Interactive video games and the Internet have become the entertainment of choice for America’s adolescents. Nearly seven in ten homes with children now have a personal computer (68.2%)‚ and 41% of homes with children have access to the Internet. Annual video game revenues in the United States exceed $10 billion‚ nearly double the amount of money Americans spend going to the movies. On average‚ American children who have home video game machines play with them about 90 minutes a day. The impact
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Video games are very popular with children all over the world‚ they keep kids occupied and entertained. A lot of parents are concerned about how these video games are affecting their children. Are these video games good or bad for our children? Video gaming has both positive and negative effects on children. Video games are not only entertaining but also educational; they create challenges for children to take on in order to proceed to new levels. Video gaming is also very influential with a child
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my most recent essay I wrote of the violence attributed to video games in light of various shootings and other tragedies that occurred in the past year or so. In this essay I argued that despite their violent content‚ video games are not completely to blame for acts of violence committed by children. Throughout this essay I tried to convince the reader by‚ first‚ establishing my own credibility with video games‚ then sharing my own experiences with violent games‚ and providing both empirical data
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Evolution of Video Games Video games originated from the development of electronic games. William Higinbotham was said to be the inventor of the first electronic game‚ Tennis for Two‚ by many.A similar game was then released on the Magnavox Odyssey‚ the first home video game console by Ralph Baer. The game Spacewar!‚ a computer game by Steve Russell‚ was adapted by Nolan Bushnell and turned it into the first commercially sold arcade game‚ Computer Space. The first major video game company‚ Atari
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Video Games Cause Violence? Imagine this‚ you enter a room‚ the sound of gunshots ring In your ears‚ you yell “flash out”‚ and you storm the room‚ guns a blazing. You get shot‚ you’re down‚ now you re-spawn‚ to do it all again. Video games have been the blame of a lot of youth violence‚ yet there was violence before videogames. Video games do cause an effect on youth but not violent effects. The topic‚ video games are the leading cause of youth violence‚ is very important; many people believe
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Video games: The cause of violence or shootings? Have you ever played a video game? Has that made you want to go out and commit a violent act against someone? Many say yes to the first question but no to the second question.Violent video games are always at blame after a tragic or disastrous event. While many people blame disastrous events on video games‚ it isn’t really the game’s fault. There are many other causes that could be to blame such as bullying‚ mental health‚ guardian guidance‚ gun control
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Violence Linking to Video Games Most believe that video games do not promote violence in people. They don’t know how it doesn’t register in peoples mind that you are your own controller. When children play video games they get mad and become angry when they lose‚ but the doesn’t get them so mad to want to commit a violent crime. Sure they have theories‚ but have they proven anything. Violent behaviors are done by you and you only. Did the video game make you go and commit a crime. According to
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Video Game Violence "Video Game Violence Law Poses Questions"‚ is an editorial located in the online magazine V Planet. Vance Velez‚ the author of the controversial issue‚ opposes the Washington law involving specific forms of video game violence‚ which is on the verge of being passed in the Legislature. He successfully persuades his audience that the Washington law limits people’s rights and that they should take a stand against the proposed law. His audience includes people who are in favor of
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Can video games be to blame for all this violence in adolescents. This debate has been going on since 1993 when the first violent video games were released. Since then‚ more violent video games have been released and the argument still continues with no actual hard evidence to either side. The reason no actual evidence has been found is because so many factors play into it the situation. Although the little evidence found leans more towards the side of it has nothing to do with violent acts. Video
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Video games don’t cause violence Change your mind about violent video games Violent video games don’t cause violence and there is lots of evidence to prove this. Have you ever played a violent video game and got the urge to kill everything. You haven’t‚ me either it’s the same with lots of people who help fuel the huge 10+ billion dollar gaming industry. Whose buying these games Well 97 percent of teens are. If video games caused violence we would we all be dead. Exposure to violent video games
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