almost impossible to ignore their significance, “It should be pointed out, however, that constant references to the

Technology has become second nature to our daily lives because we use it to think when we can’t, to help us from being bored, and to keep us in touch with the world. Hank Pellissier, in his article, “Your Child’s Brain on Technology: Video Games” quotes, “Take a deep breath. To relax, you scroll through Facebook and catch up on your email. Meekly, you join the other mesmerized zombies.” Clearly, we’re infected by these upcoming innovations and awaiting for fresh creativity. And speaking of zombies: my son plays Plants vs. Zombies, and as scary as that game may sound by its title, it distinctly lives up to its name. It is an entertaining strategic game that helps you think and act fast by using plants to destroy various skilled zombies. Video games are all fun and games, until someone gets hurt right? They can be detrimental for people who are wrongly influenced by it.

Throughout history, the American society has suffered from tragic events, from mass school shootings to civil terrorist attacks. The older generation has blamed violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto (GTA), Saints Row, and Mafia for the corruption of the youth and their path towards violence. In addition, mass media has also pointed fingers towards the gaming industry for most of these horrific incidents. Furthering the belief that video games are bad for children which is inaccurate. Because several experts have found videos games to be useful in terms of helping with stress, occupying time, and providing useful lessons.

This tendency has led to a new trend that affects us not only while enjoying an on-screen blood-spilling and corpse-devouring spectacle but also in our everyday life. The beginning of a sensationalist effort to prepare citizens for the unforeseen has led to the creation of an US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention emergency preparedness booklet called “Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic,” which “demonstrates the importance of being prepared in an entertaining way that people of all ages will enjoy. Readers follow Todd, Julie, and their dog Max as a strange new disease begins spreading, turning ordinary people into zombies” (2014). This educational outreach initiated a trend of a survivalist paranoia which led to the formation of groups such as the Zombie Squad, whose motto is “Making Dead Things Deader”, and to the creation of survival manuals and websites that deliberate over the necessary methods and gear that should be used in case a zombie apocalypse ever takes place. “Zombies cross over from media-produced dystopias into waking life through survivalist fantasies anticipating the end times, functioning simultaneously as an outlet for anxiety and a method for the dissemination of emergency response plans” (Zimbaro 2014: 285). Most of the

Intense videogames can teach kids important life skills such as teamwork, in a new videogame called INSERT NAME HERE it is a zombie apocalypse game that requires a team to play and survive. David Hermann the creator of Zedtown said “You find yourself talking to people you wouldn’t otherwise spoken to and relying on those people for your life and you form intense relationships quickly”. This quote is powerful because it is showing how trusting get a built in a short amount of timeTwo people who know you probably would not have talk to or interacted with otherwise. This can help build people teamwork skills along with other social skills to broaden their friendships and make bonds with people who you probably would not have talk to or interacted with otherwise. This can help build people teamwork skills along with other social skills and broaden their friendships and make bonds with

Video games! Video games are stress relievers for many people. They take people away from reality and into a world where they can do anything that they can not do in the real world. Video games copy the real world, and people enjoy the virtual reality where they are important and not just some nobody who does nothing but live a boring life. Video games are a virtual escape, sort of like a vacation without a worry in the 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.

Experts have been hunting explanations for the outbreaks across America. Many fingers cannot help but to point towards video games. Video games over the years have advanced tremendously when it comes to their realistic qualities. Because some of these video games have such dark content, it raises concern in certain people. However in an article written by Ryan Dube, he states that. “Although it is a big claim to make, it is proven many times over that playing video games can relieve your stress, reduce your depression, and make you feel better”. By allowing