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Vanderbilt blogger Emily Hughes states that video games have been around for over 50 years, starting as coin-operated console and computer games. Video games have progressed from simple 2-dimentional videos with simple controller actions to realistic and 3-dimentional videos that involve full attention mentally and physically. The first video game launched was Spacewar in 1962 where the objective of the game was for spaceships to battle to the death in space. The theme of fighting to the death has

1. The scapegoat of the world: video games. But are video games really just a time waster? There are over 155 million gamers in the United States alone, being told that video games are just a way to get away from the world, or that video games are bad for your health. However, there are some who believe that video games boost brain power and intelligence. Video games are good since they promote good physical health. 2. Fasted-paced action games can make a players decisions 25% faster. With all

Video games have some adverse effects, but they are also valuable learning tools. Research about the role of video games as instruments of higher education is inadequate. The data is also limited by the lack of long-term studies and inconsistent findings. Anyone that has not participated in the activity of playing video games may look down on those that do, because it is not seen generally as a productive use of one’s own time. If playing video games were to be compared to other activities that are

Do you play video games? Or maybe your friend, your sibling, your child plays video games? From the earliest games, Pong and Pac-Man, to the most recent games, Star Craft II and Halo Reach, it has been about 40 years. Evolving with our technology, video games originally played on big arcade machines have moved to small consoles we see today, making it available to all those that can afford it. With the wide variety of old and new video games, it has become one of the most popular entertainment in

todays’ society is Violent video games effect negatively on youngsters. This issue is growing because many of these games are featured aggressive elements that lead youngsters towards violence. For most players, video games are fun but also violent games take over the lives of some player. Since the world of video games was started in the 1980s, the video games still getting new level of popularity in this world. Most people are getting really addictive of these violent video games. The first important

Addiction Hijacks the Brain”). Rosner for example, the man addicted to videogames, could sit down and be vegetative for 18 hours at a time playing his favorite game. The dopamine released while playing was enough to almost shut down his prefrontal regions in his brain that affect judgement and concern – leading him to play more and more violent games (Linden). People who begin as mildly curious or interested in the world of violence, zombies, and vampires can quickly become an addicted expert on the subject

The video games and zombies industries are dominating. Everyone, children and adults are enjoying them, weather it is on a computer, cell phones, internet, tablets, magazine, comics, or game consoles. Video games give people freedom from the world filled with responsibilities and hard work. As Jane McGonigal convey in her article “Reality is Broken” that how virtual world is fulfilling human needs. In reality people are not being themselves, they are not doing what they want to do; they are doing

Video games in the 21st century have transformed from friendly competing into guns, explosions, and major violence. Video games are getting away with more violence every year and the games are becoming more extreme. The consistence and severity of violence is at an all-time high leading the most popular games in the gaming community to have a ‘mature’ rating due to the considerable amount of violence involved. For example, one of the highest selling video games of all time grossing one billion its

Video games. Americans has long been drawn to the idea that violent movies or video games can provoke actual delinquency or serious crime. In 1963, the Stanford psychologist, Albert Bandura, performed an experiment in which one group of preschoolers watched films and cartoons of adults beating “Bobo,” a clown doll. When the kids, who witnessed Bobo’s travails, were later left alone with the toy, they were more likely than other children, to abuse Bobo themselves. Bandura concluded that “social scripts”

take action through influence and experience. Lord of the Flies by William Golding gives a graphic example about loss of complete culture to bestial ambience. This may be recognizable with the boys’ perception on fun and games. Leisure for the children on the island goes from playing Tic Tac Toe in the sand to hunting for pigs and eventually one another. In parallel to the story, this hazardous recreation takes place in our own reality. For children of the 21st century, it manifests as video games