Video Games And Its Effects On The World Of The Gaming Community

The video game Pong was introduced in 1972 and can be considered the beginning of the video gaming industry. Unlike the game Pong, the controversies surrounding video games today are not quite as simple. Certain media outlets often portray video games to be bad for individual’s health and behaviour. There are still some people in the world that believe video games are contributing to the decline of today’s generation. However, video games and their industry are much more beneficial than they are perceived to be. Today the video gaming industry employs thousands of people worldwide. The video gaming industry has grown to support other industries. In the 21st century, the video game industry produces

According to several studies, women are now making up a significant portion of the gaming demographic, but the industry hasn’t done much to make them feel welcome. During the last decade, the mainstream video game industry has seemed to operate under the same apparent assumptions: girls don’t play big action games, boys like the sexualization of girls in video games and won’t play as a female character unless she is heavily sexualized, and that girls play video games for the attention of boys. These assumptions are what allows the gaming industry to continue to focus on their male players, particularly young men, despite the fact that the number of women playing games today may someday soon rival the number of men.

Video games and computer games (from here on both categories will be simply referred to as video games for simplicity) have entered the domain of pop culture fairly recently. Although the first video game was developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham, their popularity didn’t occur until the seventies with the appearance of Pac-man and Frogger in the arcades (Computer and Video Games). If the younger generation of video game consumers would take a look at what was out there when the video game boom begun they wouldn’t be able to understand what was so attractive (and addictive?) about Pac-man and Frogger? The truth is, video games from over three decades ago share the same basic principles with the games we have

Video games have been a lasting influence on our youth and adults in today's society, games in the making throughout their time have came from a slow pace, pixely, more of a puzzle type of games. Nowadays games today are more real life making it feel like the game you're playing to be real life. They also are fast pace, not as much thinking involved, just run around shoot em up type of games that are in demand, stems the question are video games beneficial or hazardous? A Lot of people in today's society have the opinion that videogames are a waste of time, create antisocial behaviors, and have a negative influence on the person's physical and mental health, because they have a lot of violent content. In my opinion video games have a very positive impact on people today and they are beneficial by giving people a brain workout, it promotes social activity and teamwork, it also proven to improve your psychological well being.

Video games have been a part of the American popular culture since the 1970s, when Pong was first invented. They have affected our society in many ways, some good, and some bad. An analysis of video game trends in our society will reveal their evolution over time, the affects they have on society, and the consequences they have on society.

Fallout 3 is an adventure game not like any other game that is out there. The music in the game has a very satisfying feel to it and the environment is very different from most games out there. The feeling of this game is like nothing any gamer may have come across before. A new breed of roll playing and adventure game has been born with the relese of Fallout 3.

Violence in video games can affect ones mindset in so many different ways, where we don’t even realize it. For example playing “Grand Theft Auto” for a few hours will change your mindset. Even though it wouldn’t be in a tremendous way, but for a few minutes your mindset will think, “This game is so much fun, I want to steal cars, have police chase me, shoot at people, even steal helicopters”. According to Social scientists in the New York Times, Many studies have shown that this is becoming a major issue because of how realistic these games are starting to look. According to PBS Newshour, Another issue is, with all these major shootings, such as the Sandy Hook, The theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, The Newton Killer, Adam Lanza ; all show that they played many violent video games. But there can be other reasons as to why they made such a major impact to this world. It could have been depression, bullying as a child, feeling socially isolated, or even a certain state of mind, where they feel like they have to transform that game into real life.

The video game industry has come a long way since its birth in the 1970’s, research from Jules Gray, a journalist for worldfinance.com, states the video game industry is now worth around $80 billion US dollars, undoubtedly classifying it as a key player in the economy. This is because creating a video game is a long a complicated process that requires people with expertise in design, art, programming, project management and testing, as stated by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen in Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction (Egenfeldt-Nielsen 23). Thanks to this, video games are extremely labor intensive, and as a result, according to Entertainment Software Association, “The U.S. video game industry directly employs more than 42,000 people in 36 states, whom received a total compensation of over $4 billion” (Video Games 21st Century, 2014), this staggering number is most likely to rise due to “the video game industry [being] one of the fastest growing sectors in

The world today has several different things happening all over it. Be it the invention of the cotton gin to the invention of the i-phone. One of them however is the invention of video games. Video games were invented in 1940, by a man named Edward U. Condon. This invention gave birth to a whole new genre of entertainment. One that will have a much greater affect than intended to be. The product of the video game has turned into a world wide phenomenon and has changed society. There are many factors into the changes it has made to the world. The video games of today have become a great part of our lives. Now how has it affected it?

Many studies suggest that violent video games contribute to the aggressions of video games players. Today over 85% of video games contained violence, and the rest have explicit content like sex, drugs, and disregard to human life (Carnagey, Anderson, & Bushman, 2007). Someone who is new to video games is exposing themselves to violence, and for many the general concern comes from being influence from such games. For example, video games first influence school shooting that first started in West Paducah, Kentucky in 1997, Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1998, Springfield, Oregon in 1998, etc. Making by example the violent nature of video games (Anderson, 2004). That is of course, researches do not have sufficient evident that video

Video games are a part of our entertainment industry and are more accessible than they have ever been. The video game industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the U.S. economy. According to Wallace (2014), the video game industry generated about $78.5 billion in revenue and only fell behind the film industry at $88.2 billion. As the industry continues to expand, so does the technology that gives the games more realism and immersion. Games depicting violence is becoming more graphic and detailed than ever before.

Video Games often receive a lot of bad press; this is because they are so easy to blame for the wrong doings by many individuals; but do video games really negatively impact society?

Herman et all (2002) points out that history of video games begins from 1971 year, when Nutting association released 1500 machines with Spacewar video game. At the beginning it was too difficult to control the game process and playing machines had huge dimensions. But by the time with new technologies they become more compact and easier to play. According to the information given by Herman et all (2002), the period between the years of 1978-1981 is called ‘golden age’ of video game industry. In this period the arcade games ‘Football’ and ‘Space Invaders’ were released. All previously known sale records were broken by these two games with nearly equal wages. In this time interval great breakthroughs in the field of graphics were achieved,

Video games have had a short, but nonetheless impressive, history thus far; titles such as Tennis for Two and Pong, which had minimal graphics and very basic objectives for the player, served as the groundwork for what would later become a major industry. As gaming 's potential was fully realized by both the public and developers as an interactive pastime, games would evolve into the "retro games" many have come to know and love today— Mario, Legend of Zelda, Pac-Man, and the like. These were much more complex, colorful, and developed than their monochromatic predecessors, and thus appealed to a greater audience. It was these titles which brought gaming into the mainstream, bringing in a massive, captive audience of children, teens, and adults alike. Eventually, gaming would have such a large audience that completely different genres could be introduced and be almost guaranteed to have a ready market. This allowed for much more variety, and today games range from violent action adventures like Grand Theft Auto to quirky role-playing games like Earthbound; from simple point-and-click horrors like Five Nights at Freddie 's to popular first-person shooters like Call of Duty; from difficult and morbid quests like Dark Souls to psychological adventures like Persona; the list goes on and on. In recent years, games have even begun to expand outside their usual target audience. They are now being used for physical therapy, as well as in everyday classrooms to help teach children

The rapid advance in technology influences the creation of various entertainment sources. According to a U.S Study by Rideout Et Al (As Cited in Anderson & Bushman 2001.a), the popularity of video games specially is rapidly increasing. Nonetheless, ferocious electronic games are an attraction of attention to children, teenagers, and even adults. In fact, in another U.S study by Butchman & Funk (As Cited in Anderson & Bushman 2001.b) on 4th grade students, three of every four boys and six out of every ten girls favour violent computer games. This essay will argue that violence in video games should be censored. For the purpose of this essay, violence can be defined as the physical force proposed to hurt, damage, or kill either someone or something, and censor may relate to the act of supressing unwanted material (Oxford Dictionaries). Furthermore, the three main points of this essay are: exposure to violent video games leads to aggressive behaviour, computer games negative impacts on the society, and how ferocity in video games collaborates with affecting the psychology of individuals negatively.