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Video games have their early history based on military and defense systems, dating to the 1950s (Laird, 2005), an era dominated by recovering from a war that focused on service of men in aid of war, with women, many being house wives, based at home. Over time, video games developed from these systems, such as Space Invaders and Sheriff, with an emphasis on violence and designs for men, which, as a by-product, resulted in stereotypes being developed, favouring men. Especially, the gaming industry's

ESRB Rating System One of the influential variables considered to contribute to an inconsistency in professional online video game reviews is the rating the video game receives on the ESRB scale. Funded by the video game industry, the video game industry trusts the ESRB rating system to make accurate reviews for video games in the United States. The ESRB system detects 30 content descriptors that include violence, nudity, vulgar language, and sexual references. The following are the categories

Background of the Study I chose the topic for I, myself, am a gamer. I am very fond of playing video games. Whenever I play video games, my parents always discuss the bad things I can get from it. They always say I should stop playing, that there’s nothing good I can get from playing these games. Playing video games is not at all bad. It may be good actually. I chose this topic so that I could research more and dig deeper on what the effects of playing video games really are, I’d like to show others

Video Game Violence: Virtual violence v. Real-world violence Miguel Rodriguez Holguin Southern New Hampshire University The video game industry has grown to gigantic proportions; it’s a medium of entertainment that has great influence over the youth and adults globally. As with any media channel it is diverse in its content from childish themes to more mature topics. The industry’s success has been plagued by many critics and sociology experts all whom criticize the library of violent video

Video Games and Responsibility: In discussions of video games, one controversial issue has been whose responsibility it is to deal with the behavioral problems of children and teens who get influenced by the content in games. On one hand, the game industry argues that the responsibility should lie with whomever bought the game. On the other hand, others such as parents and Parental guidance agencies contend that their children’s bad behavior stems from games and that the video game industry should

To begin this letter, I would first like to congratulate you on your impressive fifteen years of service for Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), and I have been affected by your wonderful service to such a prosperous company. With an impressive background and dedication to a company whose products many people of all ages have enjoyed, you have indirectly touched countless people throughout time and have probably caused many youths to go into game design and development, some of whom may even be your

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

Nowadays, many people often wish they had the ability to leave the real world and create an entirely different life somewhere new. In Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, James Donovan Halliday has created a way for people to do just that. A dystopian novel that's filled with references to movies, videogames, and 80's pop culture. The author follows a poor, orphaned, teenager who goes by Wade Watts in the real world but Parzival inside the OASIS. Samantha Cook, Helen Harris, Akihide Karatsu, and Toshiro

Video games can sometimes get a bad reputation but due to contrary belief, video games have been a positive impact on today’s society. Both children and adults have benefitted from the use of video games. Not to mention the ginormous community video games have brought with it. With things like Esports, video game companies, and the cognitive benefits for adults and children video games are here to stay. So how have they affected today's society in a positive way? If you don't know, esports are multiplayer

Should video games be blamed for causing aggression and violent behaviors? Video game popularity has increased significantly every year since the 1970s and it will continue to increase as technology advances. At first the video game industry was dominated by males, but now almost 50% of video game users are women. This proves just how powerful video games have become and how it equally attracts both male and female gender, video games are now a part of our culture. It is a form of entertainment people