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    stimulation increases hand-eye coordination and focus. Others say it has a negative psychological effect on their child and influences them to partake in aggressive behavior that they would otherwise not become involved in.CBN explains that Grand Theft Auto III (GTAIII), a rock star game, releasing shortly after 9/11 raised many eyebrows and sparked controversy by pushing the boundaries of what games should allow. GTAIII has depicted many sexual and explicit activities to which many argue causes

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    It appears traditional teaching methods in many schools across the nation are undergoing significant changes, mostly due to the technological world we live in, and if this does not concern you, it should. It is not only that printing has replaced cursive writing; spell check has replaced the dictionary, or researching any topic has become a relatively easy task with Internet availability, the effects of these changes go much deeper. While there is no harm in saving time and using different or more

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    the “Magnavox” was “light gun”. Over the next forty four years video gaming system and games have changed the world as we know it. Over the past sixteen years video games have become very realistic, almost real life. Some of these games like “Grand Theft Auto” are very graphic and have been blamed for the corruption of youth minds causing people to act out what is seen in the games. With the improvement of visual technology over the past ten years has made playing video games almost life like. Children

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    Henry Jenkins states that “the worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a video game is that it is too easy,” meaning the harder the game, the better the experience. The Psychological group reports that more than 90% of children in the U.S. play video games. Among the kids between the ages of 12 and 17, the number rises to 97%. Eighty-five percent or more of video games on the market contain violence. CBS says that within reviewing more

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    In Grand Theft Auto, you run a round picking up jobs in an imaginary city. These jobs range from killing union workers to stealing pricy automobiles. In Conker’s Bad Fur day, you play as a playful cartoon squirrel that drinks beer and urinates on the enemy to defeat

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    favorite video game, whether it was Super Mario Bros., Pokémon, or Crash Bandicoot. II. As we have grown up we have watched the video games we used to play evolve to what is out there now and then turn to previews of what is upcoming in video games. III. With each new generation of game consoles along come new games that grew to be very popular. A. A game to represent the past is Super Mario Brothers. B. A game to show off

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    an increased use of the technology to present extremely violent, bloody, and sexually explicit game scenarios.” (Duckett)Violence has gone from simple games like space invaders, and packman to present day games such as Mortal Kombat, Grand Theft Auto 1-3, Quake III and many other games where violence, blood, and death are prominent themes. The demand for violence is not because male children choose to witness it, but because males are looking for beneficial role models, which they find in these

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    Do you think violent video game exposure effect the behavior of children? Introduction Studies show that exposure to violent video games affects the behavior of children.Some have vandalized, beat someone up, took part in bullying someone.As many as 97% of US kids age 12-17 play video games, contributing to the $21.53 billion domestic video game industry. More than half of the 50 top-selling video games contain violence. Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in bullying

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    The construction of the criminal the justice system composes of various agencies with explicit procedures to control and diminish crimes along with, implementing penalties on those in violation of the laws. During the seventeenth-century, society and the criminal justice system focused primarily on punishment than deterrence, and as society evolved, the criminal justice system manifested. The criminal justice system was not as complex and intricate as it is today. Beginning with the founding of our

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    a popular subcategory which lets gamers take on a new character, created for the digital world, to play the game. Three of the top five bestselling computer games in the US in 2014 were MMORPGs, and three of them were from the fantasy genre: Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, The Elder Scrolls Online, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion pack. (Entertainment Software Association, 2015, p.11) World of Warcraft was the most played MMORPG, with more than 12 million active players and over 100

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