Online Gaming Is A Fast Growing Past Time

After reading the online article “10 Great Things Teens Learn While “Playing” Online” by Christy Matte and the magazine article “ Teens and the Internet: How Much is Too Much? “ by Stephanie Newman , it is clear that teens should be limited to the amount of time used online daily. The use of the internet may be beneficial; it all depends on how the student uses it. Teens should not be able to use a significant about of time online because it affects their social isolation, physical and also mental health.

Clicking sounds… Button mashing… Screaming curse words and bloody murder; while League of Legends seems to be a pointless discourse community, the modernized game drastically modifies stories of legends. The League of Legends discourse community, proven with Swales’ six characteristics, establishes a foundation for the future success of eSports along with the intercommunication of people around the globe. The energizing, socializing events take place on a computer screen for approximately 30-40 minutes; nevertheless, the option, to friend another player, assists in extending that time. Accordingly, the discourse community is captivating, personally, in various ways, such as the mystery of elo, players, and the superstars waiting for the prospect

Playing videogames can be a social activity, gaming consoles have advanced overtime, it now allows us to play videogames online with our friends and meet new people. Videogames are also used by our generation to pass the time, like when a person isn’t busy one weekend so he spends that weekend playing videogames with friends who are also not busy; or if someone is in the waiting room of the doctors office, waiting for the nurse to tell him or her when the doctor is ready to see, they might play a game to pass the time. Videogames also give us things to talk about with one another. Many videogames have unique story plotlines with bizarre worlds that have their own lore; some videogames have scoring systems which creates competitivity. Some videogame even have characters that come with stats. So videogames gives us a lot to discuss about.

Central Idea: Focusing on how games are incorperated in peoples lives by viewing the time spent playing, relationships through video games, how video games are for all people, and the social aspect that is incorperated in the video games.

As stated earlier, there are several good learning principles that video games teach, which in turn complements learning. Video games allow students to explore roles and environments that would be otherwise impossible in a real-world setting. This principle is identity. Students learn a new domain by first experiencing/playing a new identity (Gee, 2005). In this identity, whether it is one created by students or a pre-created one that they take on, students observe value and work in the world, the way that their new identity does. In these games, students have the freedom to make alterations to the environments that they are in. Also, there are exposures to different time periods and extraordinary events. Reflection based on this data, reveals significant usage opportunities in subjects like social studies; timelines, time periods,

One of the most arguable topics today is teenage internet usage. Many people think that teens today spend too much time on the internet and should be out in the experiencing life in the real world. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Christy Matte, writer of “10 Great Things Teens Learn While “Playing” Online” says the time that teens spend on the internet is useful and will subsequently enhance their computer skills. She explains the skills you learn on the internet and those skills are necessary in teens futures. The amount of time that teenagers spend online is justified since it will refine their computer skills that colleges and employers will be looking for in applicants.

In the documentary, the producers followed several people who felt that video games had a major influence in some aspect of their lives. Some people found it to be positive, while others found it to be negative. The video featured a couple meeting through an MMO, a group of people spending the majority of their lives playing World of Warcraft, and a man who took his addiction very personally, and took the steps to recover. Another story featured a woman who was very outspoken about

According to the study done by Pierce College, gaming is no longer a solitary activity; instead it is becoming increasingly social with 80% reporting being part of a gaming community (Fredrickson). This study states that online games provide a communication tool to people since social relationships have become a significant role in the game industry. Jane McGonigal’s book Reality Is Broken, published in 2011 by the Penguin Group, discusses why games make people better and how they can change the world. Among the chapters, chapter 5, “Stronger Social Connectivity,” specifically describes how games build social relationships. McGonigal explains prosocial emotions, a subset of positive emotions, by organizing her arguments clearly and providing

For this week’s topic, the course begins to explore internet subcultures with a focus on the “gamer.” While video game playing and similar practices have developed into a legitimate entertainment medium with narratives, art design, and addicting gameplay, the industry creates a sense of community. However, continuing similar cases of “trolling” on the internet, gamers are often subject to various forms of harassments such as disruptive gameplay, verbal assaults, and hateful messages.

I started off the presentation by drawing from Royal’s (2008) article on Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Gendered Spaces. I explained how the Internet is not as equalizing as it seemed in it’s early days, as it in fact represents much of the same gender issues we see in the offline world. Royal’s article emphasizes this point, so I used it as a jumping off point for my case study. I think this was a useful way to begin discussion on the gendered spaces of online video games because it is important to understand and

As Sonoma Bryan is the author of Gamer Tribes: An Ethnography which breaks down different table top gaming systems into four different tribes, board gamers, miniatures, role players, and deck builders. She writes, “[t]he interesting thing about role play games is that they are both the least and the most social of the tribes”, this is because they are interacting with the others in the group rather extensively, but not as themselves but rather by pretending to be the character (Bryan). This is interesting, because while we were playing the topic of playing arose and Kenny said “It’s funny how people always call nerds who play DnD antisocial when this is literally the most social thing we could do”. However, from my etic point of view I can say that I did not find what Bryan said entirely true. While they did often talk as their characters, as would be necessary for a role playing game, they also broke character to talk and joke together as themselves whenever they wished. It created tighter bonds between them all and formed a light and fun atmosphere where they felt safe to speak freely and unwind. Also, I would not say that these people were not social, Corbin was in dance along with Jessica and spoke often of going to parties, Brandon is in a theater group and apparently loves meeting new people, and William, as I have known him for quite a few years now is completely

Young people today spend Most of the time playing video games. These games are fun and engaging and young people often feel like playing games is a great thing to do in their spare time. Many times they often use video games as a reason for communication and often never even learn any social skills. However, People shouldn’t spend too much time gaming and there are a number of reasons for this: it’s unhealthy, should spend more time focusing on school, and people need to socialize more.

Gaming is becoming mainstream and it’s generating a lot of buzz. It’s not just that we like to spend more time playing games, gaming itself is becoming increasingly lucrative and competitive. This kind of rise in popularity is bound to mean one thing: changes in the industry. New gaming trends are popping up and they will change the future of gaming once more. What to expect?

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

Over the past two decades, electronic games have become ingrained in our culture. Children’s fixation with these games initially alarmed parents and educators, but educational researchers soon questioned whether the motivation to play could be tapped and harnessed for educational purposes. However, although many claim that educational potential lies within video games, they still have not been universally been regarded as a quality learning tool.