INDS-1033-40 November 23rd‚ 2012 The Benefits of Video Games It is without a doubt that video games have exponentially grown in popularity throughout the last decade. They have truly become one of the most popular forms of entertainment (when compared to Television‚ movies‚ music‚ etc). Consumers spent $24.75 billion on video games‚ hardware and accessories in 2011. Although the majority of game players are adults‚ video games have become exceptionally popular among kids. According to
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wasn’t sure if that was the intention. Specifically the 4th sentence in the 4th paragraph. FOCUS What is your partner’s thesis or claim? Where is it located? Discuss questions or thoughts about the claim here. The thesis is “Playing violent video games can increase aggressive behavior‚ thoughts‚ and feelings in young children and adults”. It is the second sentence in the first paragraph. It is direct‚ and to the point‚ and immediately lets the reader know where article will go. Do you get
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Video Games and Art Video Games can never be art “No video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an artform...” “No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets‚ filmmakers‚ novelists and poets‚ composers‚ painters and so on...” “They will not evolve..” These are the arguments emphasized in Rogert Ebert’s article about video games which for me‚ are striking and disturbing. Appreciation of the video games
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Violent and Nonviolent Computer Games on Implicit Measures of Aggressiveness Matthias Bluemke1Â Monika Friedrich1‚ and Joerg Zumbach2 1 2 Psychological Institute‚ University of Heidelberg‚ Heidelberg‚ Germany Department of E-Learning and Media Research in Science Education‚ University of Salzburg‚ Salzburg‚ Austria : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : We examined the causal relationship between playing violent video games and increases in aggressiveness
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Are video games bad for you? Sure‚ parents and adults will tell you they are bad‚ but how are they bad for you? Many will tell you that video games hurt your eyes and damage your nerves. They may even tell you video games make you more violent‚ but they cannot provide any evidence to back up their opinions. Nor do they realize the real problem—which is not video games themselves—but the addiction that drives many gamers to play video games to the exclusion of all else. In this essay‚ I will show
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Violent Video Games Converge With Real Life? Recently in America‚ there has been an explosion of anti-gun sentiment due to recent shootings‚ however no one has looked at the cause. What conditions a human being to preform these horrendous acts? Well‚ according to a myriad of parents‚ it’s video games. The claim is video games are actually psychological conditioners that cause a child‚ or player of any age‚ to lash out and perform violent acts. The scope of this paper will be violent video games’
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The effects of video games Kathy Michelle Watson University Composition and Communication II February 10‚ 2013 Jacqueline Smith Lance The effects of video games It is time for adults to come out of the closet. When talking about video games most people will picture in their minds an adolescent glued to a screen; while it is true that 92% of American children play video games (Gentile‚ 2011‚75)‚ the average gamer is 35 years old (ESA‚ 2008). Playing games is an investment of time. The majority
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Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior Western Governors University Student ID #000283042 Violent Video Games and Criminal Behavior The controversy surrounding violence in video games stretches back to 1976 and involved violence against stick figures. Over the years‚ violent imagery has increased in the frequency it appears in games and in the graphic depictions of violence against people and animals. Concerned parents‚ activists and researchers have long suggested that viewing such material
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Tanya Sanchez ENG 1201 Professor Aldridge Annotated Bibliography Effects of violent video game playing on youth Ward‚ Michael R. "Video Games and Adolescent Fighting." Journal of Law and Economics 53 (2012): 611-28. JSTOR. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605509>. There is a link between violence in the context of video games and violence affected by gamers outside of the context of gaming. Psychologists have studied the possible connections between violence
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sample paper. The topic of choice is "Can Video Games Make The Players Mind More Creative." I think that saying video games make children lazy and are dangerous is an unfair opionion. My supporting arguements would be: Video games can contribute to hand eye coordination‚ physical attributes increased‚ and high arousal‚ excitement‚ can trigger more positive moods. Original text from cited sources: While one widely held view maintains playing video games is intellectually lazy‚ such play actually
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