Perception In Video Games

Video games are progressively becoming a crucial medium today, despite the light connotation of its initial categorization. Today they are a business that produces billions of dollars and employs engineers and artists alike in an art form connecting interactive games, to virtual societies where millions of people dwell. However, like all human products, our same emotion, flaws and injustice show in the games, with the impression of hatred, racism and stereotypes that are our everyday background. What are the creators of these video games real intentions in the desire they produce in the human?

There is no doubt of the fact that video games are becoming more realistic and violent, nor that they are becoming much more beautiful and engaging in the way they look. What many people doubt, though, is whether they have a profound effect on a person’s character or not. Aggression as a result of video games seems to be a nebulous issue among much of the public. The research is there, but it is fragmented and covers many different issues that could (and are) problematic as far as video games go.

Morality and human nature are important factors when considering the behavioral influences of video games, whether they are positive or negative. Violence in the real world involves much more complexity than any influence by the media. As previously stated, simple factors such as one’s home life, environment, and general human nature are ignored when video gaming’s influences are under scrutiny. In a world where millions of people are dying in real wars, it is a luxury to harbor concern for children to be excited after playing a shooting game (Gee). The moral and behavioral influences of any video game are left up to the interpretation of the player; there is no direct influence in any game that dictates bad behavior to their players. James Paul Gee provides an incredibly important point in stating, “Video games are neither good nor bad on their own, and induce neither violence nor peace.” It is important to consider the context of video games. In David Kushner’s article, he quotes The British Board of Film Classification’s conclusion from a survey: “The violence helps make the play exhilaratingly out of reach of ordinary life… Gamers seem not to lose awareness that they are playing a game and do not mistake the game for real life.” If a violent child did not play video games, then where would the blame fall?

Grand Theft Auto 5, one of the year's bestselling titles, allows players to kill prostitutes and torture characters, which sparked fierce debate on whether game makers have a moral responsibility to their audience.” Critics claim that violence in video games creates negative behaviors in reality but yet fail to accept beneficial soothness that these virtual worlds bring to gamers. But those dangers alone shouldn't discourage people from giving games a chance any more than we should shun television because it traffics in adult themes, not when there's so much to celebrate and still so much room for improvement. Video games are profoundly cognitive in an ideal position of having an adverse effect on the production of knowledge and perseverance. Stereotypically, video games disrupt mental awareness, body fitness, and productiveness. In circumstances of neglect and emptiness of oneself’s individuality in society, video games provide genuine warmth and compatibility in a virtual state. For example, in the same article beforehand, Nicholas Lioa makes this argument, “As both games and those who play them keep branching out, the definition of gaming will continue to change. It's true that gaming's qualities have an underside. The same technology that creates experiences of empathy can also offer escape from reality… the advent of more thoughtful

I decided to research the negative effect video games have on people.Video games, especially violent ones, have become increasingly popular over the last several years. Kids will sit in front of a television for hours straight playing the same game. In these games, they kill humans, zombie, animals, and more. I’ve always wonder what effect these violent games have on people. Staring at these aggressive video games for so long can’t be a good thing. Kids find video games so addictive; they can’t put them down. This is why I decided to research this topic. To find out the different ways these games can affect people.

Kutner and Olson also report on interviews with kids. One respondent said that he plays video games because he wants to see something that will hopefully never happen to him—experience it without actually being there (Kutner and Olson, 2008, 116). Some other kids said that they played M-rated games with groups of friends, and further research showed that M-gamers were more likely to play games in social settings or with more friends in the room (Kutner and Olson, 2008, 130). Other research shows that video games are a good tool for bringing people together—especially new kids, shy kids, or mentally disabled kids (Kutner and Olson, 2008, 132-134). This book does a good job of describing the effects of video games on lots of different kinds of kids—from different regions, different races, depressed kids, both genders, and mentally disabled kids (Kutner and Olson, 2008, 134).

Many people have differing views on the topic of video games. While some individuals view gaming as positive, others view it in a negative light. Electronic games should not control a person’s life. Instead, individuals should prioritize and focus on objectives that matter in life. Spending time with family, friends, and studying, have countless benefits that gaming cannot provide in a person’s

A gamer is someone who plays video games as a hobby. Gamers are usually quite good at this hobby. Gaming has been around since 1958. It’s ancient. Few people in the United States have gone untouched by video games at some point in their lives. In fact, it is estimated that the number of gamers around the world is about 1.2 billion people. That is a good portion of Earth’s 7.2 billion population. Gaming is huge. Despite that, there are quite a few stereotypes regarding gamers. Some people seem to think that gamers are all a bunch of nerdy losers who do nothing but sit around and waste their lives behind a monitor and with a controller in their hands. No matter how many gamers are not like this, there will always be at least one individual who will fit this stereotype perfectly. But, this paper will bring to light some things that are more typically true of most gamers, regardless of what other stereotypes they may happen to fit. Believe it or not, video games can actually be

Thesis Statement: Through the media, video games are portrayed as malicious and corrupting to the player's mind, however, there are various benefits when it comes to gaming.

Video games involve prosocial content, such as killing the enemy to save the world; there are positive aspects to video games that counteract effects of violent content. A meta-analysis was conducted to determine that there are positive effects of prosocial video game play; for example, in games where cooperation is mandatory in multiplayer teams, positive behaviours is enforced and taught to children (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 585). For example, an individual will assist another player to kill the targeted enemy; recent findings have shown this cooperative playing in violent video games counteracts the negative effects of the violent exposure (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 585). The cooperative behaviour and empathy has an overriding effect because they are antagonists of aggressive responses (Greitemeyer, and Mugge 586). Prosocial games thus are beneficial in the cognitive development, health, and social behaviour of youth, as it increases the attitude of helping others, and decreases the attitude of aggression. In terms of social behaviour, it is important to note the content of the video game when deciding how it will effect the

It is widely known that the media reflects and has an effect on human behaviour. Books, newspapers, music, and more lately movies and videogames show us where we are as a society, but also help shape our development. For this reason, it is important that they are analyzed and critizised, so that they do not perpetuate outdated ideas that could be harmful to the public. While videogames are a relatively recent form of media, they have become extremely popular, especially amongst young people, whom they greatly influence and towards whom they are normally marketed. According to Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Smith and Pajares Tosca (2013), "For the younger generations, especially, games are crucial to the way they express themselves artistically

A report published by the Entertainment Software Association revealed that in 2015, 155 million Americans play video games with an average of two gamers in each game-playing household (Entertainment Software Association, “Essential Facts about the Computer and Video Game Industry”). With this massive popularity that has come alongside video games in mind, the question is raised: how are video games affecting today's people? With the current way video games are structured, the game rewards players for achieving certain accomplishments e.g. competitive video games reward players who achieve victories with a higher ranking. With this in mind, some gamers may place more emphasis on their gaming achievements rather than their happiness or success in the real life. This in turn might cause a gamer to become addicted; however, a distinction must be set between video game addiction and operant conditioning. Operant conditioning towards a gamer can be one of the factors contributing towards video game addiction; they are not the same thing.

Contrary to the popular belief, video games were actually shown to have the players be more sympathetic rather than aggressive. A quote from Matthew Gizzard, the leader of this study said “Rather than leading players to become less moral,” Grizzard says, “this research suggests that violent video-game play may actually lead to increased moral sensitivity. This may, as it does in real life, provoke players to engage in voluntary behavior that benefits others.” What this means is that bad players tend to help better ones in game

Katherine E. Buckley and Craig A. Anderson study video game behavioral change through established cognitive and learning theories, while also reporting that gaming has a hand in developing aggression (366). Other scholars studying negative gaming development are Dongdong Li, Albert Liau, and Angeline Khoo who study actual ideal self-discrepancy on escapism and pathological gaming (535). Barbara L. Fredrickson and Marcial F. Losada study the dynamics of flourishing, noting that both appropriate positive and negative affect are influences (685), which generates questions of whether any of the negatives associated with gaming can aid flourishing along with the benefits. Until this is answered there may exist a gap to be filled on the knowledge of what benefits gaming provides and how they promote flourishing.

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.