Video Games Are More Popular Than Ever Before

Over the past few centuries,video games have become a great leisure and hobby among kids of all ages and cultures. With the advancement of technology, video games have advanced highly in its realism and genres. This high type of advancement brought the video game industry to a multi-billion dollar industry. However, with realism, comes negative effects as well. Ever since the creation of violent or “mature” video games, there has been a constant debate on whether it will increase violence in the player. Although, not all video games are violent, and just increase skills in a player such as hand-eye coordination. Nevertheless, there is research going on for the link between violent video games and youth violence. The question is which event happens first in the sequence, do violent video games aggravate a person’s violent behavior, or does a person get rid of their anger through playing violent video games? Either way, violent video games are not beneficial to our society.

Anderson, Craig A., Douglas A. Gentile, and Katherine E. Buckley. Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents, edited by Craig A. Anderson, et al., Oxford University Press, 2007. ProQuest Ebook Central.

A significantly large portion of the video games created within the past 5 to 10 years contain some form of violence. On top of that, some of the most popular video games out in the market today are extremely violent and warrant an “M” rating for mature. Video game developers are well aware of this trend and continue to produce more graphic, interactive, and realistic content. Therefore, there is a concern that the vast amount of violence in video games is changing how youth develop and what they perceive as normal. Many researchers believe that there is a link between video games and increased aggression in the people who play them.

It is agreeable that there are some correlation between teenagers playing video games and how it affects the youth mentally. Heavy consumption of violence video games does indeed stimulate a change reaction in the brain waves, but there is no hard evidence stating that those changes causes teenagers to act aggressively and violently. On the contrary, it is a popular beliefs that violence video games does indeed causes teenagers to displayed unpleasant behaviors and actions because that is what they learned and observed from the games. Therefore, parents should limit and regulate the amount of time their teenagers are playing violence video games so that they can protect their children from negative behaviors.

This video game was actually backed by the department of Energy, and used an oscilloscope (an electric testing device, commonly used to detect brainwaves or cardiac pulses) as the display. The 1960’s gave rise to one of the first widely acceptable titles, “Spacewar!” along with the invention of the light gun. However, when the 1970’s arrived, video games began to take off. In 1971 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created a coin operated version of “Spacewar!” Called “Computer Space.” These two men would later found Atari in 1972. The first game published by Atari was also the first video game to garner media attention, the insanely popular “PONG.” “PONG” was a major turning point in the industry, but it was the Taito Corporation that ushered in the “golden age of arcade games” with “Space Invaders” in 1978. The 1970’s also saw the rise of the first video game consoles, with the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972.

Before the video game industry conquered the entertainment market, and before the gaming masterpieces of the modern day we know, video games earned their place in entertainment at public arcades. For classic games such as Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Mortal Kombat, and Galaga, the local arcade was the perfect foundation for the game industry to build upon, as arcades provided a cheap public source to play games. These low cost game corners drew in a community, the community that would become the first gamers, warranting the attention of game creators and their respective companies. Taking note of arcade games and their initial success, game developers began to place their focus on the newest form of entertainment. Companies such as Nintendo, Sega, and Sony learned from the success of arcade entertainment and set their sights on creating home gaming consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega

As social media continues to expand and change, the unswerving usage of video games in children and adolescents has also augmented. These video games permits its youth to explore a new form of entertainment and communication in a way to expand their knowledge over certain interests, trend or insights. As the consistency of these video games develop, growing concerns of prospective issues such as behavior, academic performance, and their physical functioning may reflect negatively among children and adolescents (Cesarone, 2013). As the expansion of these video games occurs, and more violence is reflected upon them, many numerous disastrous results can be developed over the years that reflect the negative effects of these violent video games.

Video games date back all the way to the 1940s, when Nim was first introduced to the world at the Worlds Fair. It was not that popular however. Video games really did not become popular until pong was invented in 1972. Pong took off and quickly became popular and could be found in restaurants and bars. 5 years later, Atari, the creator of Pong, came out with the Atari 2600, which allowed

A sniper perched high in a eagle's nest zooms in through his scope to the head of his enemy, pulls the trigger, the enemy falls to the ground headless. This is a image that is common in the world of war, and now in the world of video games. Teens all over the world have become completely addicted to first person fighting games. With technology as great as it is today game makers are able to designed games that are so real it is truly scary. Millions of teens ( mostly male) play games in which they walk around various levels picking up weapons and killing ruthlessly their opponent. In the same day, we have teens walking around schools killing classmates ruthlessly. As an avid video game player I admit

The video game industry is a multibillion-dollar business that has the power to influence how many people view the world. There are millions of people of all ages, gender, and nationalities who play video games. In the past decade the production and sales of violent video games has skyrocketed. Violent video games have been used as a correlation to the horrific mass shootings that have occurred in recent months. There have been studies conducted that have proven that playing violent video games can causes aggression. Violent video games have desensitized the gamer, to the point where he or she has the ability to block all activities happening in his or her surroundings. Violent video games are introducing violence to the minds of children, which is detrimental. Males who are exposed to violent video games for a prolonged period of time can increase hostility. Most activities that are performed for an extended period of time can cause certain changes in a person’s behavior and personality; therefore playing violent video games will increase aggression.

If you ask people. When video games did first came out? Most people would say in the 1970 's and they would be wrong. "In 1958, William A. Higinbotham, an engineer working for the United States government, came up with first game played on a type of screen. It was a two player tennis game played on an oscilloscope, a piece of electronic equipment with a 5 inch display". (The history of video games)

In 1967 Ralph Baer invented the first video game that worked on a television screen. The video game was a very simple game, consisting of two squares that chase each other on the screen. However, this simple game paved the way for future video games and future

Excessive video game playing has been a problem with today’s youth they have had more influences over the youth than ever before. That brings to my attention a question, how do video games affect the youth of our society? Excessive video game playing, especially violent video games, can lead to youth violence, a decrease in academic success and many other negative things. I realize that some parents believe that they can be good for children, I agree but I also disagree in some cases. Some parents allow their children to play video games to keep a social life and to learn how to use strategies. This is true in some cases but not in all cases. For instance, other children that play video games alone and are in their rooms constantly can

Video games continue to be a growing form of media. Many children spend hours upon hours playing, watching, and sharing video game content. Many researchers have spent years trying to find out the impacts video games have on youth, particularly the role they play on aggression. Video games continue to evolve and be more accessible every day. Exposure to violent video games may increase aggressive behavior among adolescents.

A boy is sitting in front of his TV lost into screen playing Grand Theft Auto 5 with a controller in his hand. There’s a yell, “Chris! Come down for dinner.” The boy hears the voice but refrains from responding. The voice, his mother, calls for him multiple time, finally in anger the boy storms downstairs only to yell at his mother and rushes back to his room to get back to his game. Have you ever wondered how violent video games impact children? Or why kids love to play them? The link between violent video games and aggressive behavior is a topic that has received a lot of attention in the recent years. As technology is gradually progressing, video games are starting to become very lifelike and they consist of many complex qualities. However, with the high levels of realism, the influences of video games on society have begun to increase sufficiently. The creation of violent video games, or rated M games, have sparked constant disputes regarding whether or not these games promote violent behavior in their consumers. Each year, more varieties of violent games are being introduced, and most of us have this question in mind. Do violent video games influence young people to act aggressively or is it just a myth? Violent video games contribute a negative effect on society because of the intense violence and graphics shown that influence the younger generation. I believe that the correlations that have been found between video games and violence may be explained by violent